The Latino Theater Company stands in solidarity with the Asian American Pacific Islander community that is under attack by the racism rampant in the United States. Bigotry is a cancer to our society and must be removed so we can, at last, heal our nation from its long and ugly legacy of hatred. We all must stand together to eliminate the insidious nature of this vile and violent intolerance. 

#StopAsianViolence!

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Stop AAPI Hate | Escuchan Monologue Series

Latino Theater Co. strongly supports and stands in solidarity with our Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander colleagues.  In an effort to highlight the joy, talent, and rich cultural diversity of the AAPI community, we enthusiastically want to offer our platform and showcase AAPI stories. During the month of May, the LTC and Playwrights Arena commissioned five Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander playwrights for monologues that humanized the AAPI experience and helped break the harmful stereotypical images our communities have been fed for so long.

BONI B. ALVAREZ is a Los Angeles-based actor-playwright. His plays include America Adjacent, Bloodletting, Fixed, Nicky, Dallas Non-Stop, Driven,and Ruby, Tragically Rotund. His plays have been produced at Center Theatre Group - Kirk Douglas Theatre, Echo Theater Company, Coeurage Theatre Company, Skylight Theatre Company, Theatre Rhinoceros, and Playwrights’ Arena. He is a Resident Playwright of New Dramatists. As an actor, he has performed at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, Echo Theater Company, REDCAT, American Repertory Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Ma-Yi Theater Company, National Asian American Theatre Company, La Mama, and PS 122, among others.

BRANDON ENGLISH is a Queer Filipinx-American actor, producer, and writer. Some of his favorite roles include: Judas in “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot” (LRTC), Charlie in “Flowers of Hawaii” (Native Voices), and General Hiroshi in “Comfort Women: A New Musical” (Dimo Kim Musical Theatre Factory). He recently starred in the short film “Consent,” which premiered and won the Grand Jury Award at Outfest Fusion. His current short film, “Bakla,” is making the film festival circuit. brandonenglish.net, IG: @brandonuniverse

VELINA HASU HOUSTON’s career began Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club, expanding globally. A playwright and librettist, she also is a published poet, essayist, journalist, blogger, screenwriter, and novelist with over 28 writing commissions. Honored by the Kennedy Center, Smithsonian Institution, Rockefeller Foundation, Japan Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Theatre Communications Group, and others, she founded graduate playwriting studies at the School of Dramatic Arts, University of Southern California, where she is Distinguished Professor, Director of Dramatic Writing, and Resident Playwright; and faculty with the Iovine Young Academy. A Fulbright Scholar, her archives are at Huntington Library and Library of Congress.

ANNETTE LEE began her artistic life as an actor in New York before returning to her native Los Angeles as a playwright. Her plays have been performed and read in Los Angeles, New York, Colorado, Portland, and Chicago. She has written for radio, mono-drama, site-specific projects and has served as a dramaturge for Artists at Play, USC School of Dramatic Arts and its Master of Professional Writing Program. A recipient of the Mickey Dude Fellowship for the Depiction of Ethnic Life in America and the Edna & Yushan Han Scholarship, she holds an MFA in Playwriting from UCLA, has taught writing at UCLA and East West Players. She has written with The Vagrancy and the David Henry Hwang Writers Institute. Formerly, as the Literary Manager for Los Angeles’, Playwrights’ Arena, she curated seven seasons of the New Pages Lab Reading series, a program developing new works for the stage by Los Angeles playwrights, which have been seen and heard across the country.

JACQUELINE MISAYE is grateful to be a part of the Latino Theatre Company’s commitment to amplify Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander stories, especially during a time when we need them the most. Recent credits include Reykjavik (The Road); At the Table (The Road); Bliss, Or Emily Post is Dead (Moving Arts); Kentucky (East West Players); Little Women (Playwrights Arena). She trained at the British American Drama Academy and the USC School of Dramatic Arts. For more information, please visit www.jacquelinemisaye.com.

NANCY MA (she/her) is an actor, writer, and facilitator. She was raised in Chinatown New York. Her solo show, Home, produced by The Latino Theater Company, is a raw interrogation of belonging and acceptance. Home has been performed at school, festivals, and theaters around the country. BA from Williams College. Recent credits include Hacks (HBO), The Joy Luck Club (Sierra Madre Playhouse), American Bodies (Film Independent Project Involve).

KEN NARASAKI is an actor/writer who’s been professionally involved in theater since 1976. Born in Seattle, he studied theatre at the Cornish School (then Institute) of the Arts before moving to San Francisco for the Summer Training Congress at the American Conservatory Theatre, before working at the Asian American Theater Company for 14 years, going on to perform in over 65 plays in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and more. Most recent performance was GREATER CLEMENTS at the Lincoln Center in 2019/2020 (nominated Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor) As a playwright, his plays include GHOSTS AND BAGGAGE, produced at LATC in 1998 (third place in the C.Y. Lee Playwriting Competition), THE MIKADO PROJECT (co-written with Doris Baizley), produced by Lodestone Theatre Ensemble, 2007 (winner, Kuma Kahua Pacific Rim Playwriting Award), INNOCENT WHEN YOU DREAM (produced at Electric Lodge 2008, presented at the Smithsonian Institute 2009, winner, Kumu Kahua Pacific Rim Playwriting Award), and NO-NO BOY (premiered at the Santa Monica Playhouse, 2010, performed in New York, Queens, and Washington D.C. by Pan Asian Rep in 2014, 2016, and 2018). No-No Boy has also just been released by LA TheatreWorks as a radio play.

GIOVANNI ORTEGA is a multi-disciplinary artist who develops narratives for marginalized voices. He recently finished The Pinoy Trilogy: The Butterfly of Chula Vista (San Diego Rep), Criers for Hire (EWP) & ALLOS, The Story of Carlos Bulosan. In addition, he is the Artistic Director of FilAm Arts Teatro an Assistant Professor in Pomona College for the Claremont Colleges. www.giovanniortega.com

ANNE YATCO is a Flipino American actress/singer/writer. Theater credits include Bloodletting (Kirk Douglas Theatre), Dallas Non-Stop (Playwrights’ Arena), and Medea (UCLA Live). TV: Station 19 (co-star). As a voice actress, she is best known for her roles as Nobara in Jujutsu Kaisen, Lola in The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter, Hamamoto in Penguin Highway, Eda/Solitaria in the video game Epic Seven, and Kurumi in the upcoming video game Naraka Bladepoint. www.anneyatco.com Twitter/IG: @annejyatco

Stop AAPI Hate | Conversation

The Latino Theater Company feels strongly about the events which have taken place, recently and historically, affecting people of color and in particular the Asian Community. It is our responsibility to make our audience aware of the long-standing relationship we have had with our Asian colleagues. We share the same struggle of calling out white supremacy and hate. We invite you to a conversation where we can share information and understand how we can organize and continue to support our Asian brothers and sisters at this important time.