Artistic Statement
My name is Alicia Margarita Olivo; you can call me Alicia. I’m a Mexican American writer, arts manager, director, producer, and weather enjoyer who calls the land between Houston and Matamoros home. I create theatre and artistic spaces for those searching for belonging. Both of my creative and administrative sides have this mission in common: to help show that art is present in the most unexpected places, and that anyone who wants to be an artist should have the access to knowledge, resources, and camaraderie to be one, regardless of their background.
I create theatre – as a playwright, director, and producer – about Houstonians of Latin American, usually those of a working-class background. As a writer, I write sharp and incandescent new plays about imperfect Mexican and Mexican American people finding their place in the world, whether in their hometown or beyond. Although these plays often deal with subjects like immigration, racism, abuse, and violence, hope and humor are never absent, just the way I view life. As of December 2025, I’m currently under commission by San Jacinto College, South, to co-write a new full-length play, Secret Menu, with Brendan Bourque-Sheil with a premiere date of late February 2026. Secret Menu is not just about Mexican & Mexican American history in Pasadena, TX, but about different ways that we document the past and share it with others.
As a director and producer, I collaborate with other theatremakers and filmmakers to bring stories about Houston to life. In September 2025, I co-produced and was the script supervisor on cloud maker, a short film directed by ricardo enrique and Antonio Lasanta. I’m also currently producing and writing for magnolia city, a devised short play reading anthology that will be presented at the 2026 Mix-MATCH Festival in Houston, TX next January.
As an arts manager and administrator, I explore ways to share knowledge and resources for artists and writers. I am currently the Consultant for Special Projects with Benvenuti Arts, a remote arts management consulting firm that works with small and mighty artist groups across the U.S., with a focus on serving groups with budgets under $500K. Inspired by being a first-generation high school and college graduate, I founded peach grove, a closed decentralized writers’ collective that encourages mutual support between writers based all over the country.
I am part of the Dramatists Guild, a Mid-America Arts Alliance Artist Leadership Fellow, a National Leader of Color Fellow, and a Writer-in-Residence at Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow.
I’m a National Weather Service SKYWARN Storm Spotter and love to go cloudspotting. BA: Wellesley College. @a.m.olivo
I create theatre – as a playwright, director, and producer – about Houstonians of Latin American, usually those of a working-class background. As a writer, I write sharp and incandescent new plays about imperfect Mexican and Mexican American people finding their place in the world, whether in their hometown or beyond. Although these plays often deal with subjects like immigration, racism, abuse, and violence, hope and humor are never absent, just the way I view life. As of December 2025, I’m currently under commission by San Jacinto College, South, to co-write a new full-length play, Secret Menu, with Brendan Bourque-Sheil with a premiere date of late February 2026. Secret Menu is not just about Mexican & Mexican American history in Pasadena, TX, but about different ways that we document the past and share it with others.
As a director and producer, I collaborate with other theatremakers and filmmakers to bring stories about Houston to life. In September 2025, I co-produced and was the script supervisor on cloud maker, a short film directed by ricardo enrique and Antonio Lasanta. I’m also currently producing and writing for magnolia city, a devised short play reading anthology that will be presented at the 2026 Mix-MATCH Festival in Houston, TX next January.
As an arts manager and administrator, I explore ways to share knowledge and resources for artists and writers. I am currently the Consultant for Special Projects with Benvenuti Arts, a remote arts management consulting firm that works with small and mighty artist groups across the U.S., with a focus on serving groups with budgets under $500K. Inspired by being a first-generation high school and college graduate, I founded peach grove, a closed decentralized writers’ collective that encourages mutual support between writers based all over the country.
I am part of the Dramatists Guild, a Mid-America Arts Alliance Artist Leadership Fellow, a National Leader of Color Fellow, and a Writer-in-Residence at Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow.
