Luis Alfaro
Chicano performance artist, writer, theater director, and social activist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, 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's Chicano barrios, including the Pico Union district, and often feature gay and lesbian and working-class themes. Many of Alfaro's plays also deal with the AIDS pandemic in Latino communities. Noted plays include "Bitter Homes and Gardens," "Pico Union," "Downtown," "Cuerpo Politizado," "Straight as a Line," "Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner," "No Holds Barrio," and "Black Butterfly." Many of these plays have also been published as stories or poetry. He is an associate professor in the School of Dramatic Arts at the University of Southern California. and from 2013-19, he was the playwright-in-residence at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
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