Virginia Grise is a recipient of the Whiting Writers' Award, the Yale Drama Award and the Princess Grace Award in Theatre Directing. Her other published works include blu (Yale University Press), The Panza Monologues co-written with Irma Mayorga (University of Texas Press) and an edited volume of Zapatista communiqués titled Conversations with Don Durito (Autonomedia Press). She earned her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts and currently lives at Casa Chueca in the Bronx.