ADRIAN
VILLEGAS
Welcome
to the Adrian Villegas official website!
Adrian
Villegas is the star and playwright of two popular and critically acclaimed
one-man comedies: “Six Mexicans Named Gonzalez” and “Barrio Daze”.
He is also writer, performer and Artistic Director for award-winning troupe The
Latino Comedy Project.
Villegas'
rollicking one-man shows deal with barrio life, racial politics, and pop culture—from
a distinctly Latino point of view. Villegas has played to packed audiences and
critical acclaim at colleges, theatres and cultural arts venues across the
country-- including performances at the Second Annual "Chupa This!"
Latino Comedy Festival alongside nationally renowned L.A. Latino comedy troupe
Culture Clash, as well as at Chicago's Mexican-American Fine Arts Center Museum
and Florida’s Tampa Bay
Performing Arts Center, two of the largest and most prestigious performance art
venues in the nation.
In
a remarkably brief time, Villegas' unique brand of culturally relevant Latino
comedy has proven him as an artistic and commercial force. The Villegas solo
style seamlessly melds urban credibility and quick-change mimicry with a
literate bilingual writing style. While heavily cultural, Villegas'
confrontational social consciousness and broadly accessible humor has struck a
chord with a diverse audience.
In
addition to his solo work, Villegas is also a writer, performer, and Artistic
Director of the Latino Comedy Project (L.C.P.), an Austin, Texas sketch ensemble
which debuted in February 1998 to rave audience response and critical acclaim.
The L.C.P. has performed at The Big
Stinkin’ International Comedy Festival and The Latino Laugh Fest, as well as
performing alongside such national acts as L.A.’s Pocho! and stand-up comedian
Carlos Mencia. The L.C.P. not only enjoys wildly popular sold-out performances,
but was also awarded special recognition in 1999 by the Austin Table of Theatre
Critics for “Outstanding Breakout Comedy Group of The Year”.
As
both a touring solo performer and Artistic Director for the Latino Comedy
Project, Villegas strives to create works that entertains, bridges cultures, and
taps into the hunger of under-served
and under-represented Latino audiences.
On
this website you will find archived reviews, feature articles and interviews, a
photo gallery, and updates about “Six Mexicans Named Gonzalez”, “Barrio
Daze”, The Latino Comedy Project and upcoming works-in-progress.
Enjoy!
