Meet Israel Lopez!

Israel Lopez ALSO just finished his undergrad studies (English Literature) at SMU while starting rehearsals for a world premiere play. What can we say, SMU teaches 'em right. Catch Israel and the cast of SE LLAMA CRISTINA from May 24 to June 22 at Kitchen Dog Theater!

ISRAEL

FULL GIVEN NAME

Israel Lopez Reyes Jr.

HOMETOWN

South Los Angeles

ZODIAC SIGN

Cancer

CURRENT SHOW (OTHER THAN YOUR OWN) THAT YOU HAVE RECOMMENDING TO FRIENDS

one:man.show and PUP Fest at Kitchen Dog

KDT Artistic Company Member Tim Johnson in one:man.show

FAVORITE PLAY

References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot by Jose Rivera

MOST PLAYED SONG ON YOUR IPOD/DEVICE

"Get It Together" by Beastie Boys

LAST BOOK YOU READ

The Lamentable Journey of Omaha Bigelow into the Impenetrable Loisada Jungle by Edgardo Vega Yunque

MUST-SEE TV SHOW

"Seinfeld"

LAST GOOD MOVIE YOU SAW

"The Place Beyond the Pines"

PERFORMER YOU WOULD DROP EVERYTHING TO GO SEE

Tupac. I'll settle for the hologram.

POP CULTURE GUILTY PLEASURE

Telenovelas. They're totally fake and extremely entertaining.

FAVORITE PRE-/POST-SHOW MEAL
Oranges.

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE?

The President. 

WORST FLUBBED LINE/MISSED CUE/ONSTAGE MISHAP:

I was in a chicken costume we had rented from Pollo Campero or some place. I couldn't find my way offstage and I crashed into everything before I decided to take the chicken head off and exit.
It was sad.

WORST COSTUME EVER:

I played a fairy with leopard wings and blue parachute pants in high school. I also wore a vest. There was glitter everywhere. It was terrible.

A PLAY THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE ON A DALLAS STAGE BUT SHOULD BE DONE

Welcome Home Jenny Sutter by Julie Marie Myatt

ONE PLAY YOU HOPE YOU NEVER SEE AGAIN

Bad Shakespeare

IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT HOLDS DALLAS BACK FROM THEATRICAL GREATNESS?

I don't know. Developing more original work by Texas playwrights? More staged readings? Does Dallas have a fringe festival?

BUCKET LIST ROLES

Edmund in King Lear; Orestes in Electridad; Uday Hussein in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Honestly, I'd rather play a role in a new play than a role people are already familiar with.

IF YOU HAD TO RUN A SHOW FOR 10 YEARS AND YOU GOT TO CHOOSE - WHAT WOULD IT BE?

Suburbia by Eric Bogosian

SUPERSTITIONS

Black cats? I'm not into cats.

DREAM PROFESSION IF YOU DIDN'T BECOME AN ARTIST?

Drummer for Metallica...or Slayer. I guess that still falls under artist.

FIRST SHOW TO SEE AT KITCHEN DOG

RX by Kate Fodor

KDT Artistic Company Members Martha Harms,
Tina Parker, Max Hartman in RX.

FIRST SHOW TO BE IN AT KITCHEN DOG

Se Llama Cristina by Octavio Solis

BEST PIECE OF THEATER YOU'VE EVER SEEN

So many. Lydia by Octavio Solis at the Mark Taper Forum; Lynn Nottage's Ruined and Party People by Universes at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Don't miss Israel in his KDT debut in SE LLAMA CRISTINA at Kitchen Dog Theater, May 24 - June 22!

Buy tickets for SE LLAMA CRISTINA here.