Latino Theater Company

Founded in 1985, Latino Theater Company operates the Los Angeles Theatre Center, a historic landmark, five-theater performing arts complex in the revitalized Historic Core District of Downtown Los Angeles. The Latino Theater Company in collaboration with a group of theater professionals are building a national network to enhance the visibility and sustainability of Latina/o/x theater groups. Launched in 2022, the National Latinx Theater Initiative (NLTI) was created to protect, deepen, and advance the Latina/o/x theater practice and experience. With this award, NLTI addresses the systemic under-capitalization of the Latina/o/x theater sector nationwide and locally in Chicago, including the lack of long-term investment and infrastructure support.

The Latino Theater Company (LTC) was founded in 1985 in Los Angeles with aim of contributing new stories and novel methods of expression for the American theater repertoire while increasing artistic opportunities for underserved communities.

The event, RESIST + RETURN: Claudio Rojas and ‘The Infiltrators,’ features a discussion with activist and film protagonist Claudio Rojas, who was deported after the filming of ‘The Infiltrators’ ended, alongside other panelists from the documentary film and immigration law community, including filmmakers Alex Rivera (2021 Fellow) and Cristina Ibarra (2021 Fellow), and Ahilan Arulanantham (2016 Fellow), co-director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law.  The dialogue is moderated by Sundance Film Festival Programmer, Dilcia Barrera, and Fidel Martinez of the L.A. Times.

Anticipated attendees include others in the documentary film and immigration law communities.