Alberto Ruiz Lopez

COUNTRY Mexico

YEAR OF GRADUATION 2008

CURRENTLY BASED IN Mexico

RECENTLY COLLABORATED WITH Teatro Degollado

Alberto Ruiz Lopez (Beto Ruiz) was born in 1968 and holds a degree in Performing Arts from the University of Guadalajara in Mexico. He completed a Diploma in Acting at the Theatre Training & Research Programme in Singapore. A recipient of the PECDA grant for an Artistic Residency in Poznań, Poland, and an INBA grant for Specialization in Arts Education in British Columbia, Canada, he has also received three CECA grants.

His international acting experience includes working with directors such as Phillip B. Zarrilli (USA), Leela Alaniz (Brazil), and Uichiro Fueda (Japan). Having directed over 60 productions, he has earned numerous national awards and has represented his home state of Jalisco multiple times in the National Theatre Festival of Mexico.

Beto has taught courses and workshops in Taiwan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, India, and Canada, and served for five years as a faculty member in Acting and Movement at the Intercultural Theatre Institute in Singapore. He is a co-founder of La Ladrona, a performing arts research space in Guadalajara, Mexico.

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Recent works:
1. Director, Quetzalcoatl, Teatro Degollado, Guadalajara, Mexico (2025)