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THE SWEETHEART WRITTEN & DAL DIRECTED BY DIANE RODRIGUEZ PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH

514 S SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90013 THELATC.ORG · 866.811.4111 7 6 PRESENTS THE SWEETHEART DEAL WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY DIANE RODRIGUEZ** PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH EL TEATRO CAMPESINO CAST OF CHARACTERS (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) Mac...... DAVID DESANTOS* Mari...... RUTH LIVIER* Lettie...... LINDA LOPEZ* Will...... GEOFF RIVAS* Chon...... VALENTE RODRIGUEZ* Charlie...... PETER WYLIE* *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.

Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design Efren Delgadillo Lupe Valdez Pablo Santiago Cricket S. Myers

Projection Design Composer Associate Director Stage Manager Yee Eun Nam Sage Lewis Alex Meda John Freeland Jr.*

Properties Assistant Set Asst. Stage Production Designer Manager Manager Antonieta Castillo Natalie Morales Emily Lehrer Gabe Figueroa

Casting: Dan Guerrero, Rosalinada Morales, Pauline O'Con, CSA

Setting: California Time: 1970

THE SWEETHEART DEAL IS PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION

The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited. The Los Angeles Theatre Center is a facility of the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs and is operated by The Latino Theater Company. A NOTE FROM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Welcome to our 2017 season of world premieres by Los Angeles playwrights and creative exchange within the Latinx/Latin American theater community. This year we celebrate the talent that makes our beautiful and diverse city the creative hub that continues to draw, inspire and mentor the brightest art makers around the world.

When borders, walls and deportation are at the forefront of national rhetoric, we instead welcome artists from across the U.S. and Américas to bridge and collaborate subversive counterpoints. Identity amidst sexual/ social/racial pressures, the folly of blind allegiance and nurturing the fighting spirit that allows us to rise above those who would keep us down, are prevalent themes this season.

You are an integral part to our alt-narrative; a narrative of empathy and heart and compassion. We create as a means to communicate through the senses with the hope that our work spills past the threshold of the stage and meets you as we engage in a metaphysical language of humanity.

Thank you for joining us on our mission to hold space that allows for necessary discovery and dialogue with one another. We hope that your gift of time with us at The LATC leaves you with a sense of optimism, joy and a continued burning desire to advocate for justice and love.

Abrazos,

José Luis Valenzuela, Artistic Director, The Latino Theater Company and The Los Angeles Theatre Center A NOTE FROM PLAYWRIGHT-DIRECTOR

THE SWEETHEART DEAL is about a social movement and the volunteers who make any movement happen. It’s about a woman, a couple, a brother and a sister. It’s about the public and the private. It’s personal but it’s not autobiographical.

Back in the day when I was making sixty dollars a week performing with El Teatro Campesino, the world seemed mostly macro. We lived on the road. We performed at United Farm Worker rallies in front of thousands of people, toured constantly, performing in huge venues including German state theatres and Greco/Roman amphitheaters as well as on the dirt in the Rio Grande Valley and towns like San Juan and Mission. Sleeping in people’s homes or on huge tobacco leaves in Mexico, there was always a multitude of people around us and we would find our solace backstage as we prepared to perform. Within that reality we found the micro. Company members got married, started families, learned skills and values that stayed with us a lifetime. That time inspired this play.

Before I ever thought about joining the Teatro, my Aunt Liz and Uncle Frank took off with my four cousins in tow to work and volunteer for the United Farm Workers Union. I was a student when I first saw El Teatro Campesino on tour with my cousins. I wasn’t the first in my family to join the movement. I followed. My family inspired this play.

That being said, as stated in my play’s forward:

The characters and story in this play are fictional. What is not fictional is that Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta and Larry Itliong founded the United Farm Workers union and changed the course of history.

I wanted to write a story about those who followed and supported during this era of struggle and victory. To follow, to volunteer in a social movement is to sacrifice. Our leaders in the United States don’t talk about sacrifice. To make a country great, there is sacrifice that needs to take place. Are we willing to do that? In this current time of strife, that question resonates deeply with me. How much am I willing to sacrifice for justice and the common good? How much are you willing to sacrifice?

