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JOSE LUIS VALENZUELA
Artistic Director The NEW LATC
Professor of Drama UCLA
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Artistic Director of the Latino Theater Company and a Professor of Drama at UCLA where he teaches the MFA Directing Program. Internationally, Mr. Valenzuela has directed Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen at the Norland Theatre in Norway; Manuel Puig’s Kiss of The Spider Woman at the National Theatre of Norway and has assisted his mentor, Stein Winge, with Hamlet, The Glass Menagerie, Barrabas, Pantagleize, Die Walkurie, The Inspector General and The Wild Duck. |
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His U.S. stage credits include Dementia (Evelina Fernandez) (2002 GLAAD Award) and Luminarias (Evelina Fernandez) for The Latino Theater Company at The Los Angeles Theatre Center, Journey to Cordoba, with music by Lee Holdrige and Richard Sparks, for the Los Angeles Opera, Carpa Clash (Culture Clash) at The Mark Taper Forum. Radio Mambo for the Miami Light Project, Bandido! (Luis Valdez) at the Mark Taper Forum, Hijos at the Jorge Negrete Theatre, La Victima (El Teatro de la Esperanza) LATC, The Promise (Jose Rivera), Roosters (Milcha Sanchez-Scott) at LATC, Stone Wedding (Sanchez-Scott in collaboration with Latino Theatre Lab) LATC, The Mission (Culture Clash) LATC, A Bowl of Beings (Culture Clash) LATC, S.O.S. (Culture Clash) Japan American Cultural Center, August 29th (Latino Theater Company) LATC, A Burning Beach (Eduardo Machado) LATC, The La, La, La Awards (Latins Anonymus), San Diego Repertory Theatre and The Last Angry Brown Hat (Alfredo Ramos). He directed a workshop production of L.A. Carmen, a musical adaptation of Bizet’s Carmen by the Latino. |
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Theater Company. Other credits include La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inanztin (Latino Theater Company) at Our Lady of The Angels Cathedral, La Virgen del Tepeyac (Luis Valdez) at Saint Alphonsus Church and the Million Dollar Theater; How Else Am 1 Supposed To Know I’m Still Alive?; and Premeditation (Evelina Fernandez), for The Latino Theater Company, Melancholia (LTC Laboratory at LATC). His film directing credits include the award-winning film Luminarias for Sleeping Giant Productions and Distributed by New Latin Pictures. How Else Am I Supposed To Know I’m Still A live? for Universal’s Hispanic Film Project, Una Vez Al Año Para Toda Una Vida, La Redada and A Bowl of Beings, for PBS’ Great Performances. Mr. Valenzuela was honored with the 2003 Hispanic Heritage Month Local Hero of the Year Award sponsored by Union Bank and KCET, Los Angeles. This award recognizes distinguished citizens for their contributions to improving the quality of life throughout their respective communities. Most recently, Jose Luis directed staged readings of Liz Estrada in the City of Angels at the Getty Villa and at the LATC. |
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