Manuscripts, videos, administrative papers, and photographs related to the Los Angeles-based Center Theatre Group and its Latino Theater Initiative.

From 1992 to 2004 the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles housed the Latino Theater Initiative (LTI) which was designed to provide access not only to emerging Latinx artists but also to increase its Latinx audience base by offering theatrical programming which was relevant to the Latinx community and reflected the diversity of the city of Los Angeles. One of the reasons the program was so groundbreaking was how it created a specific space for Latina/o theater within a nationally recognized institution. It also helped to broaden the definition of American theater, as described in its mission statement, "By creating art works that are culturally based, the Latino Theater Initiative contributes to a broader definition of American identity while creating works and a new audience for the American Theater."

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