AMERICAN THEATRE | The Subtext: Eric Reyes Loo Is Earnest and Eager

Each month on The Subtext Brian speaks with a playwright about life, writing, and no matter itches we’re scratching.

This month, Brian speaks with playwright and TV author Eric Reyes Loo. Based in his hometown, Los Angeles, Reyes Loo has produced and developed work domestically with theatres akin to Pacific Resident Theatre, Rogue Machine, The Blank, Moving Arts, Chalk Rep, and different locations across the nation like The Inkwell, Lark Play Development Center, Manhattan Theatre Source, George Street Playhouse, and Rattlestick. He’s an alumnus of the Playwrights Union and is the Artistic Producing Director of Chalk Repertory Theatre the place he additionally oversees the corporate’s new play improvement initiatives. Most just lately, Eric was an Executive Story Editor on the collection, A.J. AND THE QUEEN, at present on Netflix.

On this episode, Eric talks about experiencing a kind of id disaster when not feeling seen for each his Chinese and Mexican ancestry and deciding to incorporate Reyes in his identify to be able to really feel culturally grounded. He discusses his journey via faculty, being seen by his household, and that elusive definition of success confessing “Success is that I am not alone.”