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Actor director educator

Luis Q. Barroso, American actor, educator, theater director. Recipient Winifred Ward prize, Theatre for Children, 1973, Best Supporting Actor, Big Easy Awards, 1993, Storer Boone, 1994, 2000, Lifetime Achievement award, 2003, Puppetry award, Union Internationale De La Marionnette. Member of Arts Council of New Orleans, Screen Actors Guild, Actors Equity Association, Puppeteers of America, Theatre Communications Group.

Background

Barroso, Luis Q. was born on October 31, 1944 in Havana, Cuba. Son of Felipe Neri and Guillerma Yolanda Barroso.

Education

Bachelor in English and Theatre, Rollins College, Florida, 1966.

Career

Director children's theatre Gallery Circuit Theatre, New Orleans, 1968—1970, Le Petit Theatre Du Vieux Carre, New Orleans, 1970—1978. Director Minacapelli's Dinner Theatre, Slidell, 1978—1980. Producer, director Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, 1980—1989.

Educator Orleans Parish Schools, New Orleans, since 1990. Performance coordinator Contemporary Arts Center, 2000. Actor Tulane Summer Lyric, Rivertown Republican, Southern Republican, Dog & Pony Theatre & Company, since 1989.

Interim artistic director DRAMA!, New Orleans, since 2004.

Achievements

  • Luis Q. Barroso has been listed as a notable actor, educator, theater director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Arts Council of New Orleans, Screen Actors Guild, Actors Equity Association, Puppeteers of America, Theatre Communications Group.

Connections

Father:
Felipe Neri

Mother:
Guillerma Yolanda Barroso