Latino Theater Company

The LTC celebrates over 38 years of commitment to the creation of exciting, thought-provoking theater in Los Angeles. In 2005, the LTC embarked on a new vision to establish a cultural arts center in Downtown Los Angeles. The company was awarded a 20-year lease for the Los Angeles Theatre Center from the City of Los Angeles and a $4 million grant from the California Cultural and Historical Endowment to renovate this historic, five-theater complex. Since reopening in 2007, the company has produced critically acclaimed productions that reflect the diversity of Los Angeles. LTC season programming has consistently been recommended by critics and audiences alike, with shows garnering many L.A. Times Critic’s Choice, Backstage Critic’s Pick, LA Weekly Pick of the Week, and many Ovation Award Nominations and Recommendations over the years. Selected awards and nominations include three Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards for World Premiere of Outstanding New Play (A Mexican Trilogy, Time Alone, and The Mother of Henry), Ovation Award Nomination for Playwriting (Hope: Part II of A Mexican Trilogy), and a 2010 NAACP Theater Award (The Reckoning). It has received the ICWP 50/50 Applause Award for gender equity for the past seven years. In 2023, the LTC launched the National Latinx Theater Initiative (NLTI). The first of its kind, this program provides 9.5 million dollars in much-needed unrestricted operating support to Latine theaters and ensembles in Los Angeles, throughout California, around the country and in Puerto Rico. Currently, the LTC has commissioned the Circle of Imaginistas, a group of playwrights focusing on relevant Latine themes. The program pairs veteran, established Latine playwrights with early to mid-career playwrights in a writing partnership through which each playwright will create a full-length play. Continuing LTC’s commitment to education and community involvement, LTC has created the Impact Initiative, a program designed for all community colleges across Los Angeles County providing a platform for students to engage in theater arts through student subscriptions, performances, and master classes. LTC also offers Play at Work (PAW), a free after-school vocational training program that teaches stagecraft to Los Angeles public high school teens and young adults, and the Summer Youth Conservatory (SYC), a fully-funded scholarship based five-week program where high school students train in a professional setting.

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