Performing runs in the family for Miguel Romero ’00. Throughout his childhood, he recalls, his family engaged in lively storytelling that stretched into the evenings. When Romero began to share his own stories at family occasions, his poise and comfort in the family spotlight were unmistakable.

Eventually, his passion for “story” led to a drama major at CC. “I was in plays in high school, but I didn’t really discover theater until I went to Colorado College,” he says. At CC, Romero starred in such plays as “Standup Tragedy” and “The Birthday Party.”

For his senior project, he wrote, directed, and performed in a solo performance piece about the Chicano experience in Vietnam. Called “I Remember,” the piece was a meditation on his father’s war experiences. “When veterans from disenfranchised communities returned home, their service to their country didn’t suddenly earn them civil rights,” says Romero. “The structural injustices that were in place before they left remained.”

Romero lives in Seattle with his wife, Heather ’00, and plays guitar in a comedic duo called “FleaDog.” He is a principal actor in the sketch comedy troupe “The Night Shift,” which has just produced a 90-minute movie called “Muffled by Pastry.” Look for it at Seattle SketchFest, the Toronto International Improv Festival, the Chicago Sketchfest, or www.gadzookfilms.com.

When Romero’s not “doing comedy,” he is studying for his master of divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary. Romero says his progression from theater to theology was unexpected but organic: “Both theater and theology are, at their cores, disciplines in service and search of truth.”

— Peter Rice ’05


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