Latino arts, history and culture
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...]
LATINOPIA TEATRO ROSE PORTILLO "ZOOT SUIT" from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Rose Portillo is an accomplished actress of stage and screen who starred as Della in the acclaimed play Zoot Suit … [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...]
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...]
Tantai Teatro is a theater company based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. latinopia caught up with them in October of 2014 when they visited Los Angeles, California to participate in the Encuentro 2014 … [Read more...]
LatinopiaTeatro Rodriguez at National Council for the Arts from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Diane Rodriguez is Associate Artistic Director of the Center Theater Group in Los Angeles. On January 16, … [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...]
Latinopia Teatro Chris Franco from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Chris Franco is well known as a founding member of the comedy group Latins Anonymous. Besides being a comedy writer Chris is also a … [Read more...]
Dan Guerrero is the writer/performer of the one-man show Gaytino. The play, which has played to packed houses throughout the United States, recalls his experiences growing up gay in an often … [Read more...]
Warriors is a play that pays homage to Latino recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest award given for bravery in combat. Latinopia asked the author and director of the play, … [Read more...]
Properties of Silence is a new American play written by Theresa Chavez, Rose Portillo and Alan Pulner and directed by Theresa Chavez. The play imagines a dream encounter between seventeenth century … [Read more...]
In the summer of 2009, Dr. Carlos Flores brought together aspiring playwrights in Laredo, Texas to workshop plays for local production. Out of this workshop came nine plays which were presented … [Read more...]
Eva Cristina Vásquez is a Puerto Rican actress and playwright whose first work Amor Perdido (Lost Love) explore show United States wars have impacted four generations of Puerto Rican women. … [Read more...]
By 1967, the protracted strike by farm workers against California grape growers has reached national proportions. The Teatro Campesino, whose principal members now included Luis Valdez, Daniel Valdez, … [Read more...]
In 1965, having convinced César Chávez and the board of the United Farm Workers of the viability of a theater company to advance the farm worker's grape boycott, Luis Valdez, Agustín Lira and Felipe … [Read more...]
