Derek Garza

Founding Member
Artistic Director

Derek is the Artistic Director and a Founding Member of Mortar Theatre Company. He is currently playing Doug in Mortar’s inaugural production of Inherit the Whole and was in Armed With Peanut Butter as Nick, both written by company member Dana Lynn Formby. Derek has worked both internationally and regionally. Derek recently finished doing two new works in Toronto, ON with Native Earth and was Almighty Voice in Native Earth’s production of Almighty Voice and His Wife written by Daniel David Moses and directed by Michael Greyeyes, which toured to London, UK and will have a Canadian Tour this Fall. Derek has worked regionally with Pennsylvania Centre Stage, Next Stage, Southern Colorado Repertory Theatre, and Montana Shakespeare Company. He graduate with his MFA in Acting from Penn State University and graduated with his undergraduate degree with a BA in Theatre Arts & Communication from Adams State College. He is originally from Denver, CO, but mostly grew up on the Reservation in Southern Oklahoma and is an enrolled Tribal Member of the Wichita Nation.

derek@mortartheatrecompany.org