ABOUT THIS EVENT: On the one-year anniversary of the shutdown of most major American theaters, two friends and frequent collaborators sit down for a candid conversation on creativity in the face of the pandemic. Award-winning playwright Luis Alfaro (Electricidad, Oedipus El Rey, and Mojada) and Director of Public Works at The Public Theater Laurie Woolery (As You Like It); will share how they have kept their personal creative fires burning (and offer ideas for how you might do the same). Don’t miss this conversation between two of theater’s greatest storytellers.

WHEN: Sunday, March 14, 2021 | 6pm MT, 8pm ET

WHERE: Luis Alfaro & Laurie Woolery’s living rooms (virtually)

ABOUT OUR GUESTS:

Laurie Woolery is a director, playwright, educator, facilitator and producer. Woolery has directed world premieres of plays by Tanya Saracho, Mary Kathryn Nagle, Charise Castro Smith, Marisela Trevino Orta, Aditi Kapil, K.J. Sanchez, Julie Marie Myatt, Cody Henderson, Allison Carey and others. Currently, Woolery is the Director of Public Works at The Public Theater, an initiative that seeks to engage the people of New York by making them creators and not just spectators. (read more)

Luis Alfaro has been working in theater, performance, poetry and journalism since the early 1980s. A multi-disciplined artist, he is also a director, curator, producer, educator and community organizer. A Chicano born and raised in the Pico-Union district of downtown Los Angeles, Alfaro is the recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowship, popularly known as a “genius grant,” awarded to people who have demonstrated expertise and exceptional creativity in their respective fields. Alfaro spent over two decades in the Los Angeles poetry community, and toured North and Latin America as a Performance Artist for over 10 years. (read more)