Congratulations to Luis Alfaro for being a recipient of a 2012 Joyce Award! From the Theater Mania website:
"Playwright Luis Alfaro has won a 2012 Joyce Award. The annual prizes, which carry a $50,000 cast grant, are given to commission artists of color to help them create new works with cultural institutions. Worrking with Enrique Adyanthaya and Marlina Gonzalez, Alfaro will write a season of plays based on the ideas behind the fusion of Latino and Asian cultures, that will be created in collaboration with two Minneapolis/St. Paul theater companies, Teatro del Pueblo and Pangea. The plays will range from love stories of interracial couples exploring tensions between their two communities to a children's story adapted from a fable."
We did a Sunday video post about Luis just one day shy of being exactly one year ago (weird, huh?). The video explanation for the project the Joyce grant will fund is here. And below is a very cool video of Luis the storyteller. Enjoy. And take a minute to congratulate Luis. It's much deserved.
In a small way, I know who I am, too. Thank you for posting and thank you Luis for writing from the heart.
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