Wilson Loria is a writer, performer and a native of Brazil. Before leaving his country in 1986, Mr. Loria was a professional actor, performing at schools, slums and squares in his hometown of São Paulo. Teatro-Circo Alegria dos Pobres, the theater group to which Mr. Loria belonged for eight years (1975-1983), was totally dedicated to presenting plays to disenfranchised people on the outskirts of the city of São Paulo. The group also performed at institutions for abandoned children around that city as well as in the countryside of the state of São Paulo. The group consisted of 28 people including actresses, actors and musicians who studied Brazilian popular culture (mainly from the northeastern region of Brazil called “nordeste brasileiro”) in order to write their own plays. The group’s main resources were Literatura de cordel (literature on a string) and plays by well-known playwright Ariano Suassuna. Mr. Loria received his B.A. in English language and literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo in 1984. His one-act play Nuns at Luncheon was first presented at the Gateway Theater in New York City in 1989. His monologues L’enfant de théâtre and Deadline were presented at Teatro Pregones (a Puerto Rican traveling theater group) in 1997. In 2000, Mr. Loria worked as assistant director to world-renowned Brazilian performer Denise Stoklos in two of her plays: Vozes Dissonantes and Louise Bourgeois for the legendary off-off-Broadway theater La MaMa. Mr. Loria completed his Master’s degree in Performance Studies in 2001. Mr. Loria’s one-act play Nuns at Luncheon was presented at the Venezuelan Consulate in New York City in 2001. In 2002, he presented his monologue L’enfant de théâtre at the University of San Francisco during the Regional Alternative Theater (R.A.T.) conference. To The Winners is a solo project directed by Venezuelan director Fernando Calzadilla. In June 2005, Mr. Loria was awarded the Frankie 2005 Chapters Métropolis Bleu Award for BEST TEXT in the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival. After having lived in NYC for almost twenty years, Mr. Loria is currently living in Gulfport, Florida.