Paloma Sierra is a Puerto Rican stage director and librettist.

Known for championing emerging and established talents alike, Paloma has developed acclaimed new works for the stage like Spanglish Sh!t (En Garde Arts), The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano (New Hazlett Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe), and The Lonely Londoners (Jermyn Street Theatre).

Her musical theatre writing credits include the operas La batalla de los clásicos (Olga Iglesias Project), and Rosa: The Day of the Dead (White Snake Projects); and the musical Close, But Not Too Close!, hailed for setting "a high bar for digital musicals" during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Her award-winning short I Am Soil Breaking Off screened at 15+ international festivals, won the inaugural ¡Tú Cuentas! Cine Youth Fest Grand Prize, and earned her both a Fulbright scholarship and an appointment as Allegheny County’s first Emerging Poet Laureate.

Other fellowships include the Fornés Playwriting Workshop, and the Academy of New Musical Theatre Bookwriting Workshop; and the MetOpera Stage Director Fellowship, Dramatists Guild of America Catalyst Fellowship, Writers Guild Foundation Writers’ Access Support Staff Training, and the Sloan Foundation Screenwriting Grant, all of which she was a finalist for.

Paloma holds an MFA and MA from Carnegie Mellon and the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art, where she trained under librettist Rob Handel and director Katie Mitchell.