​Lucas Calzada

LUCAS CALZADA is a comedy-forward, queer, second-generation Latino actor + writer born and raised in Alaska.

 

Film/TV highlights include SUGAR (EP: Dylan McDermott) and WHAT SHE SAID (available SVOD). On stage, Lucas had the honor of premiering HAMLET: PRINCE OF CUBA as Horatio, opposite Frankie J Alvarez (“Looking”) with an original Spanish translation by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz (“Anna in the Tropics”), and the musical BIGFOOT AND OTHER LOST SOULS with music by Tony Award-winning composer Mark Hollman (“Urinetown”). He’s performed as a guest actor in live sketch comedy shows around town at Upright Citizens Brigade, The Ruby, Second City Hollywood, and Acme Comedy Theatre. In 2022, he was selected as a performer finalist for the Nosotros YA TU SABES MONOLOGUE SLAM. Lucas holds an MFA in Acting from Florida State University/Asolo Conservatory, and a BA in Theatre from University of Alaska Anchorage.

 

For writing, Lucas has studied at such venerable institutions as Upright Citizens Brigade, iOWest, The Pack Theatre, Second City, The Writing Pad, and UCLA Extension Writers’ Program. In 2020, he was commissioned by Theater at Monmouth to write a children’s play to highlight Latino stories and fables, titled PACHANGA! LATINX STORIES FOR KIDS. To see current writing projects he’s working on, head over to his “Writing” page.

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Lucas currently lives in Los Angeles, and has way too many books on his nightstand.