Luis Alfaro

c/o Beth Blickers and/or Morgan Jenness
Abrams Artists
275 Seventh Avenue, 26th floor
New York, NY 10001
(646) 486-4600

Agent Email: beth.blickers@abramsart.com; Morgan.Jenness@abramsart.com
Email: newdramatists@newdramatists.org
 

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Luis works in plays, poetry, short stories, performance and journalism. A Chicano, born and raised in downtown Los Angeles, he is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and a resident artist at the Mark Taper Forum, where he is co-director of the Latino Theatre Initiative. He was a visiting artist to The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and has toured his work throughout the United States, England, and Mexico. His film, Chicanismo, was Emmy-nominated and won Best Experimental Film at San Antonio’s CineFestival. He is the winner of the 1998 National Hispanic Playwriting Competition and the 1994 and 1997 Midwest PlayLabs. As an activist, he works with at-risk youth, has co-founded three non-profit arts organizations, and chaired the Gay Men of Color Consortium.

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STRAIGHT AS A LINE
Comedy 1M, 1W
Minimal Set


An evening-length, intermission-less comedy about a British couple dealing with the body and death.

Consumptive Paulie and his British Mum travel through the American landscape in search of family and forgiveness. Told in a series of short scenes, STRAIGHT AS A LINE touches on the issues of disease, obsession, and family ties.

Goodman Theater, Chicago (1998). Workshops at Midwest PlayLabs, ASK Theater Project’s Common Ground Festival, and Soho Rep Summer Camp.
 

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LOS VECINOS (THE NEIGHBORS)
Co-written by Diane Rodriguez
Comedy Large Cast, Multi-gender


A community play, LOS VECINOS adapts the religious Shepherds’ Play to a modern day piece about community responsibility.

LOS VECINOS (THE NEIGHBORS) imagines modern-day shepherds as neighbors who suffer a terrible natural disaster, and must journey through their community in search of goodness, which they discover can only be found in each other. Along the way, they are threatened by a comical devil and a much more serious Satan, but are protected by a young angel with a smart mouth.

Cornerstone Theater Company, Los Angeles (1997)

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CUERPO POLITIZADO (POLITICIZED BODY)
Performance Art 1 Person
Minimal Set


A one-person performance investigating the body, sex, and food. A look at American consumption as told through the eyes of a person who must justify his body. A series of non-linear texts, short stories, and visual images. CUERPO POLITIZADO (POLITICIZED BODY) has been performed in theaters, museums, and galleries.

X-Teresa, Mexico City, Mexico (1996); Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London, England (1996); Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA; Bay Area Dance Festival, Oakland, CA; Boston Center for the Arts; and Sushi Performance Space, San Diego, CA.

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BLACK BUTTERFLY, SUPER CHELA, PINATA WOMAN AND OTHER SUPER HERO GIRLS, LIKE ME
Co-adapted by Lisa Peterson

 

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SPIRITS RISING: A DIA DE LOS MUERTOS (A DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION)
Co-written by Diane Rodriguez

 

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DIVA L.A.
Co-written by Diane Rodriguez
 

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EL GRITO: MARIACHI LOS CAMPEROS DE NATI CANO
Co-written by Diane Rodriguez
 

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LA LLORONA
Dance Performance
 

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DEEP IN THE CROTCH OF MY LATINO PSYCHE
Co-written by Beto Araiza and Monica Palacios
 

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DOWNTOWN
Solo Performance
 


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