The National Latinx Theater Initiative (NLTI) is a distinct program of the Los Angeles-based Latino Theater Company (LTCo). LTCo champions its artistic ensemble, staff, and community, as well as the Latinx theater sector writ large.
Inspired by The Black Seed, a first-ever national strategic plan, unprecedentedly conceptualized and led by the Black theater field to create impact and thrivability for Black theater institutions, the National Latinx Theater Initiative was designed in 2022 and will launch in early 2023.
The principal goal of the National Latinx Theater Initiative is to enhance stability and sustainability for this vital yet undercapitalized sector of the American theater community.
NLTI accomplishes this by providing multi-year general operating support grants through an institution-building strategy that encourages grantee theaters and ensembles to address challenges and seize opportunities.
Latino Theater Company
MISSION
Latino Theater Company's mission at The Los Angeles Theatre Center is to provide a world-class arts center for those pursuing artistic excellence; a laboratory where both tradition and innovation are honored and honed; a place where the convergence of people, cultures, and ideas contribute to the future.
HISTORY
The award-winning Latino Theater Company at the Los Angeles Theatre Center was founded in 1985 with the vision to contribute new stories to the American theater repertoire and increase opportunities in theater for underserved communities. As the nation’s largest theater company serving Latinx audiences, we produce work by local playwrights and highlight new voices within the Latinx, First Nation, Black, Asian American, Jewish American, MENA, and LGBTQ+ communities.
In 2007, the Latino Theater Company reopened The Los Angeles Theatre Center, a historic landmark and five theater performing arts complex in the revitalized Historic Core District located in Downtown Los Angeles. Since running operations at The Los Angeles Theatre Center in 2007, we have produced 206 plays, created over 4,767 local jobs, and helped 1,133 nonprofit organizations by providing space and the resources of our theater.
Over its more than 35-year history, the Latino Theater Company has developed and honed its own theatrical style to create plays that reflect the U.S. Latinx experience and speak to the Latinx community, as well as presenting work that reflects the demographics of Los Angeles.