Sofía Alvarez is an American playwright and screenwriter.
Sofía Álvarez | |
|---|---|
| Born | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Occupation | Playwright & Screenwriter |
| Relatives | Deborah Rudacille (mother) Rafael Alvarez (father) |
Sofía Alvarez was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She is the daughter of American journalist and science writer Deborah Rudacille and former Baltimore Sun reporter and The Wire writer Rafael Alvarez.[1] She attended Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont prior to attending The Juilliard School's Playwriting Program.[2]
Alvarez’s plays include Between Us Chickens (which premiered at the South Coast Repertory in 2011), Life Drawing, The Fish Bowl, NYLON, Friend Art (Second Stage Theater, 2016), The Orphan’s Club, Corpse Pose and LODGE. Her musical version of William Steig’s classic children’s book, Amos & Boris premiered at South Coast Repertory in 2018.[3]
In 2018, her adaptation of Jenny Han’s bestselling novel To All the Boys I've Loved Before debuted on Netflix. Its sequel To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You premiered on February 12, 2020.[4]