By Obed Manuel LatinaLista Latina Lista sat down with Octavio Solis, one of the country’s most prominent Latino playwrights, as he awaits the regional premiere of his 2008 Pulitzer-nominated play “Lydia” in the city where he got his start…
Theater, Videos, zNew Headline
Video: New play evokes painful memory of Cuba’s prison camps but underscores strength of human will
Aug 22, 2013, 2:04 PM 0
LatinaLista — Ever since the Obama administration eased travel restrictions to Cuba, travelers from the United States have been flocking to the Communist-governed island. A recent study on Cuba-bound US flights revealed that, in the course of 30 days…
Theater, Videos, zNew Headline
Video: Latina playwright Tanya Saracho explains why she’s not the ‘Chicana Chekhov’
Aug 15, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Playwright Tanya Saracho has been called the ‘Chicana Chekhov’ by the New York Times. The only trouble is she’s not Chicana. She’s Mexican but she is recognized as one of the most successful Latina playwrights in the…
Culture, Theater, zNew Headline
Theater lovers everywhere can now enjoy the works of El Teatro Campesino via online video archives
May 24, 2013, 4:00 PM 0
LatinaLista — El Teatro Campesino (ETC) is an iconic entity in Chicano and Latino history in the United States. It was founded in 1965 by Luis Valdes, under the blessing of Cesar Chavez, as a cultural component of the…
Theater, Videos, zNew Headline
Video: How Chicano history shaped El Teatro Campesino
May 23, 2013, 10:14 AM 0
LatinaLista — While Latinos have had a hard time finding a ‘home’ in the Hollywood film industry, the same can’t totally be said for the world of theater. While there are some theater houses who were as discriminatory as…
Culture, General, Theater
Texas theater company feels moral responsibility to tell stories of Central American immigrants
Apr 2, 2013, 9:11 AM 0
By Alain Castillo LatinaLista This summer, a local Dallas, Texas theatre company will step into the national immigration debate with a hard look at an immigrants’ experience south of the US border. The production, “The Dreamers: Part One” created…
Art, Children, Education, Music, Nonprofit, Theater, Youth
Spotlight Non-profit: Giving the gift of culture to kids who need it most
Apr 16, 2011, 12:28 AM 0
LatinaLista — The hours between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. is the time of day when kids, who have no adult supervision, are most at risk for getting into trouble. Ideally, these kids should be enrolled in programs that…
Art, Dance, Film, Music, Online, Theater
Famed filmmaker preserves Latino culture via a “Latinopia” of videos
Apr 4, 2011, 12:37 AM 0
LatinaLista — Jesus Salvador Treviño (no relation to Latina Lista btw) is well known in Hollywood for being a trailblazing Latino filmmaker — he was one of the first to document the Chicano movement in Los Angeles in the…
Art, Dance, Education, Nonprofit, Theater, Youth
Spotlight Non-profit: Creating a R. Evolution in giving back to the Latino community
Jul 30, 2010, 5:01 PM 0
LatinaLista — For anyone who has ever experienced the thrill of being on the receiving end of an audience’s appreciative applause, it’s an experience unlike others. Unfortunately, the rate of Latinos who achieve that kind of stage success is…
Culture, General, Theater, Women
Latino comics create tribute to Sonia Sotomayor – kinda
Jul 16, 2009, 8:59 AM 0
LatinaLista — It was only a matter of time that Latino comics would work up a sketch featuring (almost) everyone’s favorite Supreme Court Justice-to-be, Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Hugo Perez plays Judge Sonia Sotomayor in a video tribute to the…
Culture, General, Media, Theater
Comedy Central airs world premiere of Paul Rodriguez Rehab comedy tour
Apr 29, 2009, 10:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Though there’s not too much reason to laugh these days — bad economy, insecure job market, swine flu, rising temperatures, suicide bombers — we should never give up on taking a few moments to laugh. This Friday,…
Culture, General, Theater, Women
Latina theater competition seeks submissions
Apr 20, 2009, 9:32 AM 0
LatinaLista — Once upon a time there was a woman who when she wasn’t busy being a wife and mother of two young children, she dreamed of what it would be like to be a playwright. So she read…
American Dreams, Culture, Theater
Setting the stage to share voices with the world
Aug 6, 2008, 2:35 PM 0
Award-winning playwright Linda Nieves-Powell creates a business model that promotes awareness of Hispanic voices through theater. LatinaLista — How does a right-brain, methodical entrepreneur and self-professed lover of numbers reconcile a left-brain, spontaneous creative drive to manipulate language? Create…
LatinaLista — There’s a popular saying that goes something like “everybody has at least one good story in them.” Well, if you’re under 30-years-old, Latino/a and think you can tell your story in about ten pages in script format…
Global Views, Linking Latinas, Theater
Spanish Travel Alert: Clowns are Everywhere!
Sep 2, 2007, 7:57 PM 3
By Roxana Urrutia SPAIN: There are more bars and restaurants per square mile in Spain than in any other country in Europe, and in Madrid there are more mimes and clowns in the streets than in any other city…
Causes, Culture, Immigration, Online, Theater
A Funny Look at the So-Called Latino Invasion
Aug 15, 2007, 11:39 AM 0
LatinaLista — They’re bad. They’re Brown. And they call themselves the Latino Comedy Project. The latest irreverent look at immigration is offered by this Austin, Texas-based comedy troupe who pokes fun at all those who are screaming that there…
