Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program

Carlos Morton has over one hundred theatrical productions, both in the United States and abroad. His professional credits include the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Denver Center Theatre, La Companía Nacional de México, the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, and the Arizona Theatre Company.

Carlos is the author of The Many Deaths of Danny Rosales and Other Plays (1983), Johnny Tenorio and Other Plays (1992), The Fickle Finger of Lady Death (1996), Rancho Hollywood y Otras Obras Delteatro Chicano (1999), Dreaming on a Sunday in the Alameda (2004), and Children of the Sun: Scenes for Latino Youth (2008).

A former Mina Shaughnessy Scholar and Fulbright Lecturer to Mexico and Poland, Carlos holds an M.F.A. degree in drama from the University of California, San Diego, and a Ph.D. degree in theatre from the University of Texas at Austin. Carlos has lived on the border between Mexico and the United States since 1981, teaching at universities in Texas, California, and Mexico. He is currently Professor Emeritus of Theater at the University of California, Santa Barbara.