“Making Lucha Libre Latinx Theatre”, a free public talk

📆 Thursday, October 30, 2025
🕚 11:30am – 12:30pm
📍 American Geographical Society Library (AGSL)
🏫 UWM Libraries, 3rd floor east wing

This talk explores the work of nationally-produced playwright and UWM Associate Professor Alvaro Saar Rios, whose award-winning plays include Luchadora!, On The Wings of a Mariposa and Carmela Full of Wishes. Rios will discuss his journey to becoming a playwright, and how his Texican upbringing has shaped the stories he brings to the stage. This talk will cover both the creative and practical details of choosing source material and adapting it for theatre, as well as how Rios helps emerging creatives at UWM nurture their talents for writing, acting, set and costume design, and directing.

Professor Alvaro Saar Rios (UW-Milwaukee, Theatre) is a Texican playwright living in Chicago. His plays have been performed in New York City, Mexico City, Hawaii, Chicago, St. Louis, Seattle, Milwaukee and all over Texas. He has received playwriting commissions from various organizations, including Kennedy Center, Chicago Children’s Theatre, and the Zoological Society of Milwaukee. Rios holds an MFA in Writing for the Stage and Screen from Northwestern University. In addition to teaching at UWM, he is a Playwright-In-Residence at Milwaukee’s First Stage and is a proud veteran of the US Army.

 

Join us to learn about the many topics you can study through the interdisciplinary LACUSL major at UWM. And mark your calendar for our other Fall 2025 LACUSL Speaker Series talks!

Free & open to the public
No registration required
For questions or accessibility accommodations, please contact: clacs@uwm.edu

Cosponsored by the UWM Military and Veterans Resource Center