Myrna Salazar changed Chicago theater stages for the better

Myrna Salazar, co-founder and executive director of Chicago Latino Theater Alliance, speaks as Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot listens during a press conference about “Open Culture,” a plan to bring back cultural events after they were cancelled to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at the Goodman Theatre in the Loop, May 2021. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Before Myrna Salazar sat down last year to talk about the Destinos International Latino Theater Festival with us, we were told we’d be dazzled: “Just wait. You’re about to meet an amazing woman.”

And that we did.