Carlos Murillo is the recipient of a 2015 Doris Duke Impact Award for his work in theatre. His plays have been produced at Theater der Stadt Aalen in Germany, Vígszínház in Budapest, Hungary, Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Repertorio Espanol, the NYC Summer Play Festival, En Garde Arts, Soho Rep, Hangar Theatre Lab, Theatre @ Boston Court, Circle X, Son of Semele, Actor’s Express, Salt Lake Acting Company, City Theatre of Miami, Collaboraction, Adventure Stage, Theatre Seven and elsewhere. His work has also been seen at P73, The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Goodman Theatre, South Coast Rep, Portland Center Stage, Madison Rep, Sundance Institute, The Playwrights’ Center, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Chautauqua Conservatory, Annex Theatre, UC Santa Barbara, Loyola University Museum of Art, and others. His work has been published by Dramatists Play Service, Playscripts, Inc., Smith & Kraus, Heinemann, and Theatre Forum. Awards include a Playwrights’ Center Jerome Fellowship, two Rockefeller MAP grants, the Met Life Nuestros Voces Award from Repertorio Espanol, the Frederick Loewe Award fom New Dramatists, two National Latino Playwriting Awards from Arizona Theatre Company, and he is the 2009 Otis Guernsey Award winner from the William Inge Theatre Festival. He has received commissions from The Goodman, Steppenwolf, Berkeley Rep, Playwrights Horizons, The Public, South Coast Rep, and En Garde Arts. Carlos has taught at the University of Iowa, the Kennedy Center, and is an Associate Professor at The Theatre School of DePaul University where he heads the playwriting program. Carlos was a resident playwright at New Dramatists from 2007-2014. He lives in the south side of Chicago with his wife Lisa Portes and their two children Eva Rose and Carlos Pablo.