Latino Theatre Activism.

Catalog description

This course examines issues of power, social identity, and social injustice though the performative lens of Latino Theatre from is origins in California of the 1960s to today. Through the works of playwrights including Luis Valdez, Luis Alfaro, María Sánchez Scott, Cherrie Moraga and performance groups El Teatro Campesino and Culture Clash, we’ll see how teatro is used as an “evocative irritant” to examine lifestyle, family, politics, and religion in its celebration of Latino culture.