Emanuel Loarca stars as "El Profe" in LUZMI by Diana Burbano. Photo by Aaron Gallegos.

​"Hero Theatre has helped make live theater in Los Angeles more equitable and inclusive — providing space for and giving artistic voice to actors of all races, genders, sexualities, religions, beliefs and backgrounds." The Los Angeles Times

ON STAGE​

We continue our environmental new works commissioning initiative, Nuestro Planeta!
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FAVORITE  MEDIA

Our third American Theatre Magazine feature for Nuestro Planeta is out, penned by our El Salvador writer Brian Quijada!
Meet LA Vanguardia! HERO Theatre Founder Elisa Bocanegra and Luzmi playwright Diana Burbano are featured in The L.A. Times as Latino Power Players and Innovators in entertainment today. Check it out!
Read our second story in American Theatre Magazine!
Julia Stier Interviews Elisa Bocanegra on her work in reshaping the classic American canon for This Stage LA.

FEATURED VIDEOS

Meet our founder Elisa Bocanegra as she speaks about her career, HERO and her time at OSF.
HERO Theatre's RISE: An Immersive Exploration of Gun Violence in Schools was featured in a segment on KTLA 5 News on Saturday, September 3rd, 2022. Click above to view!
​Annette Bening, Charlie Day, Olympia Dukakis, Justina Machado and many more celebrity friends speak out in support of HERO!​