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  • 1.  Need suggested Latinx, Hispanic and African American performances and plays that are suitable to read/show to high school students

    Posted 11-05-2024 13:07

    I am a Field Supervisor for CSUEB online Theatre credential program. Asking for a student teacher/intern whose school has all Latinx, Hispanic and African American students enrolled in his Drama classes. The student teacher asked for recommendations for plays for reading that his students will relate to and that his admin will approve of. Likewise suitable film clips of suitable relatable plays and musicals. 
    Thanks for any input. 



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  • 2.  RE: Need suggested Latinx, Hispanic and African American performances and plays that are suitable to read/show to high school students

    Posted 11-06-2024 09:35
    Zoot Suit, Anna in the Tropics, Raisin in the Sun, Fences, for a start! Great scenes in all.





  • 3.  RE: Need suggested Latinx, Hispanic and African American performances and plays that are suitable to read/show to high school students

    Posted 11-06-2024 09:36
    I can speak for some Latinx recommendations - I would recommend LOS VENDIDOS by Luis Valdez for a short satire, explore some Miguel Piñero - specifically his poetry and film clips from the movie, and there's a wonderful play called SHELTER by Marissa Chibas.
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  • 4.  RE: Need suggested Latinx, Hispanic and African American performances and plays that are suitable to read/show to high school students

    Posted 11-06-2024 11:37
    Edited by Jose Triana 11-14-2024 16:14

    Here are several suggestions from TRW Plays, https://www.theatricalrights.com/shows/?show_type%5B%5D=Play: 

    Ghost by Idris Goodwin adapted from the book Ghost by Jason Reynolds 

    The Downfall of Rafael Trujillo by Carmen Rivera (also available in Spanish)

    Good Hair by Phaedra Michelle Scott 

    Black Super Hero Magic Mama by Inda Craig-Galván 

    Musings of a Crazy Texican by Alvaro Saar Rios

    Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne

    Les Deux Noirs: Notes on Notes of a Native Son by Psalamayene 24

    Eight Tales of Pedro by Mark Eugen Garcia 

    Twenty50 by Tony Meneses

    TRW also publishes two holiday one-acts in Spanish: 

    Thrice Upon a Midnight Clear-David Overton (Spanish translation)

    Mary and Joseph and Company-David Overton (Spanish translation)



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  • 5.  RE: Need suggested Latinx, Hispanic and African American performances and plays that are suitable to read/show to high school students

    Posted 11-07-2024 12:44
    Edited by Kathy Siler 11-07-2024 12:45

    I was entranced watching REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES by Josefina Lopez at Int'l Festival (female Mexican immigrants work in a small sewing factory in L.A. in 1987).

    https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/real-women-have-curves



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    AZ
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