I call myself a citizen artist, because one of the things I do is try to get my playwrights - especially my graduate playwrights - interested in the world. It's about how you connect art to culture and community here and now, and how we are vital to the expression of our community... (Luis Alfaro)

I call myself a citizen artist, because one of the things I do is try to get my playwrights - especially my graduate playwrights - interested in the world. It's about how you connect art to culture and community here and now, and how we are vital to the expression of our community...

Luis Alfaro

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