Professor García is a Chicago-based scenic designer and theater community advocate from Puerto Rico, and has been designing for regional theater for now twenty years. She has long standing relationships with the Latinx/é theaters renowned Teatros including Repertorio Español, the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Teatro Vista and Pregones Theater; as well as the Latinx Theatre Commons.
Professor García has completed collaborations for
projects at prestigious regional theaters like Steppenwolf Theatre Company
(Chicago), the Guthrie Theatre (MN), American Players Theatre (WI), Cleveland
Play House (OH), and the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (MO). She
is currently working on a handful of new plays with colleagues in New York
City.
Regina was invited to exhibit at the 2013 World Stage Design Conference & Exhibit, Cardiff, Wales; and is a Fellow of the NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Designers and the Princess Grace Foundation, USA Awards. She is a founding organizational member of La Gente: The Latinx/é Theatre Production Network.
Professor Garcia is a member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829 and a Regional Associate Member of the League of Professional Theatre Women. She is an ensemble member at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, which is a leading theatre company in Chicago, dedicated to elevating women's stories.
As an educator, Professor García served as Instructor and Resident Designer at The Dalton School, NYC, and Lehman College (CUNY) in the Bronx, before joining the faculty in the Department of Theatre at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2008. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and NYU Tisch School of the Arts' Department of Design for Stage and Film, she serves as Head of the Scenic Design at TTS. Learn more about Professor García and view her work, here.