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Aug 8, 2007

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For 25 years, Monica has been at the forefront of queer Latina/o writing and performing. This Los Angeles based Chicana writer/performer is the creator of several one woman shows: The OH! Show; Get Your Feet Wet; Queer Soul: A 20 year retrospective; Besame Mucho; Latin Lezbo Comic, and Greetings from a Queer Señorita, which have been seen across the country and Off Broadway.

Palacios is a recent member of the writing collective Macondo founded by Sandra Cisneros. Monica was a playwright finalist for the Many Voices Project Summer 2006 produced by Chicago Dramatists. She was awarded a prestigious Postdoctoral Rockefeller Fellowship from the Center for Chicano Studies, UC Santa Barbara, 2003-2004.

During this fellowship Palacios wrote, directed and produced her play Sweet Peace. Monica received an Indie Award for Excellence in Play Writing from the Santa Barbara Independent Newspaper. She also conceived, designed and directed the one person show: Rocks In My Salsa, written & performed by Cristina Nava, which garnered a "Best of L.A. 2006" from LA Weekly.

Monica is published in: Fifteen Candles: 15 Tales of Taffeta, Hairspray, Drunk Uncles and other Quinceañera Stories (2007 HarperCollins); LA Gay & Lesbian Latino Arts Anthology 1988-2000; Latinas On Stage; Out Of The Fringe: Latina/o Theatre & Performance; Puro Teatro: A Latina Anthology; Living Chicana Theory; A Funny Time To Be Gay(Simon and Schuster); Latina: Women's Voices From The Borderlands (Simon & Schuster); Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About.

Ms. Palacios teaches writing and performing classes to elementary, high school and university students throughout the United States.

For current updates and information about Monica's performances please visit:

www.monicapalacios.com

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