Luis Alfaro

Alliance Theatre Reveals Winning Play of Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 20, 2026

The Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition will continue to spotlight the best emerging playwrights with a full production for the competition winner and staged readings for four competition finalists.

LEVEL UP! World Premiere and More Set for Latino Theater Company 2026 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 3, 2026

L.A.’s Latino Theater Company will enter its 41st season with a dynamic slate of productions and arts education programming that celebrates its 20th anniversary operating The Los Angeles Theatre Center. 

GIRL BLUE, New Play About Nina Simone, Will Receive Industry Reading At Seven Dials Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Jan 20, 2026

GIRL BLUE, a new play exploring the life of Nina Simone, will have its first UK industry reading at Seven Dials Playhouse, directed by Michael Matthews and written by June Carryl.

Center Theatre Group Creates New Works Development Pipeline
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 8, 2025

Center Theatre Group has in place a new developmental pipeline for plays and musicals, created by Snehal Desai, CTG’s Brindell & Milton Gottlieb Artistic Director.

Arena Stage Receives Edgerton Foundation New Play Award for FREMONT AVE.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 8, 2025

Arena Stage has received the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award for Fremont Ave. by Reggie D. White, directed by Lili-Anne Brown.

Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards 2025 Recipients Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 5, 2025

Theatre Communications Group has announced the 2025 recipients of the Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards. The awards provide additional rehearsal time for new works in development at theatres across the country. Sixteen productions will receive a total of $783,000 in support.

Submissions For ATC's National Latine Playwrights Award Are Open Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 3, 2025

Arizona Theatre Company has launched a call for submissions for the 2026 National Latine PlaywrightsAward. Now in the 29th year of the award, submissions will be accepted through January late January.

THIEVES OF CALIFORNIA Comes to Getty's Villa Theater Lab
by Stephi Wild - Nov 4, 2025

 Getty's Villa Theater Lab will present Thieves of California,  a performance inspired by Aeschylus's ancient Greek tragedy, Seven Against Thebes and set in a dystopian future in California.

Jacob G. Padrón To Conclude Tenure At Long Wharf Theatre Following 2025�"26 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 2, 2025

Long Wharf Theatre Artistic Director Jacob G. Padrón––who has been with the company since February of 2019––will conclude his role following the 2025–2026 season. Learn more!

SPREAD World Premiere and More Set for INTAR Theatre '25-26 Fall/Winter Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 29, 2025

International Arts Relations has revealed programming for the fall and winter of its 2025-2026 60th Anniversary Season. Learn more about the programming here!

Center Theatre Group Will Host WALK WITH ME CTG Audio Experience
by Stephi Wild - Jun 18, 2025

Center Theatre Group will host Walk With Me CTG: An Interactive Audio Experience beginning this month outside of the Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson Theatre on the Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center.

Atelier Samuel Beckett Launches New Residency Award Honoring Olga Garay-English and Dr. Kerry English
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 3, 2025

Atelier Samuel Beckett, a Franco-Irish artists’ residency program based in Méricourt, France, has announced the launch of the Olga Garay-English and Dr. Kerry English Residency Award, a new three-year initiative supporting Latinx and Latin American artists.

AN ILIAD Begins Performances At Undermain Theatre In June
by A.A. Cristi - May 28, 2025

Undermain Theatre will present a special encore presentation of  An Iliad by Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare from the Robert Fagles translation of Homer. This limited engagement runs June 12 through June 29, 2025. 

MAGIC CLASSICS Reading Series, At The Magic Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - May 13, 2025

Rainbow Zebra Productions LLC and the Magic Theatre have announced the Magic Classics Reading Series. In Magic Classics, talented casts will present staged readings of plays that originally premiered at the Magic Theatre.

THE CEREMONY World Premiere and More Set for The Huntington 25-26 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 24, 2025

The Huntington has unveiled its 2025/26 season, featuring fresh works, a bitingly funny comedy, and a love-affirming contemporary musical. See full programming here!

Review: GREEN ROOM THEATRE: A CULTURAL CONNECTION at GREEN ROOM THEATRE
by June August - Apr 14, 2025

I was moved—completely captivated by the stunning performance of Luis Alfaro’s award-winning Black Butterfly, a poignant peek into one aspect of Mexican-American culture, now playing at Green Room Theatre Company. The show offers more than the play itself.  On a makeshift stage in the RAP Foundation building, the show opens with an energetic display of talent by Ballet Folklórico.

World Premiere of THE STAIRCASE Comes to South Coast Repertory
by Stephi Wild - Apr 11, 2025

South Coast Repertory will bring the singularly unique voice of Hawaiian playwright Noa Gardner to theatregoers with the world premiere of The Staircase. Learn more here!

THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE At The Huntington Finds Cast and Creative Team
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 11, 2025

The Huntington has announced the cast and creative team of The Triumph of Love, the classic romantic comedy written by Pierre Carlet de Marivaux, translated by Stephen Wadsworth, and directed by Huntington Artistic Director Loretta Greco (Prayer for the French Republic at The Huntington).

Feature: BEYOND CASTING: THE PLAY IS THE THING
by Herbert Paine - Nov 7, 2024

While casting practices have evolved to enhance diversity (albeit, too slowly and not enough), the selection of plays remains strikingly homogeneous. We need to focus on what is produced as much as who is cast.

Hermitage Announces Playwright Naomi Iizuka as Winner of 2024-2025 Hermitage Major Theater Award
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 4, 2024

Andy Sandberg, Artistic Director and CEO of the Hermitage Artist Retreat, has announced that California-based playwright Naomi Iizuka has been selected as the fifth recipient of the Hermitage Major Theater Award (HMTA).