I’m a National Weather Service SKYWARN Storm Spotter and love to go cloudspotting. BA: Wellesley College. @a.m.olivo
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Alicia Margarita Olivo
Artistic Statement
My name is Alicia Margarita Olivo; you can call me Alicia. I’m a Mexican American writer, arts manager, director, producer, and weather enjoyer who calls the land between Houston and Matamoros home. I create theatre and artistic spaces for those searching for belonging. Both of my creative and administrative sides have this mission in common: to help show that art is present in the most unexpected places, and that anyone who wants to be an artist should have the access to knowledge, resources, and camaraderie to be one, regardless of their background.
I create theatre – as a playwright, director, and producer – about Houstonians of Latin American, usually those of a working-class background. As a writer, I write sharp and incandescent new plays about imperfect Mexican and Mexican American people finding their place in the world, whether in their hometown or beyond. Although these plays often deal with subjects like immigration, racism, abuse, and violence, hope and humor are never absent, just the way I view life. As of December 2025, I’m currently under commission by San Jacinto College, South, to co-write a new full-length play, Secret Menu, with Brendan Bourque-Sheil with a premiere date of late February 2026. Secret Menu is not just about Mexican & Mexican American history in Pasadena, TX, but about different ways that we document the past and share it with others.
As a director and producer, I collaborate with other theatremakers and filmmakers to bring stories about Houston to life. In September 2025, I co-produced and was the script supervisor on cloud maker, a short film directed by ricardo enrique and Antonio Lasanta. I’m also currently producing and writing for magnolia city, a devised short play reading anthology that will be presented at the 2026 Mix-MATCH Festival in Houston, TX next January.
As an arts manager and administrator, I explore ways to share knowledge and resources for artists and writers. I am currently the Consultant for Special Projects with Benvenuti Arts, a remote arts management consulting firm that works with small and mighty artist groups across the U.S., with a focus on serving groups with budgets under $500K. Inspired by being a first-generation high school and college graduate, I founded peach grove, a closed decentralized writers’ collective that encourages mutual support between writers based all over the country.
I am part of the Dramatists Guild, a Mid-America Arts Alliance Artist Leadership Fellow, a National Leader of Color Fellow, and a Writer-in-Residence at Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow.
I’m a National Weather Service SKYWARN Storm Spotter and love to go cloudspotting. BA: Wellesley College. @a.m.olivo
I create theatre – as a playwright, director, and producer – about Houstonians of Latin American, usually those of a working-class background. As a writer, I write sharp and incandescent new plays about imperfect Mexican and Mexican American people finding their place in the world, whether in their hometown or beyond. Although these plays often deal with subjects like immigration, racism, abuse, and violence, hope and humor are never absent, just the way I view life. As of December 2025, I’m currently under commission by San Jacinto College, South, to co-write a new full-length play, Secret Menu, with Brendan Bourque-Sheil with a premiere date of late February 2026. Secret Menu is not just about Mexican & Mexican American history in Pasadena, TX, but about different ways that we document the past and share it with others.
As a director and producer, I collaborate with other theatremakers and filmmakers to bring stories about Houston to life. In September 2025, I co-produced and was the script supervisor on cloud maker, a short film directed by ricardo enrique and Antonio Lasanta. I’m also currently producing and writing for magnolia city, a devised short play reading anthology that will be presented at the 2026 Mix-MATCH Festival in Houston, TX next January.
As an arts manager and administrator, I explore ways to share knowledge and resources for artists and writers. I am currently the Consultant for Special Projects with Benvenuti Arts, a remote arts management consulting firm that works with small and mighty artist groups across the U.S., with a focus on serving groups with budgets under $500K. Inspired by being a first-generation high school and college graduate, I founded peach grove, a closed decentralized writers’ collective that encourages mutual support between writers based all over the country.
I am part of the Dramatists Guild, a Mid-America Arts Alliance Artist Leadership Fellow, a National Leader of Color Fellow, and a Writer-in-Residence at Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow.
I’m a National Weather Service SKYWARN Storm Spotter and love to go cloudspotting. BA: Wellesley College. @a.m.olivo