Oliver Mayer
Oliver Mayer is a Mexican-American playwright, poet, librettist, and tenured professor and Associate Dean of Faculty at the School of Dramatic Arts at USC. In his 30+ plays, he aims to magnify rich, violent, and taboo stories of marginal Americans. Recent works include Blade to the Heat, performed at the AppleTree Theatre in Chicago, starring Stef Tovar, and its sequel Members Only.
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- Columbia UniversityCornell UniversityNorth Hollywood High SchoolColumbia University School of the Arts
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