Diane Rodriguez

This world premiere of The Sweetheart Deal by Diane Rodriguez is a part of the Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC) El Fuego Committed Theatres Initiative, generous supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. For more information, visit www.latinaotheatrecommons.com ARTIST PROFILES

DAVID DESANTOS (Mac) This is a daughter is to be infinitely inspired.” David’s first production with LATC. He was last seen in the LA Drama GEOFFREY RIVAS (Will) A Critics winning production of CLOUD native Californian, graduated 9 (Antaeus), and MACBETH (A from UCLA in 1985 with a Noise Within). A VIEW FROM THE Master of Fine Arts Degree BRIDGE, HAMLET, PARADISE with a concentration on acting. LOST, OTHELLO, MERCHANT OF He received a 1999 Ovation VENICE and more during numerous seasons (Oregon nomination for his role of Martin Shakespeare Festival). Other theaters include Denver in Sam Shepard’s FOOL FOR Center, Berkeley Rep, Arena Stage, South Coast Rep, LOVE at the Madrid Theatre in Canoga Park. He has Kansas City Rep and others. TV/Film credits include performed at the LATC in all of LTC’s productions, CASTLE, RED ROAD, CSI, FAMOUS IN LOVE, I DON'T HAVE TO SHOW YOU NO STINKING WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL, ALVIN & THE BADGES (Luis Valdez), at South Coast Rep in ANNA CHIPMUNKS: ROAD CHIP. He wrote, co-produced & IN THE TROPICS (Nilo Cruz), at New Mexico Rep in starred in the short film CLOSURE now playing in the ONCE REMOVED (Eduardo Machado). Film credits festival circuit. include UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN, DRAGONFLY, LUMINARIAS, LA BAMBA, BORN IN EAST L.A., RUTH LIVIER (Mari) Last performed POW WOW HIGHWAY, BOUND BY HONOR, ABOVE at LATC in THREE SISTERS SUSPICION, NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND, (L.A. Diversified); Regional credits EYE FOR AN EYE, THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT include: DESTINY OF DESIRE AND FOTO NOVELAS for PBS, for which he won an (South Coast Repertory and The ALMA award in 1998. Numerous television credits. A Goodman Theatre), LOVERS AND EXECUTIONERS, LA member of The Latino Theater Company created by POSADA MÁGICA, and NEVA Jose Luis Valenzuela at LATC. He thanks his wife & (South Coast Repertory Theatre, the Kirk Douglas family for their continued support. Theatre, and La Jolla Playhouse), JUST LIKE US (Denver Theatre Center), A PERFECT WEDDING (Kirk VALENTE RODRIGUEZ (Chon) Douglas Theatre), LOST ANGELES (Elephant Theatre was born in south Texas in 1964. Company), THE INDIAN QUEEN (Long Beach Opera), He is the youngest of eight. His SEXO, PUDOR Y LAGRIMAS (The Met Theatre), A first acting job was a feature film MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM and HEDDA GABLER called SALSA THE MOTION (East L.A. Classic Theatre), LATINOLOGUES (Wiltern PICTURE in January of 1988. Theatre and on tour), and ‘DENTITY CRISIS and THE Since then, Valente has appeared THREEPENNY OPERA (Friends and Artists Theatre in numerous Film, TV and Ensemble). She played Lolita in the Grammy Award- Theatre productions. Film: BLOOD IN...BLOOD OUT, nominated THE MARK OF ZORRO and starred in MI FAMILIA, ROOSTERS, ERIN BROKOVICH, DEEP Showtime’s RESURRECTION BLVD. Animation credits BLUE SEA, VOLCANO, THE UGLY TRUTH, IT’S include ELENA OF AVALOR, KING OF THE HILL, and COMPLICATED, MCFARLAND USA. TV: GOLDEN HANDY MANNY. LivierProductions.com/@LivierProds GIRLS, MAD ABOUT YOU, X-FILES, ER and a regular (120 episodes) on THE GEORGE LOPEZ SHOW and Fran Drescher’s HAPPILY DIVORCED. LINDA LOPEZ (Lettie) is a veteran He has performed on numerous stages in LA and of the theatre for over 25 years. throughout The United States. He produced three Favorite performances include: films in the Rio Grande Valley, directed one of them LA VIRGEN DEL TEPEYAC (La in 2010, and in 2015 graduated with a Masters in Virgen) with El Teatro Campesino, Theatre from UTRGV. A CHORUS LINE (Morales), WEST SIDE STORY (Anita), BANDIDO at the Mark Taper and CORRIDOS! PETER WYLIE (Charlie) is so at The Old Globe. Recent credits include the upcoming grateful to be making his LATC feature film THE LAST BROWN BERET, and the Casa debut with THE SWEETHEART 0101 productions of HUNGRY WOMAN; JULIUS DEAL. Credits Include: LADY CAESAR; and CHICANAS, CHOLAS AND CHISME. WINDERMERE’S FAN, Linda’s greatest accomplishments are her beautiful and TWELFTH NIGHT (Chalk Rep); talented daughters, Gabriela and Maria. “To be loved by THE ADDING MACHINE (La ARTIST PROFILES

