Featured Presentation
A Conversation with Luis Alfaro Heading link
Tuesday, March 1
1PM • via Zoom at go.uic.edu/inbetwee-alfaro
Luis Alfaro is a MacArthur fellow and associate professor of dramatic writing in the School of Dramatic Arts at the University of Southern California. He is perhaps best known for his trilogy of tragedies—Electricidad, Oedipus El Rey, and Mojada, adapted from works by Sophocles and Euripides. These plays have been produced in a wide variety of venues, including the Mark Taper Forum, the Goodman Theatre, and the Public Theater, and in countries around the world. His adaptations reimagine Greek classics, “canon texts,” and explore ancient and contemporary themes through the lenses of different Hispanic communities, their cultures, and their struggles. In the conversation for the In/Between Conference, Luis and Dr. Young Kim, Head of UIC’s Department of Classics and Mediterranean Studies, will explore his own thinking about decolonizing and diversifying the theater, vis-à-vis his own work with Greek tragedy.
This event is co-presented by the Luis Alfaro Residency Project, which is supported by a grant from the University of Illinois Presidential Initiative: Expanding the Impact of the Arts and the Humanities.