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Luis Alfaro (born 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is a Chicano performance artist, writer, theater director, and social activist. He grew up in the Pico Union district near Downtown Los Angeles, and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in East Los Angeles.
Luis Alfaro is a MacArthur Fellow and a master dramatist who has written plays such as Electricidad and Oedipus El Rey. He is also a resident artist at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Mark Taper Forum, and the Latinx Playwrights Circle.
Jul 12, 2019 · Luis Alfaro didn’t expect to find the heroine of a Greek tragedy at a juvenile hall in Tucson, Ariz. As a traveling playwright teaching a workshop for teen felons in 1999, he met a promising...
Aug 25, 2021 · Playwright Luis Alfaro, newly appointed associate artistic director of Center Theatre Group, has a powerful vision for the theater.
- Charles Mcnulty
- Theater Critic
- charles.mcnulty@latimes.com
Jul 14, 2021 · Luis Alfaro, a Chicano writer and MacArthur fellow, returns to Center Theatre Group as one of the artistic leaders of the organization. He will oversee new play development, the L.A. Writers’ Workshop and the CTG Creative Collective.
Nov 3, 2022 · Luis Alfaro announced his resignation as associate artistic director at Center Theatre Group on Facebook Nov. 2. In his social media announcement, Alfaro shared the letter he sent to CTG staff...
Sep 28, 2023 · Luis Alfaro, playwright and MacArthur “genius” grant winner. His meditative drama, “The Travelers,” set in a monastery in the Central Valley, is playing at the Los Angeles Theatre...