Jolla Playhouse); MISTER ROBERTS (The Kennedy FESTIVAL IRENE (Hero Theatre). Gabe is an Associate Center); PERFECTLY PERSEPHONE (Imagination Member of SDC and an Associate Producer at Hero Stage); MAN WITH BAGS (Long Acre Lea); and Theatre. During this divisive time, Gabe wishes to THIEF RIVER (H Street Playhouse). He has a BFA thank Jose Luis Valenzuela, Elisa Bocanegra, Diane from Carnegie Mellon; an MFA from the University Rodriguez, Evelina Fernandez and all the leaders of the of California, San Diego and is the Co-Artistic Latinx theatrical community for their resilient leadership Producing Director of Chalk Rep, a sight responsive and devotion to telling diverse and truthful stories theatre company working all over Los Angeles (www. that defy government narratives. Discover more at chalkrep.com). All thanks to Diane Rodriguez and the gabefigueroa.com. entire production team for their support. JOHN FREELAND, JR (Production Stage Manager) CREATIVE TEAM PROFILES Credits include: Ojai Playwrights Confrence (Robert Egan, Artistic Dir.), ROMERO AND JULIET ANTONIETA CASTILLO CARPIO (Properties Design) (Shakespeare Centre of Los Angeles), WEIGHTS previously designed THE CRUISE (Latino Theater directed by Robert Egan (Los Angeles Theatre Company @ the LATC). She is fresh out of academia Centre), MARILYN! A NEW MUSICAL (Alex Theatre), with a Design B.A, as well as a Dramatic Arts B.A. BRONZEVILLE directed by Ben Guillory (Los Angeles She has worked both on and off stage. Her most Theatre Centre), BLOODLETTING directed by Jon L. recent credits from the University of California, Rivera (AVT). Edinburgh Festival Fringe, International Davis, include B MORE (Stage Manager) and REAL Theatre Festival of the Blind and Visually Impaired WOMEN HAVE CURVES (Estela Garcia). THE (Zagreb, Croatia). Directing credits include: SHOOT SWEETHEART DEAL is her second show with the (Zagreb, Croatia), Watts Village Theatre Company’s Latino Theatre Company. She is thankful for the RIOT/REBELLION (Skirball Cultural Centre), KRIP HOP nurturing relationships she has encountered at the NATION-Where Are My Cripple Homies At (Rosenthal LATC and is excited to be part of such a blossoming Theatre at Inner City Arts), Sloan Robinson’s play community. BANANAS: THE DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOSEPHINE BAKER, THE EVERY 28 HOURS PLAYS (Directed 6 of the 72 plays) at Cal State Dominguez Hills Univ. John EFREN DELGADILLO JR. (Set Design) is a has worked with incarcerated youth assisting them scenographer from East LA, making his designing in writing their plays for performance. Born raised in debut at LATC. Los Angeles credits include Middletown, CT. He attended Wesleyan Univ. MOJADA, MEDEA IN LA (Getty Villa and Boston Court), SHELTER (Center for New Performance), PROMETHEUS BOUND (Center for New EMILY LEHRER (Assistant Stage Manager) Is a Los Performance and Getty Villa), BREWSIE AND Angeles based Stage Manager and theatre artist. WILLIE (Center for New Performance and Poor Dog As Production Stage Manager: PUNK ROCK (The Group), WIREHEAD (Echo Theatre Company) which Odyssey), BAKERSFIELD MIST, BABY DOLL, MY won the production and lighting design LA Weekly MAÑANA COMES, and DREAM CATCHER (The Award. Outside Los Angeles, his credits include DJ Fountain Theatre), MIRAVEL (Sacred Fools), and THE LATINIDAD (Mixed Blood Theatre, Minneapolis), WATERWORLD STUNT SHOW (Universal Studios THREE MUSKETEERS (The Acting Company, NY) Hollywood). As ASM: PICNIC, HENRY IV: PART I, and OTHELLO (Hartford Stage Company, CT). He and WEDDING BAND (Antaeus), THE GRAPES is co-founder of SINTROCA theatre company in OF WRATH, THE BEAUX’ STRATAGEM, THE New York and a resident scenographer for Poor Dog GUARDSMAN and COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA Group. (A Noise Within), TONYA AND NANCY: THE ROCK OPERA - A Concert to Benefit the Celebration Theatre at King King. GABE FIGUEROA (Production Manager) is an LA-based director and producer working in the creative mediums of theatre, film and television. SAGE LEWIS (Composer) is a multi-talented composer He is delighted to be returning to oversee the 2017 whose scores empower stories across a diverse array Spring Season after working with the Latino Theatre of mediums including theater, film, TV, virtual reality and Company on A MEXICAN TRILOGY: AN AMERICAN brand campaigns. Sage has pioneered international STORY. Gabe recently made his directorial debut in performance and technology collaborations between theatre with the one-woman show REVELATION (Son the US and Cuba including the experimental theater/ of Semele) after working as Assistant Director on film hybrids THE CLOSEST FARTHEST AWAY and LEND ME A TENOR (La Mirada Theatre), COLONY FAR AWAY. He is the only composer to receive the COLLAPSE (The Theatre @ Boston Court) and Sherwood Award administered by Center Theatre CREATIVE TEAM PROFILES

