Each month on The Subtext, Brian speaks with a playwright about life, writing, and whatever itches we are scratching.

This month Brian talks to Inda Craig-Galván, who writes for theatre and TV, often touching on the theme of intra-racial conflict and politics within the African American community. Her plays include Welcome to Matteson!, which had NNPN rolling world premiere at New Jersey Repertory Company, Congo Square Theatre, and Orlando Shakes; and several plays in Los Angeles, including The Great Jheri Curl Debate at L.A.’s East West Players, a hit dog holler in a co-production of Skylight Theatre and Playwrights’ Arena, Black Super Hero Magic Mama at the Geffen Playhouse, and I Go Somewhere Else at Playwrights’ Arena. Inda is the recipient of the Kesselring Prize, Jeffry Melnick New Playwright Award, Blue Ink Playwriting Prize, Jane Chambers Student Award for Feminist Playwriting, and Stage Raw Best Playwright Award. Inda’s plays have been included on the Kilroys List twice and Steppenwolf Theatre’s The Mix, and she is currently developing new works of theatre on commission with The Old Globe and Round House Theatre, and a new play with the CTG Writers Group. Her TV work includes Will Trent, Happy Face, How to Get Away with Murder, and The Rookie.

With Brian, she discusses her beginnings in Chicago sketch comedy, her move to L.A., her near-detour into forensic pathology, and the challenges of grad school as an older, more mature student.

This episode can also be found here.

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