Marga Gomez (playwright, comedian, actor) is known for her work in solo theatre and for being one of the first openly lesbian stand up comics in the nation. She has appeared on LOGO’s “One Night Stand Up,” Showtime's "Latino Laugh Festival,” Comedy Central’s “Out There" and HBO’s “Comic Relief” at the invitation of the late Robin Williams who called her “Amazing… a lesbian Lenny Bruce.”  Marga is the writer/performer of fifteen solo plays which have been presented Off-Broadway, nationally and internationally. Accolades and awards include the 2024 San Francisco Arts Council Individual Artist Grant, 2022 United States Artists Fellowship for Theater, 2021 Center for Cultural Innovation Grant, GLAAD Award for Theatre and the Los Angeles Ovation Award for “Best Featured Actress.” She is the multiple winner of the 48/Hills San Francisco Bay Guardian’s award for “Best Of The Bay Comedian.” and a 2006 Drama Desk nominee.

Her Off-Broadway and regional acting credits include The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life (2025 Aurora Theater, Berkeley,CA) Fefu and Her Friends (2022 American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco ) “Translating Selena” (2020 Campo Santo, San Francisco) “Dr. Ride’s American Beach House” (2019 Ars Nova Theater, New York) King of Cuba (2018 Central Works, Berkeley) as well as numerous productions of The Vagina Monologues sharing the stage with Rita Moreno and Vicki Lawrence. Film and television roles: Netflix "Sense 8." HBO's "Tracey Takes On..."  and Warner Brothers "Batman Forever" and "Sphere." She has been a guest on NPR’s Fresh Air and comedy podcasts Marc Maron’s "WTF," and Kevin Allison's "Risk."  Her comic style has been described as “deliciously cheeky and incendiary” by the New York Times and “salaciously surreal” by the San Francisco Chronicle.   She was a founding member of the ground breaking Latino ensemble Culture Clash and has been featured at numerous comedy festivals including SF Sketchfest, Montreal’s Just For Laughs, South Beach Comedy Festival, Vancouver Comedy Festival and The Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

     Marga also teaches solo performance in classrooms and online and is a tenured Artist-in-Residence at Brava Theater.  Selections from Gomez’s work have been published in several anthologies including Seeking Common Ground (Methuen/Bloomsbury) Extreme Exposure (TCG Books), HOWL (Crown Press), Out Loud & Laughing (Anchor Books), Contemporary Plays by American Women of Color (Routledge) When I Knew (Harper-Collins) and Out of Character (Bantam Books.) She was born in New York City to entertainers in the Latino community.