Alvaro Saar Rios (Associate Professor, Playwriting; Area Head, Theatre Practices) is premiering his latest play “Quetzali and the Comic Book Queen vs. the Alebrije of Darkness: Live in the School Cafeteria” at Kentucky’s Lexington Children’s Theatre. American Theatre magazine profiled the work.
According to the American Theatre article, “Quetzali” is part of the national TYA BIPOC Superhero Project, a Theatre for Young Audiences/USA effort aiming to connect BIPOC playwrights with TYA theatres. The national initiative matched 20 playwrights of color with 24 U.S. theatres to commission plays featuring superheroes of color.
Rios’s latest work follows a teenager who notices a Quetzal feather emerging from her arm, leading her to discover secrets and fight evil. This play draws on cultural influences from Greek mythology, according to Rios.
Read the full article by Jerald Raymond Pierce on American Theatre.