Taking It to the Streets
Socially engaged performance has a rich history in this country, and it deserves an account as localized and multivocal as its leading practitioners.
All Stories About El Teatro Campesino
Digging Deep With Native Theatre Icon Muriel Miguel
Over nearly 5 decades, the co-founder of Spiderwoman Theater has harnessed great if under-acknowledged power, and has felt an accordingly great sense of responsibility.
At Su Teatro, the Work Is the Aesthetic
For 50 years, Su Teatro Culture and Performing Arts Center has been a Denver-area home for storytelling, learning, and community engagement.
This Month in Theatre History
From L.A.’s historic Teatro Hidalgo to New York’s INTAR, from D.C. to Houston and beyond, September has been a rich month for Hispanic and Latinx theatre artistry in the U.S.
Noé Yaocoatl Montoya: Music, Acting, and Activism in Perfect Harmony
The Bay Area theatre community mourns the loss of the the actor, maestro, and longtime member of El Teatro Campesino.
Octavio Solis’s Journey to ‘Mother Road’
The Texas-born, Oregon-based playwright imagines a Steinbeck sequel with timely resonance.
This Month in Theatre History
From the Broadway debuts of Shaw and female impersonator Julian Eltinge to Dell’Arte’s move to Blue Lake and the beginnings of Chicago Dramatists, September has been a big month for theatre.
‘La Pastorela’: Hope for the Holidays
A 500-year-old Mexican American tradition is going strong, honoring tradition while picking up topical inflections along the way.
Four Decades Later, ‘Zoot Suit’ Still Fits
It’s sobering that Luis Valdez’s stirring Chicano protest musical is freshly relevant, but there’s nothing somber about its vibrant new staging.
The U.S. Is a Latin American Country Too
Multiplicity defines our past and our future, and nowhere is this more true than in the Latinx theatre movement in the U.S.
