Latino arts, history and culture
Diane Rodriguez is an acclaimed playwright, actress and stage director whose recent one-woman play, Perfecta, centers on a mother of five who has born children with five different men none of whom she … [Read more...]
Latinopia Teatro Rose Portillo in Perfecta from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Perfecta is a one-act play written by acclaimed playwright, actress and stage director Diane Rodriguez. The play centers on … [Read more...]
Latinopia Teatro 57 Chevy from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. 57 Chevy is an original comedy written by Chris Franco, founding member of the comedy troupe Latins Anonymous. The play, which stars Ric … [Read more...]
Latinopia.com - Latino Theater Ricardo Acuna from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Ricardo Acuña is a Los Angeles based the author of three books of poetry. In 2009 he performed selections from "Greetings … [Read more...]
“Enrique’s Journey” is a Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative by Sonia Nazario about the harrowing experiences of a seventeen-year-old Honduran boy who sets out alone to travel to the United States to … [Read more...]
Diane Rodriguez is an actress, stage director and theater administrator who is Associate Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Center Theater Group. She has been involved in Chicano and Latino theater … [Read more...]
Latinopia Teatro CASA 0101 Beauty and the Beast from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. CASA 0101 is a community based theater in Boyle Heights founded by playwright Josefina López. The theater produces full … [Read more...]
Latinopia Teatro From Actos to Plays from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Dr. Jorge Huerta is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Theater and Dance at the University of California at San Diego. He is … [Read more...]
Latinopia Teatro CASA 0101 THEATER from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Josefina López is an accomplished writer and playwright known for her play "Real Women Have Curves" which was made into a motion … [Read more...]
Dan Guerrero is an accomplished actor and producer. In his one-man show, "Gaytino," he recalls what it is like to grow up gay in a macho Mexican society. He also remembers his life-long friendship … [Read more...]
Seventy-five Latino theater actors, directors and producers met in Boston Massachusetts in 2013 to discuss the future of Latino theater in the United States. They created the Latino Theater Commons, a … [Read more...]
Latinopia Teatro They Shoot Mexicans Don't They from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. They Shoot Mexicans, Don't They? is a play written by Theresa Chavez and Rose Portillo set in Southern California in … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA TEATRO JOHNNY TENORIO from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Carlos Morton is a playwright known for his play son the Chicano experience such as The Many Deaths of Danny Rosales. Here he talks … [Read more...]
In the current revival of Luis Valdez’s play Zoot Suit at L.A.’s Mark Taper Forum, the iconic El Pachuco character (played by Demian Bichir) admonishes the rebellious character of Henry Reyna, played … [Read more...]
Latinopia Teatro Morton On Danny Rosales from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Carlos Morton is a playwright who has worked on more than a hundred stage productions. He is the author of plays Johnny Tenorio … [Read more...]
Rose Portillo is an accomplished actress of stage and screen who starred as Della in the acclaimed play Zoot Suit as well as acting in in numerous television roles. She is currently a director for … [Read more...]
Having created El Pachuco character as the alter ego for the protagonist Henry Reyna in his play "Zoot Suit," playwright and director Luis Valdez was now tasked to find someone who could interpret … [Read more...]
"Zoot Suit" is arguably the most successful Chicano play in theater history. It derives much of its success from powerful performances by an ensemble of Latino actors including Edward James Olmos who … [Read more...]
Josefina López is an accomplished poet, playwright and screenwriter whose play, "Real Women Have Curves," was made into a movie in 2002. Latinopia asked Josefina how she came to write "Real Women Have … [Read more...]
Latinopia Teatro Electricidad from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Set in a Chicano barrio, Luis Alfaro's adaptation of the Greek play Electra, by Sophocles, was first performed at the Mark Taper Forum in … [Read more...]
Robert Beltran is an accomplished actor of stage and screen perhaps best known for his portrayal of "Chokotay" in the television series "Star Trek Voyager." Beltran is also a serious theater director. … [Read more...]
