The Latino Theater Company became the new operators of the Los Angeles Theatre Center located in the Historic Core of Downtown L.A in January of 2006.

After over 20 years of exploring the U.S. Latino Experience in bold, contemporary terms, the Latino Theater Company acknowledges and embraces the New Los Angeles.  A Los Angeles that is one of the most diverse cities in the world and our goal is to create a world-class cultural arts center that reflects this rich diversity.

THE NEW LATC will be a microcosm of the New Los Angeles; a destination center for those pursuing artistic excellence; a laboratory where both tradition and innovation are honored and honed.  The LATC theatre subscription series will capture the creative vitality that comes from people telling their own stories and digging deep into their own traditions to address important issues of our day.  The planned Conservatory will pass these skills and experiences to young and emerging artists.  Together the theatre, conservatory, museum, café and store will create a space amidst the excitement of downtown Los Angeles; a space where the convergence of people, cultures and ideas give birth to our future. 

The three major programs of THE NEW LATC will be:

• A World Stage Festival – the first of which begins on October 25^th and runs through December 22^nd
• A subscription theater season that will capture the vitality that comes from people telling their own stories and digging deep into their own traditions to address important issues of the day
• And a summer conservatory for young people

THE NEW LATC is committed to creating and producing passionate, truthful and professional world-class theater with artists of all cultures by:

• Developing and producing new plays and playwrights that examine, in bold contemporary terms, their cultural experience in the United States.

• Commissioning new plays, translations and dramatic events that deal with cultural convergences.

• Creating a professional family of skilled artists with special emphasis on developing their craft through workshops, rehearsals and performances.

• Giving young and diverse directors, designers, writers, choreographers and musicians opportunities to exercise their talents in collaboration with other artists.

• Give opportunities to young artists to hone their artistic skills in a cultural and supportive environment.

• Creating new audiences for the work of young and experimental artists of all cultures.