Deborah Chava Singer

Deborah Chava Singer is originally from San Diego, California where she was a part of the Mesa College Core Drama Program, (aka The Mesa College Theatre Company) and Queer Players, both of which instilled in her a reverence for looking within and seeking and sharing underlying human truths, which continues to influence her as she explores themes around queerness, disability, identity, honesty, connection, closeness and distance. In 2007 physical disability (aka High Impact Chronic Pain) led her to move to Vancouver, Washington; fortunately, she loves the Pacific Northwest. In 2019 five of her short plays were performed as A Night in the Mind of Deborah Chava Singer from OG Productions in Columbus, Ohio. Her work was recently included in Portland’s 2024 Fertile Ground Festival, OG Productions’ 2025 St. James Theatre Shorts Festival, the Washington State Queer Poetry Anthology, and Boudin’s Pride Issue. Her work has also been included in NW10 at Oregon Contemporary Theatre, Gallery Players’ Annual Black Box New Play Festival, Celebration Theatre’s WriteHer New Play Festival, StageQ’s Queer Shorts, the Indie Boots Theatre Festival, North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe’s North Park Playwright Festival, Buffalo United Artists’ BUA Takes 10: GLBT Short Plays, A Reasonable Facsimile Theatre Co’s Chicago Christmas Spectacular, and the Valdez Theatre Conference. Her writing has been published in Disabled Voices Anthology, Stonewall’s Legacy, Papeachu Review, Chantwood Magazine, Hashtag Queer 2, Santa Fe Literary Review, The Human Touch, Cirque, MUSE, Jonathan, Chaffin, Snapdragon, Twisted Vine, Labletter, Off the Rocks, and others.