by admin | Dec 10, 2015 | Katrina Valdez
By Katrina Valdez You know that the annual ETC Christmas show is rehearsing because the small town of San Juan Bautista is crawling with artists of all sorts, and they are all drinking tea and water, and wearing scarves. This has been a running joke in San Juan ever...
by admin | Nov 30, 2015 | Lupe Valdez
La Esquinita is a new series that serves as a production notebook for Latina/o designers and artisans working on stages across the nation. In La Esquinita, designers and artisans share their process and production work, plus overall thoughts on dynamic collaboration....
by admin | Nov 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
posted on Sun, 11/08/2015 – 08:54pm by Frank Perez, reporting for BenitoLink El Teatro Campesino was established in 1965 during the Delano Grape Strike. Fifty years later, its founder, Luis Valdez, continues creating thought-provoking productions and nurturing...
by admin | Nov 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Staring down the barrel of a shotgun during the turbulent days of the 1965 Delano Grape Strike, Luis Valdez’s storied career in theater underwent trial by fire. An enraged farmer had put a gun to Valdez’s head and ordered him to stand down from rallying...
by admin | Sep 18, 2015 | Luis Valdez
By Luis Valdez In the Spring of ’66, Senator Robert F. Kennedy flew into the Delano Airport in a small private plane, and gingerly asked an aide to remind him what he was doing there. It did not take him long to find his bearings. As a member of the Senate...