Group. With the support of two Global Connections ELEMENO PEA (South Coast Rep); STONEFACE, grants from Theatre Communications Group, Sage ABOVE THE FOLD, CROWNS (Pasadena co-founded Border Labs, an annual microfestival Playhouse); MARVELOUS WONDERETTES (Laguna of performance exchanges and salons between Playhouse). Other selected L.A. theaters include The artists and audiences in Los Angeles and Tijuana. A NoHo Arts Center, Ghost Road Theater Company, Sundance Film Composer Fellow, Sage’s film scores The Celebration Theater, and Circle X. www. have screened at festivals including Cannes, Tribeca, cricketsmyers.com Telluride, Slamdance, and SXSW. He writes original music for brands including Google, Facebook, and YEE EUN NAM (Projection Design) is a scenic and Maiyet. His music can be heard in the recent film projection designer for theater, opera, and all forms OPERATOR, starring Martin Starr and Mae Whitman, of live performance. LATC appearances include and the recent HBO Access pilot MANIC. For more projection design for A MEXICAN TRILOGY: AN information, go to sagelewismusic.com AMERICAN STORY, scenic and projection design for LA OLLA and THIS IS A MAN’S WORLD all directed ALEXANDRA MEDA (Assistant Director) Alexandra by Jose Luis Valenzuela. Her recent design credits Meda is a theatrical director, cultural-producer and a include projection design for TURN OF THE SCREW digital content creator who also serves as the Artistic (DC public Opera); projection design for THREE Director for Teatro Luna(TL): A National Theatre DECEMBERS (Opera Fayetteville); set and projection Ensemble and Touring Company for Latinx and Women design for SINGLE BLACK FEMALE directed by of Color. In 2014 she was one of 10 Mellon Foundation Shirley Jo Finney (Crossroads Theatre Company). Artistic Leadership Fellows for the LATC Encuentro Yee Eun is a recipient of the Gilbert Cates Award and 2014 and directed TL West Coast Premiere of YOUR the Cirque du Soleil Fellowship Award. She recently PROBLEM WITH MEN at the festival. In 2015 she received her M.F.A. in Theater Design from UCLA’s directed GENERATION SEX, a co-production with the School of Theater, Film, and Entertainment Media. Latino Theater Company and TL. She is a Steering www.yeeeunnam.com Committee member of both the National Latinx Theatre Commons and the Los Angeles Latino Theatre Alliance, DIANE RODRIGUEZ (Playwright/Director) At LATC, and creates and produces public dialogues, private Diane directed for Playwright’s Arena Erik Patterson’s workshops, and interventions around issues of equity world premier production, SICK (Best Director and inclusion. She has directed and produced new and Nomination LA Weekly Awards). She has directed for original performances in over 37 cities in the US and 4 East West Players, Cornerstone Theater Company, countries. Most recently she was the Associate Director South Coast Repertory, the Fountain Theatre, Center for LA ESQUINITA, USA by Ruben Gonzalez at Arizona Theatre Group, the Odyssey Theatre, City Theatre Theatre Company and is building two new plays that in Pittsburgh, Mixed Blood in Minneapolis, Actor’s will tour internationally for Teatro Luna: I THOUGHT Theatre of Phoenix (Two Best Director Nominations, YOU COULD SEE ME and SUPERMUJERES. AriZoni Theatre Awards), Borderlands Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Victory Gardens in Chicago, among CRICKET S MYERS (Sound Design). LATC: RULES others. Diane wrote collectively with the ensemble OF SECONDS. Broadway: BENGAL TIGER Latins Anonymous whose two-play anthology is AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO (Drama Desk Award, published under the same name. Her solo work is Tony Nomination). Off-Broadway: MARVELOUS published in various anthologies including La Crème WONDERETTES. Regional: PLAY DEAD, WRECKS, de la Femme (Random House). Her play LIVING SOME GIRL(S), EMERGENCY (Ovation, NAACP LARGE premiered at Teatro Luna in Chicago. THE nomination-Geffen); BENT, JOE TURNER’S COME SWEETHEART DEAL was developed by New AND GONE (Ovation Nomination), BURN THIS, THE Harmony in Indiana, the Atlantic Theatre’s Latino LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE (Ovation nomination), Mix Fest in NYC, and the Black Swan Lab at Oregon BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO (Ovation Shakespeare Festival. This production is part of nomination), THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES (Mark El Fuego Project/Latinx Theatre Commons. She is Taper Forum); TWIST YOUR DICKENS (Ovation currently the 2016 SDC Denham Fellow. nomination), THE WAKE (Ovation nomination), THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED (Ovation nomination) (Kirk PABLO SANTIAGO (Lighting Design) is a lighting Douglas Theatre); SIDEWAYS, THE NIGHTINGALE designer originally from Chiapas, México, who (La Jolla Playhouse); BOOK CLUB PLAY (Arena designs for theatre, opera, dance and gallery work. Stage); THE SIEGEL, DOLL HOUSE 2, RED, 4000 Santiago found a home in Los Angeles while he MILES, THE FANTASTICKS, PARISIAN WOMAN, worked in the film industry for 15 years before CREATIVE TEAM PROFILES

