INTRODUCTION

This introduction provides an overview of the book highlighting the co-editors Cynthia Santos DeCure and Micha Espinosa's research into culturally inclusive practices. Latinx Actor Training was born out of the urgent need to address the ongoing struggles and develop pathways for success for Latinx actors. This introduction serves as an invitation and familiarizes the reader with the range of perspectives, curricular innovations, and reconfigurations of traditional approaches that are offered in the 25 chapters. Within this collection, the reader will find academic scholars, practitioners, and theatre makers authoring chapters to offer historical, pedagogical, and theoretical approaches to the practice of acting through the Latinx experience.