ABSTRACT
Quique Avilés, who migrated from El Salvador to Washington, DC, tells the stories of real-life people in performances consisting of monologues and poetry. His early work focuses on the Salvadorean diaspora during the 1980s. Later performances address the social activism of immigrants from throughout the world living in different parts of the United States. His most recent performances present the perspectives of biracial second-generation immigrants as they negotiate identities while defending immigrants’ rights. Throughout his work, Avilés elaborates a fluid understanding of immigrant identity as his characters seek to define themselves beyond social constructs that exclude them.
