Inda Craig-Galván

Inda Craig-Galván is a Los Angeles-based playwright and screenwriter, born and raised on the South Side of Chicago. Her work often explores conflicts and politics within the African-American community, grounded in reality, and with a touch of magical realism. Plays include Black Super Hero Magic Mama (Geffen Playhouse world premiere), The Great Jheri Curl Debate (East West Players world premiere), a hit dog will holler (Playwrights’ Arena/Skylight Theatre co-produced world premiere; Radiotopia podcast adaptation), and A Jumping-Off Point (Round House Theatre world premiere, Spring 2024).

She is the recipient of the Kesselring Prize, Jeffery Melnick New Play Award, Blue Ink Prize, Jane Chambers Award, and Kennedy Center’s Rosa Parks Award for plays focused on social justice and/or civil rights. Her plays have been developed at the O'Neill, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Ashland New Play Festival, Ojai Playwrights Conference, JAW, OSF, Orlando Shakes, Geffen Writers Room, and CTG Writers Workshop.

She’s under commission to write new plays for The Old Globe and Round House Theatre. On the TV side, Inda is Co-Executive Producer of ABC’s Will Trent and previously wrote for The Rookie, How to Get Away with Murder, Happy Face, and JJ Abrams’ Demimonde. MFA in Dramatic Writing, University of Southern California.