Arturo Luíz Soria is an actor, writer, producer, and the founder of VagaMundo Productions. His solo show Ni Mi Madre premiered off-Broadway at Rattlestick Theater and went on to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, winning Obie and Offie awards for best performance. His play Novios has been a semifinalist/finalist for The O'Neill, Ojai, and an honorable mention for the Relentless Award and received developmental workshops at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, and the Latinx New Play Festival at La Jolla Playhouse. Arturo recently adapted the novel Bodega Dreams to screen with Black Bar Mitzvah Productions and Votiv Films, slated to be directed by Angel Manuel Soto.

 

As an actor, he made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award winning play The Inheritance and has performed off-Broadway in Wet Brain (World Premiere), Hit the Wall (World Premiere), and in regional theaters across the country. TV/Film credits include: CIA, Found, Insatiable, The Blacklist, East New York, and the upcoming features, Mermaid and Pimp Shit. A MacDowell Fellow and Hillman Grad TV writing alum, Arturo holds an MFA from Yale School of Drama and a BFA from The Theater School at DePaul University.