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San Gabriel Mission Playhouse and About Productions are proud to present The Latin Wave: Exploring Myth, 24 Hr Hotline: 1-800-745-3000 Illusion and Cultural Appropriation. For three weeks, we Office: (626) 308-2868 cast the spotlight on the treatment of Latino culture from Hollywood’s beginnings and its relevance to current www.missionplayhouse.org issues of representation. Join us for theatre, dance, live 320 S. Mission Drive, San Gabriel, CA 91776 music, an exhibit, film screenings and an interactive Tickets may be subject to additional fees and symposium May 7-21! charges. No refunds, exchanges, or cancellations.

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We are grateful to the following agencies for their 2:30PM generous support. MAY 7

$10 ADVANCE $12 DOOR $8.50 GROUP

With live accompaniment by master organist Bob Salisbury on our Playhouse Wurlitzer! This project is supported in part by an award from the National EXHIBITION Endowment for the Arts. Douglas Fairbanks and Lupe Vélez star in this silent classic, filmed at the height of Fairbanks’ fame. The Gaucho has been described as “a lavish adventure MAY 7 & MAY 11-21 1PM–7PM extravaganza”, and Fairbanks’ biographer and film historian Jeffrey Vance described the film as “a near masterwork” and a “daring departure”. This activity is supported in part Additional support from Univeristy An exhibition of artifacts, photographs and costumes by the California Arts Council, a of California, Riverside. from our archives and from historical organizations, state agency. Learn more at Join us for a pre-show conversation with William exploring early Los Angeles and the Mexican American www.arts.ca.gov. Nericcio, Chicano literary theorist, cultural critic, experience, curated by the UC Riverside Director of the American Literature scholar, and Professor of Public History Program, Dr. Cathy Gudis, and PhD English and Comparative Literature at San Diego student Mayela Caro. State University. Currently Director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences program, his The exhibition will be open Thursday through Sunday. published works include the award-winning Tex{t}-Mex: Seductive Hallucinations of the For more details, visit missionplayhouse.org. They Shoot Mexicans, Don’t They? is supported in part by the National The Latin Wave series is "Mexican" in America. Association of Latino Arts and co-produced by About… (In the Glass Room Gallery.) Cultures, the Ford Foundation, Productions and the Mission Presented in partnership with the Southwest Airlines, and the Surdna Playhouse, as part of our Foundation through a grant from the Community Engagement Los Angeles Theatre Organ Society NALAC Fund for the Arts. Program, Engage! SYMPOSIUM

MAY 21 12PM

Join us in the Grapevine Room adjacent to the Mission Playhouse for an interactive symposium with panel THE BRONZE SCREEN reflections on topics related to The Latin Wave, followed 100 YEARS OF LATINO IMAGE IN AMERICAN CINEMA by facilitated small-group discussions with a panelist of your choosing from the worlds of journalism, academia, and the performing arts. MAY 7 6PM THEY SHOOT MEXICANS, DON’T THEY? We are delighted to present perspectives from the following panelists: $5 ADVANCE $7 DOOR MAY 18* 8PM MAY 19 8PM MAY 20 3PM 8PM MAY 21 3PM 7PM Dr. Margie Brown-Coronel From silent movies to urban gang films, stereotypes of Assistant Professor of History, Cal State University, Fullerton. the Greaser, the Lazy Mexican, the Latin Lover and the Dr. Martha Gonzalez Dark Lady are examined in this energetic and Experience the historic Playhouse in a unique way, through the artist/activist; musician with Grammy-winning band Quetzal; informative documentary. Rare and extensive footage $20–$30 *Preview site-specific staging of this original theaterwork remounted by About performer in They Shoot Mexicans, Don’t They?; Assistant traces the progression of this distorted screen image to FEATURING Productions for The Latin Wave event series. The participatory play is Professor, Intercollegiate Dept. of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies, the increased prominence of today’s Latino actors, Scripps College. Melinna Bobadilla, Peter Howard, loosely based upon About…Productions’ Producing Artistic Director writers and directors. Rose Portillo, and Gilbert Saldivar Theresa Chavez’s family of Californios who settled in Los Angeles in Dr. Catherine Gudis 1771, ran the Ramirez Dance Studio opposite the Playhouse, and Associate Professor of History, and Director Public History The film boasts the most comprehensive archive of WRITTEN BY Program, UC Riverside; Co-curator of The Latin Wave exhibition. Latinos in front of and behind the camera and features performed in The Mission Play. Theresa Chavez and Rose Portillo Dennis Romero footage never-before-seen by most contemporary Journalist, LA Weekly staff writer; also published in Los Angeles audiences featuring insights from an array of stars DIRECTED BY Touted as “exquisite” by the Los Angeles Times in its original production in 2006, this immersive experience tells the story of a New Times, Rolling Stone, and New York Times. including Anthony Quinn, Rita Hayworth, Rita Moreno, Theresa Chavez Raquel Welch, Benicio Del Toro, Antonio Banderas, Desi York producer’s plot to make a silent movie of the fabled Mission Play Dr. Laura Isabel Serna Associate Professor, USC School of Cinematic Arts and author of Arnaz, Salma Hayek, Jennifer Lopez, Jimmy Smits, Raul spotlighting the era when motion pictures first began to incorporate MUSIC WRITTEN & Making Cinelandia: American Films and Mexican Film Culture Julia, Cesar Romero, Carmen Miranda, Dolores del Rio, Latino history and culture into their storyline. Features music from PERFORMED BY members of the Grammy-winning band Quetzal, choreography by before the Golden Age. Lupe Velez, Ricardo Montalban, Jose Ferrer, Cheech Members of Quetzal Marin and many more. Francisco Martinez, and original silent film by Isaac Artenstein. Cast features Rose Portillo and Melinna Bobadilla, most recently Engage in conversation, followed by a lunch for purchase CHOREOGRAPHY BY seen onstage in the Mark Taper Forum’s Zoot Suit. — all prior to the final matinee performance of They Francisco Martinez Shoot Mexicans, Don’t They? Comfortable footwear is recommended as audiences will be walking, Find out more at missionplayhouse.org/events. sitting and standing during the performance. Please contact us if you

have any access or mobility concerns. (In the Grapevine Room at the Adult Recreation Center.) TICKETS 1-800-745-3000 MISSIONPLAYHOUSE.ORG TICKETS 1-800-745-3000 WWW.MISSIONPLAYHOUSE.ORG