Alex Alpharaoh
Hollywood Fringe veteran Alex Alpharaoh is a nationally recognized Guatemalan born actor, writer, poet, solo performer, and teaching artist from Los Angeles. He is a 2022 Disruptors TV Writers Fellow, a 2023 NEXT Commissions fellow for Antaeus Theatre Company, and a 2023 Musical Theatre Factory Writer’s fellow. His autobiographical Solo show titled WET: A DACAmented Journey, earned him the 2018 L.A. Drama Critics Circle award for best solo performance, as well as recognition in 2023 by Los Angeles’ Stage Raw Awards. WET was published as part of the “Seeking Common Ground: Latinx and Latin American Theatre and Performance” anthology. His spoken word ode to his beloved Los Angeles and Shakespeare titled, “O-Dogg: An Angeleno Take on Othello”, has been workshopped at A Noise Within’s NOW Festival, Garry Marshall’s New Works Festival, REDCAT New Works Festival, EST/LA’s Winterfest, and a Virtual Reality experience featuring Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, was part of Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s inaugural festival called Quillfest. O-Dogg was also featured in Carla Della Gatta’s “Latinx Shakespeare’s, Staging U.S. Intercultural Theater”. His latest classic adaptation, R&J: Rolling Through East L.A. was produced by Cholavision Productions as a workshop premiere for his No Fronts Actors Workshop, which he leads as founder and lead instructor. Alpharaoh’s first poetry book titled, “Chimeras DREAM On Barren Lands” is slated for release in early 2024 through El Martillo Press.
Recent credits include: Stage – WET: A DACAmented Journey (Greenway Court), Anna in the Tropics (A Noise Within), Body Beautiful (Fountain Theatre). T.V. – This Fool (Hulu), ANA, La Series (Amazon), Riley Parra (Amazon). Film – Family Cena, 5th of July, and PUG. Alex is a proud member of SAG/AFTRA, Actors Equity Association, and The Dramatist Guild of America. Social media handles: IG/FB/TW – @alpharaoh www.dacamentedjourney.com
In October of 2022, Alex was recognized by Mayor Eric Garcetti and the city of Los Angeles for his artivism within the immigrant community.
Alex’s book, Chimeras Dream On Barren Lands, will be published by El Martillo Press in the summer of 2024
