A.B. Lugo
Actor in New York
A.B. Lugo's film and TV credits include El Soplo Del Diablo (The Devil's Breath), Truth Will Out, ¡Ay, Que Susto! [NoHu Film Festival Award winner], Victor's Masterpiece, The Scoop, St. Nicholas, El Gallo, Red: The Masterpiece, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", and "Colors of Rhina". Stage credits include Anna in the Tropics [Henry Award nominee], Elliot: A Soldier’s Fugue, Exile is My Home [HOLA Award winner], Mother Courage and Her Children, Suicide is Prohibited in Springtime, Front Range Fables/To Slay The Dragon, Of Spacious Skies [True West Award winner], BBC: A Love Story, The Red Play, Is There Room in Your Heart?, As You Like It, The Tempest, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, Raft of the Medusa, Manchild Machismo [HOLA Performer's Choice Award winner, New York Latin American Theater Award winner], ¡Por mi madre que es verdad! [HOLA Performer's Choice Award winner], Fatherhood Up Close, A Solid Home/Un hogar sólido, Jane Ho, Don Quijote: la última aventura, Elektra XXXI, Ghost Stories of Old Manitou, Theatregasm 11, and a musical workshop of García Lorca's Blood Wedding.
As a playwright, his works include Banjee, Branches, Geneva, Stardumb, Ramble, Cater Waiters, The Valley is Green, Manchild Machismo, BBC: A Love Story, Field of Blood, and Tightrope. As a poet, he has performed all over the NYC metropolitan area, North Carolina, Colorado, and in Puerto Rico. His work has been published in his collection of poems Spanish Coffee: Black, No Sugar (LCG Media) and in the poetry anthology Me No Habla With Acento (El Museo Del Barrio/Rebel Satori Press).
As a director, he has directed the plays Agravios de fortuna (for which he won a New York Latin ACE Award); Puerto Rican Nocturne; La vieja herida; El Gringuito; My Last, Best Spouse; The Trip; Tina Does Pérez; Arranged Marriage; The Taking of Miss Janie and numerous readings.
As a producer, he has produced (or co-produced) the stage plays Banjee, Agravios de fortuna, Field of Blood, and numerous readings and events. He has also co-produced the film El Soplo del Diablo (The Devil's Breath).