Paloma Sierra is a Puerto Rican director, writer, and dramaturg. 

Envisioning a future where multicultural narratives are a celebrated norm, Paloma explores how stories can overcome language barriers to reflect the diverse, cosmopolitan societies we live in. 

Paloma has directed with Camden People's Theatre, Orange Tree Theatre, John Lyons Theatre, Tramshed Theatre, and Athens Conservatoire; written musicals and operas with Olga Iglesias Projects, Project Y Theatre Company, Theatre Now New York, and White Snake Projects; and developed new works as assistant director and dramaturg with Baryshnikov Arts Center, Jermyn Street Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Santa Cruz Shakespeare, and New Hazlett Theatre, among others.

Recent work includes: Roy Williams’ The Lonely Londoners (Jermyn Street Theatre), Johanny Navarro’s La batalla de los clásicos (Olga Iglesias Project), Samora la Perdida’s Spanglish Sh!t (Baryshnikov Arts Center), and Cola’o: A Bilingual Trova (Theatre Now New York), among others.

Her writer-director debut short film, I Am Soil Breaking Off, earned the Grand Prize at the ¡Tú Cuentas! Cine Youth Festival, and screened at over 15 international festivals. Her work has also been recognized with numerous fellowships, including Fulbright U.S. Student Grant, an Emerging Poet Laureateship, a grant from the Dramatists Guild of America, and a Directing Residency in Brazil through the Turing Scheme.

An alumna of the Fornés Playwriting Workshop, Latiné Musical Theatre Lab, and NMI Musical Theatre Workshop, Paloma holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon, and an MA in Directing from LAMDA.