Will Luera

Country before Party; Compassion before Everything

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13 forever belongs to Ozzie Guillén.

Thank you, @GameOnNation, for inviting me to be on the podcast! Always a pleasure to work with this team, and I appreciate the opportunity to discuss my Improv background and broader body of work. | Laugh with...Will Luera youtu.be/zh6voqsJbCQ?si… via @YouTube

Thank you, @mysuncoastview, for inviting Lifeline Productions to talk about our first-ever fundraiser, A Night of Stories & Light. It was fun to share some airtime with dear friend and the star of our next show, @jusumgirl. | Lifeline Productions hosts first fundraiser combining theater and mental health awareness mysuncoast.com/2026/03/30/lif…

A California artist created a massive 600ft mural on a overpass that comes to life when you drive past it x.com/ClownWorld/sta…

The more I look, the more I can’t stop laughing.. every prank level is crazy 😂😂

Was stuck at 280lbs for years. Finally hit a new PR of 285lbs!

This father practiced all of this just to make his daughter happy.🥹

.@OliSchaedLuera singing in Portuguese in the Hollywood Jazz concert at Booker High School. #prouddad

This weekend I’m bouncing up and down the Gulf Coast doing a little bit of everything I love: stand-up, improv, storytelling, and teaching. Six events in four days…If you’re nearby, come hang! THURSDAY 9PM - Sarasota - McCurdys Comedy Theatre Jumping in for a stand-up set at the legendary McCurdy’s Open Mic. Casual vibe, no reservations, no cover, no drink minimum. Just comedy. (After the 7 PM mainstage show.) More info at: tinyurl.com/mccurdys FRIDAY 7:30PM - Bonita Springs - Arts Bonita Joining Steve Cobb and friends for a high-energy improv show that’s fun for the whole family. Expect big laughs, unexpected moments, and the kind of comedy that only happens once. Tickets: tinyurl.com/artsbonitaspri… SATURDAY 10AM – Bonita Springs A playful workshop open to performers and non-performers of all ages. If you’ve ever been curious about improv or want to sharpen your skills, come jump in. SATURDAY 8PM – Crystal River - KC Wine Bistro Comedy, food, wine, and totally made-up scenes with friends Matt Walker, Darryl Knapp, and Liz Marcucci! More info at: kc-winebistro.com/events/whose-l… SUNDAY 7PM - Tampa Bay - The Commodore Joining Jeff and Colleen Sherman and other Sarasota Improvisers for the Fifth Annual Sarasota Sunday. I’ll be sharing some personal stories and also interviewing the audience for their stories as part of this fun night of Sarasota based Comedy. Tickets: tinyurl.com/28rkn6bk SUNDAY 8PM – Bradenton - Motorworks Brewing Doing a guest stand-up slot with Las Locas Comedy, an incredible lineup of Latina comedians from across the country, including longtime friend and colleague Natasha Samreny, bringing smart, unapologetic stand-up with extra sabor. I’m excited to jump in as a guest. Tickets: hauslafa.com/events/haus-la… If you’re anywhere along the Gulf Coast this weekend, come out and say hello. I’d love to see some friendly faces in the crowd. And if you see me racing from one show to the next… please hand me coffee. 😁

My face went from 😐 to 🤯

.@OliSchaedLuera’s First Road Gig! #prouddad

CrossFit Open #10 and CrossFit Open #1. It’s that time of the year when the global @CrossFit community participates together in three weeks of unified fitness. I’ve been doing this for 10 years, but this was my daughter @OliSchaedLuera‘s first time. The first workout of this season, 26.1, is brutal so I told her to just get 1 rep done at RX (the most difficult level) and then she can scale to something easier. 1 rep became 5 reps became 20 reps and after several minutes, she decided to just keep going at the RX level. She ended up doing 2 movements she had never done before, 14-pound wall balls and 20-inch box jumps. I was not only her judge, but her number one cheerleader and I was super proud to watch her face this challenge and overcome it. We’re both looking forward to 26.2! And also relieved that the Wall Balls are behind us! 😵

Back for more. Let’s Go! #crossfitopen

@Zman3003 @JeremyWGR Got it. So you didn’t go and are going just on hearsay. You’re so brave.

@JeremyWGR Good move Chicago is a dump and dangerous - went on a baseball trip to cubs game and everyone advised not to go the white sox game or stadium due to personal safety risks. Sad it's come to this.

