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Fidel Gomez is an actor, writer and director, born and raised in East L.A., and a proud graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where he received a BFA in theater. He is also a founding member and co-creator of The Vault Ensemble, based at the Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC).



His directorial work includes the Ovation-Recommended production of "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea" by John Patrick Shanley at LATC. As a writer/director, his credits include "The Vault: Bankrupt" and "The Vault: Unlocked," which received favorable reviews in the Los Angeles Times, LA Stage Times, LA Weekly, Flavorpill (Pick of the Week), LAist and Backstage, and as a co-writer/actor, his credits include "Melancholia," which toured internationally to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Other acting credits include "Destiny of Desire" at Arena Stage; the national tour of "Placas"; "Just Like Us" at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts; the national tour of "Solitude"; and "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "Romeo and Juliet" at Shakespeare Festival LA. His film and television credits include HBO’s "Walkout," "NCIS," "Undercovers," "Grey's Anatomy" and "7th Heaven."

Mr. Gomez can next be seen in the indie drama "Sister Cities" based on the play by Colette Freedman, and will be directing the Winter 2016 California Tour of "Placas," which starts January 21 in Richmond, California.

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Multilingual Comic Drama TACOS LA BROOKLYN Extended at Latino Theater Company


Appropriation… or appreciation? Latino Theater Company has extended its world premiere, multilingual production of Tacos La Brooklyn.

Review: TACOS LA BROOKLYN at Latino Theatre Company At LATC


A co-production with East West Players, Ulloa’s play makes the case for deeper investigation and against the kind of snap judgments that its hero, Chino, endures and fuels. Engagingly performed and containing plenty of cool visuals, Fidel Gomez’s production is a bit of a group hug. But it plays.

Latino Theater Company Presents TACOS LA BROOKLYN in September


Appropriation… or appreciation? Latino Theater Company presents the world premiere of an exciting, multilingual comic drama developed in Latino Theater Company’s Circle of Imaginistas playwriting group and produced in association with East West Players. 

World Premieres & More Set for Latino Theater Company 2023 Fall Season


Latino Theater Company will partner with two Los Angeles-based Asian American companies and San Francisco’s Magic Theatre to close out 2023 with a fall season of exciting premieres at downtown’s Los Angeles Theatre Center.

Latino Theater Company Streams Archival Recording of Fully-Staged Production of LA OLLA


Tune in to La Olla - an archival video presentation of the Latino Theater Company's 2016 production. A bit player in a shady 1950s L.A. nightclub finds a pot full of cash in this adaptation, by Evelina Fernández, of the Roman comedy, The Pot of Gold by Plautus. I

Latino Theater Company Streams Archival Recording of Fully-Staged Production of SOLITUDE by Evelina Fernández


Solitude - The Latino Theater Company presents an archival video showing of its 2009 production. Inspired by 'The Labyrinth of Solitude,' Solitude explores love, death, destiny and family through a contemporary lens, accompanied by live music from Semyon Kobialka.

OSF Announces Casting For 2020 Season


The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which is entering its 85th year, today announced the casts for the 2020 season, featuring some of the most beloved performers from OSF's history alongside newcomers from around the country. OSF is one of the most prominent theatre companies across the nation that have joined the Jubilee, a yearlong nationwide commitment by theatres to feature work generated by those who have traditionally been excluded from or marginalized by the theatre industry. Five Shakespeare plays staged as four productions, alongside two new plays inspired by him, take the Festival's stages in 2020. Two more commissions from OSF's multi-decade commissioning program American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle will also premiere.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2019 Season Opens March 8


The Tony Award winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) will launch its 84th year and Bill Rauch's final season as artistic director with preview performances beginning on March 1. The 2019 season officially kicks off Friday night, March 8, in the Angus Bowmer Theatre with Shakespeare's As You Like It (director, Rosa Joshi). On Saturday afternoon, Cambodian Rock Band (director, Chay Yew) opens in the Thomas Theatre, and Hairspray The Broadway Musical (director, Christopher Liam Moore) opens that evening in the Angus Bowmer Theatre. On Sunday afternoon, the drama by Southern Oregon based playwright Octavio Solis, Mother Road (director, Bill Rauch), will see its world premiere in the Angus Bowmer Theatre.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2018 Season Opens 2/23


The Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival will launch its 83nd year with preview performances beginning on February 16. The 2018 season officially kicks off Friday night, February 23, in the Angus Bowmer Theatre with Shakespeare's Othello (director, Bill Rauch). On Saturday afternoon, Shakespeare's Henry V (director, Rosa Joshi) opens in the Thomas Theatre, and the West Coast premiere of Kate Hamill's adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility (director, Hana S. Sharif) opens that evening in the Angus Bowmer Theatre. On Sunday afternoon, Karen Zacarias's Destiny of Desire (director, Jose Luis Valenzuela) will be staged in the Angus Bowmer Theatre.

