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Photos: THE LITTLE KING OF NORWALK World Premiere Opens At Latino Theater Company
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 9, 2025

The Latino Theater Company kicks off its fall season with the world premiere of THE LITTLE KING OF NORWALK, written by Israel López Reyes and directed by Geoffrey Rivas. Check out photos of the production.

Interview: Playwright Israel López Reyes of THE LITTLE KING OF NORWALK
by Shari Barrett - Oct 1, 2025

The Little King of Norwalk by Israel López Reyes is a modern barrio fable about power, politics and the price of survival, set against a real-life scandal that unfolded last year when Norwalk imposed a ban on shelters, supportive housing, and businesses that traditionally serve the poor. I spoke with him about the genesis and world premiere staging of the play at LATC

World Premiere THE LITTLE KING OF NORWALK Opens Latino Theater Company’s Season
by Emmy Rice - Aug 23, 2025

Geoffrey Rivas directs a five-week run, October 4 through November 2, at The Los Angeles Theatre Center in downtown Los Angeles. Six low-priced previews take place September 25 through October 3.

Photos: Inside Opening Weekend of the Los Angeles Premiere of AMERICAN MARIACHI at Latino Theater Company
by Stephi Wild - May 13, 2024

The Los Angeles premiere of “American Mariachi,” a big-hearted, feel-good comedy with live music by José Cruz González, opened Saturday night in a new production from L.A.’s Latino Theater Company. Check out photos here!

Multilingual Comic Drama TACOS LA BROOKLYN Extended at Latino Theater Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 20, 2023

Appropriation… or appreciation? Latino Theater Company has extended its world premiere, multilingual production of Tacos La Brooklyn.

Review: TACOS LA BROOKLYN at Latino Theatre Company At LATC
by Evan Henerson - Oct 11, 2023

A co-production with East West Players, Ulloa’s play makes the case for deeper investigation and against the kind of snap judgments that its hero, Chino, endures and fuels. Engagingly performed and containing plenty of cool visuals, Fidel Gomez’s production is a bit of a group hug. But it plays.

Latino Theater Company Presents TACOS LA BROOKLYN in September
by Stephi Wild - Aug 30, 2023

Appropriation… or appreciation? Latino Theater Company presents the world premiere of an exciting, multilingual comic drama developed in Latino Theater Company’s Circle of Imaginistas playwriting group and produced in association with East West Players. 

Photos: Go Inside the Latino Theater Company's World Premiere of SLEEP WITH THE ANGELS
by Marissa Tomeo - May 29, 2022

 Latino Theater Company presents a poignant new comedy by multiple award-winning resident playwright Evelina Fernández (A Mexican Trilogy, The Mother of Henry). LTC artistic director José Luis Valenzuela directs the world premiere of Sleep with the Angels, continuing through June 26 at The Los Angeles Theatre Center.

SLEEP WITH THE ANGELS Comes to Latino Theater Company in May
by Stephi Wild - Apr 27, 2022

Latino Theater Company presents a poignant new comedy by multiple award-winning resident playwright Evelina Fernández (A Mexican Trilogy, The Mother of Henry). LTC artistic director José Luis Valenzuela directs the world premiere of Sleep with the Angels, set to run May 27 through June 26 at The Los Angeles Theatre Center. Low-priced previews begin May 19.

Latino Theater Company Announces In-Person Season For 2022
by Marissa Tomeo - Mar 4, 2022

L.A.’s Latino Theater Company returns to in-person performance with a vengeance in 2022, offering four world premieres and a West Coast premiere; the presentation of a guest company from Spain; and the 20th annual presentation of La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin Christmas pageant spectacular. Earlier this year, the company announced its new “IMPACT” community engagement initiative that sees the company partnering with the Los Angeles Community College District to provide students district-wide with a world-class education in dramatic arts and to bring students into the company’s home at The Los Angeles Theatre Center.

Free Holiday Pageant LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE, DIOS INANTZIN Returns To In-Person Performance
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 12, 2021

Latino Theater Company returns to in-person performance this December with La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin, the company's signature holiday pageant that has been a Los Angeles holiday tradition since 2002.

