Latino arts, history and culture
"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...]
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...]
LATINOPIA TEATRO POPUL VUH: HEART OF HEAVEN from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. On October 12, 2015, the acclaimed El Teatro Campesino performed an outdoor puppet theater play in downtown Los Angeles. … [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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
The legendary El Teatro Campesino was born out of the struggle of the United Farm Workers Union with which the group was affiliated from 1965 to 1968. The original members of the group included Luis … [Read more...]
San Antonio playwright Gregg Barrios discovered that the character of Stanley Kowalski in the classic American play, "A Streetcar Named Desire," was based on author Tennessee Williams' relationship … [Read more...]
Gregg Barrios is a San Antonio-based playwright who has written a landmark play titled "Rancho Pancho." At the heart of the play is the explosive revelation that the character of Stanley Kowalski in … [Read more...]
EL TEATRO CAMPESINO/ TEATRO MASCARONES COLLABORATION This photo shows Chicano theater director Luis Valdez with a combined acting team of members of the El Teatro Campesino theater company (United … [Read more...]
