Articles for Latino Theater

An inviting intermission at Latino Theater Co.’s Encuentro festival
2 months ago

An inviting intermission at Latino Theater Co.’s Encuentro festival

LA Times  

Two plays down, five more to go. In the midst of the Latino Theater Company’s three-weekend Encuentro festival, ending Nov. 10, the downtown theater complex has become home base for the country’s Latino theater scene — hosting between seven and 12 productions nightly from groups all over the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico. You don’t see this anywhere else.” The …

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Latino Theater Company celebrates ‘Encuentro’ festival’s 10th anniversary
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Latino Theater Company celebrates ‘Encuentro’ festival’s 10th anniversary

LA Times  

Nineteen visiting theater companies, 165 artists. This year’s “We are Here, Presente!” theme is a reminder that Latino theater isn’t going anywhere. De Los caught up with Latino Theater Company Artistic Director José Luis Valenzuela, ahead of the festival’s opening day. The first “Encuentro” was centered around the idea of ‘who are we?’ We asked ourselves and Latino theater companies …

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Latino Theater Company gives out millions in grants to boost Latino theaters nationwide
1 year, 3 months ago

Latino Theater Company gives out millions in grants to boost Latino theaters nationwide

LA Times  

As executive producer of Teatro Breve, Naíma Rodríguez plans to take its original plays and programming outside Puerto Rico and into the diaspora in the rest of the United States. Achieving this goal is now possible for Teatro Breve thanks to a new $75,000 grant it will be receiving annually over two years from the National Latinx Theater Initiative — …

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What a future-set Chicano noir inspired by ‘Sunset Boulevard’ tells us about the present
1 year, 8 months ago

What a future-set Chicano noir inspired by ‘Sunset Boulevard’ tells us about the present

LA Times  

The year is 2042. Sal Lopez, Evelina Fernández, Geoffrey Rivas and Lucy Rodriguez in Latino Theater Company’s “Whittier Boulevard.” Valenzuela broke the narrative down into pieces and assigned sections for others to write. Lucy Rodriguez, Evelina Fernández and Geoffrey Rivas in Latino Theater Company’s “Whittier Boulevard.” “It was crazier and very, very different than what we see today,” Valenzuela says. …

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For race-specific theater companies, the fight for diversity onstage is far from over
5 years, 6 months ago

For race-specific theater companies, the fight for diversity onstage is far from over

LA Times  

In 1965, nine Asian Americans working in theater were tired of being relegated to roles like villain or cab driver and fed up with the regular indignity of white actors playing Asian roles. “There’s layers of conversation of what diversity really means in a cultural arts landscape,” said Kamilah Forbes, executive producer at the Apollo. Latino Theater Company also operates …

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Review: The funny, irresistible magic of Latino Theater Company’s ‘The Mother of Henry’
5 years, 9 months ago

Review: The funny, irresistible magic of Latino Theater Company’s ‘The Mother of Henry’

LA Times  

La Virgen de Guadalupe — an apparition of the Virgin Mary — is an icon of the Catholic faith, the patron saint of Mexico and a symbol of Mexican independence venerated throughout the Americas, although not principally for her comic timing. In Evelina Fernández’s enchanting new play, “The Mother of Henry,” now at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, La Virgen …

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