Jean Carlo Yunén Aróstegui (he/him) is a multi-medium, Spanish-Lebanese artist from the Domincan Republic. He is currently based out of Los Angeles, California where he serves as Associate Producer for the LATC (Los Angeles Theatre Center). As a celebrated award-winning photographer, Jean Carlo loves to explore the use of technology in his directing to create immersive virtual experiences. He’s in the process of producing a web series he co-created titled “Hello! We Are Ethnically Ambiguous!” which draws on people’s mislabeling and misconceptions of his identity while residing in Los Angeles. Jean Carlo is also set to co-direct a full production of an AR, immersive theater show for the fall of 2021 titled, “A Favored Nation.”

 

Education:
MFA Theatre dir. University of California, Los Angeles 

 

Selected Credits:

Assistant Director, Destiny of Desire by Karen Zacarías   

Cincinnati Playhouse

 

Assistant Director, Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Oregon Shakespeare Festival 

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Co-Director, La Víctima By El Teatro de la Esperanza

Los Angeles Theatre Center + Community Tour