Biography

Luis Quintero is an actor, composer, fight choreographer, and award-winning playwright. His Hip Hop adaptation of Medea, produced by Red Bull Theater, was nominated for four Lucille Lortels and two Drama Desk Nominations with a win in playwriting from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Artists (HOLA).

He is a bi-coastally based artist working from Houston and New York. Locally he attended Seven Lakes High School in Katy. Upon graduating from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, he has appeared in Houston theaters including A.D. Players, Stages, Fourth Wall Theatre Company, and The Alley.

Regionally he has performed all around the United States including The Old Globe San Diego, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, The North Carolina Symphony, and Hudson Valley Shakespeare. Yearly, Luis can be seen across the way in A Christmas Carol at the Alley Theater.

Upcoming writing commissions include The Minotaur with Hudson Valley Shakes and Phaedra with Red Bull Theater and the Alley. He would like to thank his mother, father, brother, and partner Beth for all of their support as well as the Houston Symphony for the opportunity to strut the boards.