 Luis Valdez to Give Keynote
Luis Valdez, founder of El Teatro Campesino (The Farm Workers Theater), who has been described as the founder of modern Chicano theatre and film, will give the USITT Keynote in 2012.
Mr. Valdez may be best known for both writing and directing La Bamba in 1987 and Zoot Suit in 1981. He has extensive writing and directing credits, and is regarded as one of the most important and influential American living playwrights.
His honors and awards include multiple LA Drama Critic Awards, Dramalogue Awards, Bay Area Critics Awards, the George Peabody Award for excellence in television, the Presidential Medal of the Arts, and Mexicos prestigious Aguila Azteca Award which is given to individuals whose work promotes cultural excellence and exchange between United States and Mexico.
In 2007 he received Rockefeller Fellowship, and he has been inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Theatre at the Kennedy Center.
Following the Keynote Address, the Annual Meeting of the Institute will take place.
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