ROLE CALL
ABIGAIL VEGA
Profession: Producer, director, actor, and theatremaker
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Current home: San Antonio (with theatrical homes in Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles)
KNOWN FOR: Vega is the founding producer of HowlRound’s flagship program Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC), which was honored with the Peter Zeisler Award by Theatre Communications Group in 2017. During her five-and-a-half years in the post, Vega organized 11 meetings championing Latinx performance visibility in eight U.S. cities. Previously Vega served as director of the artistic collective for the Chicago- and Los Angeles-based troupe Teatro Luna, and in that capacity and as an ensemble member of the company she performed or did work in more than 25 cities across 13 states and four countries. “Home is where your accomplices are (and where you can find really good coffee),” Vega quips, “and I am lucky that my accomplices are all over the country!”
After stepping down as LTC’s
