Luis Araquistain
Antonio/Sexton
Luis returns to FBP after playing the Player King in last summer’s production of Hamlet and Fred in last December’s production of A Christmas Carol. He is excited to be appearing as Antonio and Sexton in the current production of Much Ado About Nothing.
Stage experience includes appearances with the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival as Sebastian in the Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night, as well as Benvolio in the Festival’s touring production of Romeo and Juliet. For Tale Spinners Theater, Luis played Oscar in their production of The Trial of Los Siete, a play by Richard Talavera.
Luis has also enjoyed many appearances in children’s theater. He portrayed the Humbug in the California Theatre Wingproduction of The Phantom Tollbooth, and the Scarecrow in the New Shakespeare Company production of The Wizard of Oz.
Along with his love of acting, Luis has worked extensively in educational theater, serving as Artistic Resident with the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Educational Outreach Director of the Spindrift School of Performing Arts, and Director of Education with the Traverse City Children's Theater.
Luis is also the webmaster for the The Foodbank Players website.
