Celebrating 50 years of UT’s Center for Mexican American Studies with a live reading.
Seated on hay bales in the back of a rusty pickup truck, glowing stage lights in place of the hot Texas sun, 20 actors will perform an intimate reading ofWritten by David Lozano and Raul Treviño in 2009, the play is based on the true story of a brave group of Mexican American students who walked out of their rural South Texas high school to protest discrimination.
Due to COVID-19, proper celebration of the center's anniversary was postponed. However, leaders at the CMAS wanted to make sure the center's significance was not forgotten."Because of walkouts in places like Crystal City, there was another walkout in another little town called Uvalde, not far from Crystal City, the following year," CMAS Director Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez said.
CMAS provides Austinites and UT students with resources needed to celebrate and learn about Mexican American culture, especially in the context of Texas history. The production – taking stage at the Mexican American Cultural Center – will offer people in the Austin area and beyond a chance to learn about the center and the community events it offers.
Many aspects of the play's set reflect historical aspects of Mexican American storytelling. The flatbed trucks seating the actors onstage serve as a nod to El Teatro Campesino – a Chicano theatre company who performed for farm workers throughout California, Rivas-Rodriguez explained."It was an educational tool to demonstrate to people, 'These are your rights.
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