ALVARO SAAR RIOS

The Royal Mexican Players were created in Houston in 2004.  Early members include Alvaro Saar Rios, Michelle Lopez-Rios, Ezequiel Guerra Jr, Lupe Mendez and Chris Rivera.   

Dubbing themselves “Houston’s brownest performance troupe,” the all Latino performance troupe make their professional debut with The Royal Mexican Players present The Crazy Mexican Show at Houston’s cultural arts center M.E.C.A.(Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts) in the spring of 2004.  

Since their successful debut, The Royal Mexican Players have presented work and/or workshops at Clarkson University, Texas A&M, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Talento Bilingüe de Houston, Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference, Voice & Speech Teachers Association Conference, Texas Thespians Festival, KCACTF (Region III), Milwaukee’s United Community Center, Houston Community College, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Milwaukee Chamber Theater.

Portfolio of works by The Royal Mexican Players include:

• The Crazy Mexican Show.  2004

• A Trip Through the Mind of a ‘Crazy’ Mexican.  2006

• Nuestra Voz, Nuestra Historia/Our Voice, Our Story.  2007.   Devised with students and members of Milwaukee’s Latino community.

• Bienvenidos a Milwaukee/Welcome to Milwaukee.  2008

• One Hot Texican Summer (or the summer I found out I was Mexican).  2011

• 500 Years.  2015

• The RMP Project: WTF?!?!  2015

Individually, The Royal Mexican Players continue to teach workshops and create theatre around the country.