From left: Lucy Rodriguez (Mercy) and Sal Lopez (Serafina) in Latino Theater Company's "The Storyteller of East LA" (Photo by Grettel Cortes Photography) Latino Theater Company’s world premiere of “The Storyteller of East LA” offers the best kind of theatrical experience — an intimate, beautifully produced and directed story that will make you laugh even as it moves you to tears. The production is infused with the talents of Latino Theater Company members, many of whom are fo

From left: Mathias Brinda, Xol Gonzalez, and Khalif J. Gillett in “Level Up!” (Photo by Jenny Graham) From the moment you walk into the Latino Theater Company to see “Level Up!,” you feel like you’re in The Matrix . Credit for that goes to scenic designer François-Pierre Couture, lighting designer Xinyuan Li, sound designer Robert J. Revell and especially projections designer Hsuan-Kuang Hsieh. It’s not often that the creative team behind a play is mentioned first in a theatr

From left: Achintya Pandey and Pia Shah in "नेहा & Neel" at Latino Theater Company (Photo by M Palma Photography) There are not many plays that center on the Indian American experience, and even fewer that do so with an easy humor that illuminates rather than preaches. The world premiere of “नेहा & Neel” (“Neha & Neel”) at Latino Theater Company avoids the pitfalls of portraying an underrepresented community on stage: flat characters that play to type, didactic monologues and

From left: Randy Vasquez (Mayor Alvarado), Xavi Moreno (Juan Perez) and Ruth Livier (Nancy Juarez) in "The Little King of Norwalk" at...