Coya Paz

Coya Paz is a writer, director, speaker and educator who is mostly interested in ghost stories. She is the Artistic Director of Free Street Theater, which has been using performance to challenge Chicago racial and economic segregation since 1969, and an Associate Professor in The Theatre School at DePaul University. She is the co-author (with Chloe Johnston) of Ensemble-Made Chicago: A Guide to Devised Theater. Above all, she believes in the power of poetry and performance to build community towards social change. Visit her on the web at coyapaz.com