[15][16][17] FUTURITY world premiered as part of the American Repertory Theater's 2011/12 season under the direction of Sarah Benson[18] co-commissioned by Walker Art Center.
[3] In 2013 Alvarez composed original music with The Lisps for The Foundry Theater's production of Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Szechwan starring Taylor Mac.
[22] In 2014 Alvarez composed original music for the World Premiere production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's play An Octoroon.
[23] Alvarez also composed music for Soho Rep's site specific work Washeteria,[24] Theatre for a New Audience's production of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth,[25] and the documentary A Woman Like Me.
[30] Alvarez was an Artist-in-Residence at The University of the Arts where they served as Founding Artistic Director of Polyphone, a festival of new musicals for five years.