Héctor Alvarez

Theatre Director

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About me

Héctor Alvarez is a theater and opera director from Spain. His productions have been presented in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Madrid, Hong Kong, and Mexico City, and have been praised as “visually gorgeous and fulsome, so rich and sensitive in detail” (The Chicago Reader). A recipient of the Princess Grace Award and the Opera America Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Award, he continues to create innovative theatrical experiences across the world.

SELECTED PRODUCTIONS

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The School of Memory

Theatre Y, Chicago. July 2026

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Charges (The Supplicants)

Theatre Y, Chicago · 2026

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My Foot My Tutor

Theater Emory, Atlanta · 2025

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Umbra

Highways Performance Space, Los Angeles · 2025

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Here Be Sirens

California Institute of the Arts · 2023

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Roberto Zucco

California Institute of the Arts · 2022

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The Water Station

California Institute of the Arts · 2022

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Self-Accusation

Theatre Y, Chicago · 2019

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Malaga

Theatre Y, Chicago · 2018

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We're Gonna Die

Theater Y, Chicago · 2020

PRESS

TAKE NOTE | Héctor Álvarez: A Documentary of My Foot My Tutor

Documentary feature

The School of Memory explores the Spanish Civil War through one family’s shifting POV

Production Review

Theatre Y's Charges (The Supplicants) Updates Aeschylus for the Urgency of Our Times

Production Review

OPERA America Announces the 2025 Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Prize

Award Recognition

CONTACT

For directing inquiries, collaborations, and production information:

Héctor Alvarez

Email: sanzbritz@gmail.com

Los Angeles, California