obtaining an MFA in Lighting Design from UCLA and transitioning into live stage design. He is the winner of the Richard Sherwood Award 2017. His design SPECIAL THANKS! for PREMEDITATION was nominated for an Ovation Juan Parada Award in 2014 and Pablo won a Stage Raw Award for BROTHER’S SIZE in 2015. Recent highlights include, Patricia Garza ZOOT SUIT (Mark Taper Forum); BREAKING THE WAVES (OperaPhila); Skirball Center in NYC for the Javier Vasquez PROTOTYPE festival; A MEXICAN TRILOGY: AN Debra Piver AMERICAN STORY (Latino Theater Company @ the LATC), DISTANT VISION - Live Cinema directed Marci McMahon by Francis Ford Coppola, Summer Happenings at The Broad Museum, GOOD GRIEF (KDT), DAS Daniela Lieja KLAGENDE LIED (SF Symphony) and DESTINY OF Samantha Gregg DESIRE (The Goodman). Latino/a Theatre Alliance/LA RICHARD SOTO (Fight Choreographer) SAG-AFTRA, The Splinters AEA actor, teaching artist, writer, fight choreographer, has performed at theatres throughout Southern California, including South Coast Repertory, San Diego Rep, The Old Globe, and A Noise Within, where he was a 16 year Resident Artist. Among his Film/TV credits are THIRD DEGREE BURN, FIREBIRDS, THE WEST WING and GENERAL HOSPITAL. Richard has choreographed fights around the SoCal region, including Teatro Meta, American Coast Theater, and South Coast Repertory, and recently published his comic book, "The Legend of El Lobo: an Aztec warrior battles the gangs of East L.A. for the salvation of the barrio," also to be produced as a web series/feature film.

