On Bicultural Comedy

HowlRound Theatre Commons: As one of the founding members of the Chicano Latino ensemble Culture Clash, Herbert Sigüenza has recently branched out as an independent writer, writing solo pieces, farces, adaptations, and tragicomic plays. He is currently in his fourth year as playwright-in-residence at the San Diego Repertory Theatre, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, where his new play Bad Hombres/Good Wives, an adaptation of Molière’s School for Wives that I dramaturged, enjoyed a successful run.