This Indiana stadium deal with the Bears is gonna be GROOOOSSSSS

@libsoftiktok Spoken like someone who hasn’t been to Chicago

JUST IN: Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson is upset that the Chicago Bears are leaving Chicago for Indiana, says there is "clear evidence" for why they should stay. Not even the Chicago Bears want to stay in his hellhole crimeridden city 🤣

I’m incredibly proud to serve Miss Sarasota Softball as a board member, a coach, and a dad. For 50 years, this league has been about so much more than wins and losses. It’s about young women learning confidence, resilience, teamwork, leadership...the kind of lifelong skills that carry far beyond the field. I’ve seen firsthand how this program shapes character, builds friendships, and strengthens families. It truly is one of the special cornerstones of our community. Huge thank you to my fellow board members, our dedicated coaches, and the amazing players who show up ever week and who showed up bright and early to help us film this @mysuncoast segment celebrating our 50th anniversary. You represent the heart of what makes this league so powerful. Grateful to be part of something that’s been changing lives for generations. 💛🥎 mysuncoast.com/2026/02/17/mis…

My freshman year at Boston College, I arrived from the south side of Chicago with one clear musical identity: late ’80s and early ’90s Chicago techno. That was my music. My culture. My heartbeat. And in my dorm room…I played it loud. I wasn’t trying to be inconsiderate. I just wasn’t curious. I was loyal. To the beat. To home. One day, during a rare quiet moment, I heard a floormate down the hall playing one of my techno basslines on his guitar. He wasn’t mocking it. He was exploring it. That moment sparked a friendship...and cracked something open in me. I didn’t know Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Primus, Phish. None of it. But because he was curious about my music, I became curious about his. Over time, I became a fan. And here’s the funny part...I still didn’t understand half of what Eddie Vedder or Dave Grohl were saying. I’d catch a line, maybe a chorus. The rest? Vibes. But I loved it anyway. I loved the energy. The way it made the room feel. That experience shaped a value I carry... Joy Curiosity. When I see cultural, communal joy, my instinct isn’t to ask, “Is this for me?” It’s, “Why does this matter to them?” It’s why I take my family to St. Patrick’s Day and Oktoberfest. I don’t know those lyrics either...but we sing along. Which brings me to the Bad Bunny halftime show. I’ve seen the frustration about the Spanish lyrics, the style, the tone. Some felt left out. I understand that. It can be uncomfortable when something isn’t made for you. But the performance blended reggaetón with traditional Puerto Rican rhythms. It referenced history, migration, resilience. It was rooted in identity. It wasn’t just entertainment. It was a love letter. As a Mexican American - Latino, though not Puerto Rican - I felt joy watching it. Not because it told my exact story, but because it reflected one I recognized. Pride. Rhythm. Visibility. My immigrant mother, my Brazilian-born wife, and my daughter felt it too. We’ve all shouted lyrics we didn’t fully understand and felt completely alive doing it. You don’t have to love every halftime show. But before pushing it away, maybe be curious about why it brings joy to so many. Curiosity doesn’t require agreement. Just a pause. Sometimes joy is an invitation. And sometimes the bassline is enough.

Years ago, when I was a young artistic director in improv, I noticed a troubling pattern. Whenever a new cast formed, the newest or most marginalized member would quietly become the target. The strongest performers would pick at them...sometimes subtly, sometimes openly...until someone would say, “Maybe they’re not a fit.” Or the pressure would push them out. So I’d recast the slot. And then it would happen again. Different person. Same behavior. Same outcome. That’s when it hit me...removing the “problem” never fixed the problem. The group just needed a new target. Improv taught me something else, too...pattern recognition. You establish a “normal” world, and then something breaks it. That disruption is the first unusual thing. It’s not a flaw. It’s the engine of the scene. As one of the only Latinos in the young Boston improv scene, I was often that first unusual thing. Not something to erase...but something that changed the shape of the room. And in good improv, the power move isn’t to attack or dismiss the unusual thing. The power move is to acknowledge it, accept it, and weave it into the new reality. That’s how the story grows. I think about that a lot when I look at our national conversation around immigration. While researching a show about the history of Latino immigration, I came across newspaper cartoons...some over a century old. What shocked me wasn’t just how cruel they were. It was how familiar they felt. Remove the dates, and they could’ve been published last week. Same caricatures. Same language. Same anxiety about who belongs. Today, that pattern is being aimed at Somali Americans...reduced to stereotypes, treated like a talking point instead of a community. Somali families are raising kids, starting businesses, working in healthcare, logistics, and education. They’re already part of the American story...whether we acknowledge it or not. In improv, once you recognize a pattern that limits the scene, you don’t heighten it. You break it. America has been heightening this one for generations. It’s time to do the stronger thing. It’s time to break the pattern.

Go @ChicagoBears! 🐻