Julia Rosa Sosa Chaparro is a director, playwright and songwriter from Ciudad Juárez, focused on projects that uplift immigrant and BIPOC communities. Her recent directing credits include A Christmas in Ochape at New Native Theatre, Life is a Dream at The University of Oklahoma, and The Heart Sellers at Dobama Theatre.
As a playwright, her work El Toro y la Niña was adapted into a radio play for ReUnion rEvolución: A Latinx New Works Festival. Her first musical, El Romántico, had its inaugural workshop in 2024, exploring the disconnection between fathers and daughters during their teenage years.
Her aesthetic is colorful, playful, musical, and adaptable—simple when needed, maximalist always, driven by curiosity and a commitment to enriching the experiences of actors, designers, and audiences alike. She is currently exploring visual storytelling through her stop-motion animated mini-series Las Chulas.
Julia is the 2026 BARBARA WHITMAN award winer by the SDC, and has received support from the Creative Impact Fund Assembly for the Arts, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, the Center for Performance and Civic Practice Learning Lab, and Red Bull Arts. She has participated in programs including the Directing Observership Fellowship at Opera Columbus, Directors Lab Chicago, Los Procesos Creativos by Marta Pazos at Nave 10 Matadero, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival FAIR program. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso.
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Plays im currently into
By Playwrights:
Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht and Margarete Steffin
Dulces Compañias by Oscar Liera
Bitter Bitches by Denisse Estefany Mendoza
Burritos Para Morir by Orlando Rodriguez
Books I want to adapt:
The House on Mango Street novel by Sandra Cisneros
Como agua para chocolate novel by Laura Esquivel'
BY ME
La Pascualita
