Luis Valdez Author & Editor

Luis Valdez is best known for his landmark 1979 play Zoot Suit - the first Latino-authored play to appear on Broadway - and is the founder of the internationally renowned and Obie-award winning company El Teatro Campesino, the longest-running community theatre extant in the United States. Valdez’s work on stage, television, and film has been honoured nationally and internationally.

Michael M. Chemers is Professor of Dramatic Literature at the University of California Santa Cruz.