Héctor ÁlvarezNon-Residential Faculty Fellow

Héctor Álvarez is an interdisciplinary artist and scholar working in performance, theater, film, and contemporary opera.

He completed his MFA in Directing at the California Institute of the Arts (2023). Prior to joining the faculty at Emory in 2024, Professor Alvarez held positions at Lehigh University and North Park University. Professor Alvarez's research and practice focuses on avant-garde and experimental theater, rehearsal methodologies, and the use of theatrical strategies in preserving historical memory. His productions have been seen in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Hong Kong, and Mexico City and have garnered him the Princess Grace Award in Theater and Opera America’s Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Award. He is a FutureNow Directing Fellow, a Watson Fellow, and was artist in residence at the Antonio Gala Foundation in Spain. For the Fox Life/Story Fellowship, Professor Álvarez will be developing a performance-lecture exploring the execution of his great-grandfather by Fascist troops at the end of the Spanish Civil War.