ABSTRACT
It is perhaps uncommon to introduce an anthology where Latinx and Latin American playwrights and directors come together, as they are usually divided into two different categories that either separate them as two distinct groups or are piled together as one homogenous group without any differentiation. The first use of the term “Latin America” can be traced back to the 1850s and the writings of Michel Chevalier, the French economist, who used the term to differentiate the “Latin” peoples from the “Anglo-Saxon” peoples of the Americas, using language to create a geographic distinction. It is also appropriate to think about the fluid exchange of cultures, languages, and traditions that people of Latinx America have shared and how their cultural production has expanded and continues to attract generations of artists and audiences. Nevertheless, their artistic contributions continue to be ignored by mainstream theatre producers and academic institutions.
