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Alvaro Saar Rios\u2019 \u201cLuchadora\u201d was recently published by Dramatic Publishing, an Illinois-based company which offers theatrical productions to professional and amateur theaters.<\/p>\n

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UWM professor-playwright Alvaro Saar Rios.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The \u201cLuchadora\u201d world premiere was a First Stage Theater production in April at Milwaukee\u2019s Todd Wehr Theater, in the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.<\/p>\n

The Peck School of the Arts\u00a0assistant professor of playwriting is the co-founder of The Royal Mexican Players<\/a>, a national touring troupe. One of its most recent projects, \u201cWTF?!?!\u201d, premiered in November at UWM. Rios other works include \u201cOne Hot Texican Summer\u201d and \u201cThe Crazy Mexican Show.\u201d His plays have been performed in New York, Hawaii, Chicago, Milwaukee and Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cLuchadora\u201d tells the story of the discovery of a pink wrestling mask by a young girl. Her finding prompts her grandmother to share her experience growing up in 1960s Texas and the world of lucha libre<\/em> wrestling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alvaro Saar Rios\u2019 \u201cLuchadora\u201d was recently published by Dramatic Publishing, an Illinois-based company which offers theatrical productions to professional and amateur theaters. The \u201cLuchadora\u201d world premiere was a First Stage Theater production in April at Milwaukee\u2019s Todd Wehr Theater, in the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. 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