Alberto Justiniano

Alberto Justiniano is founder and artistic director of Teatro del Pueblo, a Latinx theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is a prominent member of the National Latina/o Commons and the Twin Cities Theaters of Color Coalition.

In 1993, the Playwrights' Center of Minneapolis awarded Justiniano the Many Voices Residency Award, which allowed him to work collaboratively with industry professional in the Twin Cities. A year later, the Playwrights' Center selected him as an associate member, allowing him to do further research concerning social justice issues and multi-cultural themes in theater. He researched the usage of theater as a tool for crime prevention for children, which won him the Leadership and Arts Award in 1994. In 1997, he worked with Hazelwood, the first integrated school in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to utilize art in their community as a way of engaging students and faculty in conflict resolution and social justice issues. Cassie the Crab and Rosita the Island Girl, which was produced on Stepping Stone's stage in 2004, illustrates the story of two misfit friends who come together to save their neighborhood after a devastating oil spill. Justiniano is currently working on another children's play, which will be called Welcome to Welcomeville. He has also directed several productions for teenagers through Teatro del Pueblo's educational program to introduce more advanced multi-cultural themes to young adults. At Teatro del Pueblo, Justiniano is the curator of their Political Theater series and the Lation/Asian Fusion Series in collaboration with Pangea World Theater.

Awards Many Voices Residency Award (1993) - Playwrights’ Center of Minneapolis Leadership and Arts Award (1994) - St. Paul Companies Fransico Rosales Community Award (2009) Target Community Award (2012) Pro Lingua Award (2013)