LUPE TRUJILLO VALDEZ (Costume Design) Lupe Trujillo Valdez joined El Teatro Campesino in 1968 as a young Chicana activist after graduating from Fresno State University. She originated the iconic role of “Miss Jimenez” in LOS VENDIDOS in 1968, and played the role of “Lupe” in the ETC production of THE SHRUNKEN HEAD OF PANCHO VILLA in 1969. Since 2000, she has been El Teatro Campesino’s Resident Costume Designer. Most recently, she designed both the workshop and world premiere productions of VALLEY OF THE HEART, written and directed by Luis Valdez (2015). Other recent productions include: SIMPLY MARIA and FOOD FOR THE DEAD; SAM BURGUESA AND THE PIXIE CHICKS; CORRIDOS: BALLADS OF THE BORDERLANDS; LA VIRGEN DEL TEPEYAC; LA PASTORELA; and Daniel Valdez’s CANCION DE SAN JUAN: ORATORIO OF A MISSION TOWN. She married Luis Valdez in 1969 and is the proud mother of their three sons, Anahuac, Kinan and Lakin. ABOUT THE LATINO THEATER COMPANY

"Having been together for almost 30 years, the Latino Theater Company is among America's great ensembles" - American Theater Magazine, January 2015 The Latino Theater Company celebrates over 30 years of commitment to creating exciting, thought-provoking theater in Los Angeles. Founded at the LATC in 1985 with Artistic Director José Luis Valenzuela, the company has significantly contributed to the advancement of U.S. Latino Theater. In 2006 the City of Los Angeles awarded LTC with a 20-year lease to operate the Los Angeles Theatre Center. For the past decade we have made it our mission to provide a world-class arts center for those pursuing artistic excellence; a laboratory where both tradition and innovation are honored and honed; and a place where the convergence of people, cultures and ideas contribute to the future. In 2014 we produced Encuentro, the largest Latinx Theater Festival in Los Angeles in over 25 years. Every holiday season we gift the City with our free pageant play, "La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin," at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. The members of the company include José Luis Valenzuela, Evelina Fernández, Sal Lopez, Geoffrey Rivas, Lucy Rodriguez, and Lupe Ontiveros†.

THE LOS ANGELES THEATRE CENTER STAFF

JOSÉ LUIS VALENZUELA | Artistic Director JORGE SCIUPAC | Managing Director GRICELDA FARIAS | Finance Director SELENE SANTIAGO | Program Director WAYNE NAKASONE | Technical Director ANGELA SCOTT | Literary Manager & Development Associate DYANNE COURT | Patron Experience Manager LUCY POLLACK | Public Relations SOPHIA SANCHEZ | Administrative Assistant SARA WEISSMULLER | Box Office Manager & Rentals Assistant LISA TAN | Staff Accountant JULIAN FERNANDEZ | Assistant Technical Director IVAN ROBLES | Assistant Technical Director XAVI MORENO | Marketing & Media Manager SOCORRO GAMBOA | Community Engagement Manager NATE RUFUS EDELMAN | Grant Writer MALIK PERKINS | Bar Manager

THE LATINO THEATER COMPANY

JOSÉ LUIS VALENZUELA | Artistic Director EVELINA FERNÁNDEZ SAL LOPEZ GEOFFREY RIVAS LUCY RODRIGUEZ LUPE ONTIVEROS†

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

JOSE LUIS VALENZUELA | President MOCTESUMA ESPARZA | Chairman CÁSTULO DE LA ROCHA | Vice-Chair, Secretary GEOFFREY RIVAS | Treasurer DONALD P. BAKER EVELINA FERNÁNDEZ SANDRA ORTIZ FIDEL VARGAS MICHAEL DELIJANI DENNIS E. LEONI, LUCY RODRIGUEZ LUPE ONTIVEROS† MARIA ELENA SAL LOPEZ WALTER F. ULLOA DURAZO DIANE G. MEDINA DAVID VALDES SPONSORS

LTC Circle Of Friends ($1,000+ Annual Contribution) Dr. Jorge and Virginia Huerta, Jeff Penichet/Bilingual Educational Services, J. Ed Araiza, Dan Guerrero, Maria Ochoa, Sonia Mercado, Olga Garay & Kerry English, Paul Kim, Martha Hernandez and Aurelio Jauregui, Tomas Olmos and Doroles Leal, R. Samuel Paz, Albert Alfaro & Lucy Rodriguez Curtis and Maria Castain, William and Tamara Pullman, Zeferino and Gricelda Farias, Carmen Smith, Edward and Mary Rose Ortega, Susan Clark