Professor Alcaraz is an Associate Professor and the head of the Lighting Program at UCIrvine. Professor Alcaraz is also a professional Lighting Designer who has designed at various regional theatre houses, such as South Coast Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse, The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Laguna Playhouse, Berkeley Repertory, Sierra Repertory, The Arena Stage in DC, the Utah Shakespearean Festival and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. He also has designed theme parks for Universal Studios in Japan and Florida.
He is an associate artist with Cornerstone Theater Company and a member of the United Scenic Artist/IATSE - Local 829. M.F.A and B.A. from University of California, Irvine.
For more information on his professional and teaching career, please see http://www.lradesigns.com.