The first author visit will be with the author's of Teatro Chicana: A Collective Memoir and Selected Plays edited by Laura E. Garcia, Sandra M. Gutierrez, and Felicitas Nuñez, foreword by Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez.
The 1970s and 1980s saw the awakening of social awareness and political activism in Mexican-American communities. In San Diego, a group of Chicana women participated in a political theatre group whose plays addressed social, gender, and political issues of the working class and the Chicano Movement. In this collective memoir, seventeen women who were a part of Teatro de las Chicanas (later known as Teatro Laboral and Teatro Raíces) come together to share why they joined the theatre and how it transformed their lives. Teatro Chicana tells the story of this troupe through chapters featuring the history and present-day story of each of the main actors and writers, as well as excerpts from the group's materials and seven of their original short scripts.
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Wow! Congratulations! Am intrigued. I can't believe that I have never "blogged" but, I thought I'd make this attempt to communicate my excitement.
•your site is impressive
• am so pleased to see that you have brought in the authors--I wish I could have been there.
• Offer time--and offer a "teatro workshop." I would love to facilitate a teatro workshop, and to listen/share/be part of the "creative process." Teatro is a positive and powerful means of expression. I too, am an old timer "cultural worker" and have performed in many teatro productions.
•I noted your next meeting and am wondering--isn't that a holiday?
I am excited that you've created a way of bridging literature to life.
Gracias, Gina Pacaldo
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