Center Theatre Group's Live From The KDT Series Continues With MOJADA and ELECTRICIDAD
by Stephi Wild - Nov 21, 2020

The multicamera, virtually produced reading of Luis Alfaro's “Mojada” premieres Friday, November 20 and “Electricidad” premieres Sunday, November 22, both at 5 p.m. Pacific. Along with “Oedipus El Rey,” these modern adaptations of Greek tragedies complete “The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro” which is presented on Center Theatre Group's Digital Stage in partnership with The Getty.

ELECTRICIDAD Premiere Moved to November 22 on Center Theatre Group's Digital Stage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 3, 2020

The premiere of the multicamera, virtually produced reading of Luis Alfaro's 'Electricidad,' has moved to November 22, 2020 at 5 p.m. Pacific. The modern adaptation of a Greek classic is part of the 'The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro' which is presented on Center Theatre Group's Digital Stage in partnership with The Getty.

Esperanza America, Sal Lopez, Sandra Marquez and More Announced for Virtually Produced Reading of ELECTRICIDAD
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 16, 2020

Casting is announced for the multicamera, virtually produced reading of Luis Alfaro's 'Electricidad,' the first play in 'The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro' which is presented as part of the Live from the KDT series on Center Theatre Group's Digital Stage in partnership with The Getty.

Latino Theater Company to Stream Production Of A MEXICAN TRILOGY, PART 1: FAITH
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 2, 2020

The Latino Theater Company presents an archival video showing of Part 1 of Evelina Fernández's acclaimed trilogy. Travel with the Morales family through decades of the Mexican-American experience, beginning with a remote mining town in Arizona during World War II.

Latino Theater Company Streams Archival Recording of Fully-Staged Production of LA OLLA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 27, 2020

Tune in to La Olla - an archival video presentation of the Latino Theater Company's 2016 production. A bit player in a shady 1950s L.A. nightclub finds a pot full of cash in this adaptation, by Evelina Fernández, of the Roman comedy, The Pot of Gold by Plautus. I

Milwaukee Rep Offers Streaming Video of DESTINY OF DESIRE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 5, 2020

Karen Zacarias's hilarious play Destiny of Desire was set to end Milwaukee Rep's 2019/20 Season in the Quadracci Powerhouse. While the hope was to delay the production to June, that option is no longer possible.

Milwaukee Rep Has Announced the Complete Cast and Creative Teams for the Final Productions of the 2019/20 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 27, 2020

Milwaukee Rep has announced the complete cast and creative teams for the final productions of the 2019/20 Season including the world premiere Antonio's Song / I Was Dreaming of a Son by Pulitzer Prize finalist Dael Orlandersmith and Antonio Edwards Suarez in the Stiemke Studio March 24 - April 5, 2020; the world premiere event Hootenanny: The Musicale by celebrated musician David Lutken in the Stackner Cabaret March 27 - May 24, 2020; and the telenovela of passion and deception Destiny of Desire by Karen Zacarías in the Quadracci Powerhouse April 21 - May 17, 2020.

Over 100 Actors, Singers And Indigenous Aztec Dancers Take The Stage In LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 31, 2019

17th annual La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin a?" A Los Angeles holiday tradition starring Esperanza America (Latino Theatre Company's The Mother of Henry, A Mexican Trilogy) as the Virgin and featuring over 100 actors, singers and indigenous Aztec dancers as well as children and seniors from the community in the City's largest theatrical holiday production. Join the tens of thousands who have become transfixed by the story of Juan Diego, a simple peasant to whom the Virgin Mary appeared on four occasions in the mountains of Tepeyac near Mexico City in 1531.

Photo Flash: First Look at Latino Theater Company's THE MOTHER OF HENRY
by Stephi Wild - Mar 18, 2019

The times they are a changin'. Travel back to the working class melting pot of Boyle Heights of the 1960s with the Latino Theater Company's upcoming production, written by LTC resident playwright Evelina Fernandez and helmed by artistic directorJose Luis Valenzuela. The world premiere of The Mother of Henry runs March 23 through April 14at The Los Angeles Theatre Center. Low-priced previews begin March 15.