Luis Alfaro
Luis Alfaro 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. His plays and fiction are set in Los Angeles' Chicano barrios including the Pico Union district; they sometimes feature gay, lesbian, and working-class themes. Many of Alfaro's plays reference AIDS in Latino communities. Some of his noted plays are "Bitter Homes and Gardens," "Pico Union," "Downtown," "Cuerpo Politizado," "Straight as a Line," "Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner," "No Holds Barrio," and "Black Butterfly." Many of the plays also have been published as stories or poetry. He is an associate professor in the School of Dramatic Arts at the University of Southern California; from 2013 to 2019, he was the playwright-in-residence at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
He grew up in the Pico Union district near downtown Los Angeles and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in East Los Angeles. His plays and fiction are set in Los Angeles' Chicano barrios including the Pico Union district; they sometimes feature gay, lesbian, and working-class themes. Many of Alfaro's plays reference AIDS in Latino communities. Some of his noted plays are "Bitter Homes and Gardens," "Pico Union," "Downtown," "Cuerpo Politizado," "Straight as a Line," "Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner," "No Holds Barrio," and "Black Butterfly." Many of the plays also have been published as stories or poetry. He is an associate professor in the School of Dramatic Arts at the University of Southern California; from 2013 to 2019, he was the playwright-in-residence at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