TV: Watch the Melodrama Unfold in Highlights from DESTINY OF DESIRE at the Goodman


The plot twists, outrageous circumstances and fast-paced narrative style of the telenovela arrive on the Goodman stage this spring in Destiny of Desire by Karen Zacarias. Click below to watch highlights from the show!

Photo Flash: First Look at Goodman Theatre's Chicago Premiere of DESTINY OF DESIRE


The plot twists, outrageous circumstances and fast-paced narrative style of the telenovela arrive on the Goodman stage this spring in Destiny of Desire by Karen Zacarias. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Karen Zacarias' DESTINY OF DESIRE Begins Next Week at the Goodman


The plot twists, outrageous circumstances and fast-paced narrative style of the telenovela arrive on the Goodman stage this spring in Destiny of Desire-Karen Zacarias' "terrifically entertaining theatrical rollercoaster, directed to perfection by Jose Luis Valenzuela" (The Los Angeles Times).

Karen Zacarias' DESTINY OF DESIRE Begins Next Week at the Goodman


The plot twists, outrageous circumstances and fast-paced narrative style of the telenovela arrive on the Goodman stage this spring in Destiny of Desire-Karen Zacarias' "terrifically entertaining theatrical rollercoaster, directed to perfection by Jose Luis Valenzuela" (The Los Angeles Times).

Casting Complete for Goodman's GLORIA, UNCLE VANYA, DESTINY OF DESIRE and KING OF THE YEES


Goodman Theatre announces complete casting and creative teams for four Winter/Spring 2017 productions - one world premiere Goodman commission and three Chicago premieres - continuing the 2016/2017 'Essential Goodman' season.

BWW Review: South Coast Rep Lovingly Skewers Telenovelas in DESTINY OF DESIRE


Lovingly skewering the not-so-subtle art of telenovelas, Karen Zacarías' winning play DESTINY OF DESIRE---now being performed at Orange County's South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa through November 13---compresses an entire series' worth of over-the-top melodramatic goodness into a two-act play that, not surprisingly, comes off as an intentionally hilarious comedy.

Telenovela-Inspired Comedy DESTINY OF DESIRE at South Coast Repertory


Destiny of Desire has been called "cheekily charming" (MD Theatre Guide) and "ridiculously funny" (Broadway World) for its fresh take on telenovelas, popular the world over. The latest play by Karen Zacarias, directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela on the Segerstrom Stage, is a co-production with Chicago's Goodman Theatre and is a west coast premiere. Tickets are available now at www.scr.org.

California State, University Fullerton's 2016-2017 Season Opens with ANNA IN THE TROPICS


Cal State Fullerton's 2016-2017 season opens with the 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner Anna in the Tropics, written by Nilo Cruz and directed by Fidel Gomez. Anna in the Tropics runs September 23-October 9 in the Young Theatre on campus.  This poetic play is set in a Cuban-American cigar factory in Florida in 1929 where cigars are rolled by hand while lectors entertain the workers and divert them from their monotonous jobs. The arrival of a new lector is a cause for celebration, but when he begins to read aloud from Anna Karenina, he unwittingly becomes a catalyst in the lives of his avid listeners, for whom Tolstoy, the tropics and the American dream prove a volatile combination.

ANNA IN THE TROPICS to Open Cal State Fullerton's 2016-17 Season; Lineup Announced!


Cal State Fullerton's 2016-2017 season opens with the 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner Anna in the Tropics, written by Nilo Cruz, directed by Fidel Gomez and runs September 23-October 9, 2016 in the Young Theatre on campus.

California State, University Fullerton's 2016-2017 Season Opens with ANNA IN THE TROPICS


Cal State Fullerton's 2016-2017 season opens with the 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner Anna in the Tropics, written by Nilo Cruz and directed by Fidel Gomez. Anna in the Tropics runs September 23-October 9 in the Young Theatre on campus.  This poetic play is set in a Cuban-American cigar factory in Florida in 1929 where cigars are rolled by hand while lectors entertain the workers and divert them from their monotonous jobs. The arrival of a new lector is a cause for celebration, but when he begins to read aloud from Anna Karenina, he unwittingly becomes a catalyst in the lives of his avid listeners, for whom Tolstoy, the tropics and the American dream prove a volatile combination.

Casting Announced and Further Details for ANNA IN THE TROPICS at the Young Theatre


Cal State Fullerton's 2016-2017 season opens with the 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner Anna in the Tropics, written by Nilo Cruz and directed by Fidel Gomez. The cast of  includes Miguel Torres as Santiago, Joseph Daniel Zavala as Cheche, Tina A. Burkhalter as Ofelia, Lauren Villalobos as Marela, Shellie Sterling as Conchita, Eric Flores as Palomo and Wyn Moreno as Juan Julian. Anna in the Tropics runs September 23-October 9 in the Young Theatre on campus.

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