Zoot Suit (Part 5)
from LA Theatre Works
Playwright Luis Valdez masterfully uses the Sleepy Lagoon murder case to examine the Chicano Zoot Suit Culture of the 40’s. Passionate and provocative, Zoot Suit pulses with the beat of big band music and traditional Latin songs. Music Direction by Daniel Valdez. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in July of 2001. This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library. Directed by Luis Valdez Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg Marco Rodriguez as El Pachuco Kinan Valdez as Henry Reyna Daniel Valdez as Enrique Reyna Alma Martinez as Dolores Reyna Primavera Flor-Valdez as Lupe Reyna Lakin Valdez as Rudy Reyna/Sergeant Smith/Bailiff/Bosun’s Mate Gregory Itzin as George Shearer Xochiquetzal Candelaria as Alice Bloomfield Estrella Esparza as Della Barrios Ruben C. Gonzalez as Smiley Torres/Rafas/Swabie Raul Cardona as Joey Castro/Marine Daniel Chacón as Tommy Roberts/Cub Reporter/Sailor Katrina Valdez as Bertha Villareal/Newsboy Seth Millwood as Lt. Edwards/Guard/Shore Patrol Spencer Garrett as The Press Al Ruscio as Judge F.W. Charles
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Playwright Luis Valdez masterfully uses the Sleepy Lagoon murder case to examine the Chicano Zoot Suit Culture of the 40’s.
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