Executive Artistic Director, Co-Founder, Board President

Laura T. Garza is the Founding Executive Artistic Director of Teatro Audaz San Antonio, as well as the Theatre Coordinator and Faculty Instructor at San Antonio College. In addition to earning an AA (San Antonio College- Drama), BA (University of Incarnate Word- Theatre Arts) and MFA (Texas State University- Directing), Laura has also trained with The Oregon Shakespeare Festival and abroad with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

She has worked as a Theatre educator and director for the past 8 years, most recently as part of the Taft Theatre team that won the 2021 6A UIL OAP State Championship. Laura has acted in, directed and produced many shows in and around the San Antonio area, winning 3 Alamo Theatre Arts Council (ATAC) awards for her work as an actor and a director. Laura has directed at San Antonio College (Rumors), The Public Theater of San Antonio with Teatro Audaz (Aye, No!), Texas State University (Reasons to be pretty, Hurricane Season), Wimberley Players Theatre (Canterville Ghost; The Musical), The Palace Theatre (Hurricane Season, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland), The Overtime Theatre (Portmanteaux), and The Kennedy Center Washington D.C. (MFA Playwright Festival, Asst. Director).

Other honors include the 2010 Kennedy Center ACTF Merit Award for directing and sound design Reasons to be Pretty, and the 2011 Kennedy Center ACTF Directing award and National Finalist for directing scenes from Angels in America: Perestroika