Zoot Suit presented in partnership with the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts.
San Diego REP is proud to open its 37th season with a brand new production of the most significant work of Latino drama in American theatre. Zoot Suit will be produced through the same partnership between San Diego REP and San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts that made ?Hairspray? (2010) and The Who?s TOMMY (2011) mega-hits on the Lyceum Stage.
Playwright Luis Valdez is America?s greatest Latino playwright. ?Zoot Suit? is his masterpiece ? a muscular mix of historical fact and agitprop fiction. Featuring a cast of 33 actors/singer/dancers and a live orchestra playing hot Latin Jazz form the 1940?s, ?Zoot Suit? is a not-to-be-missed classic filled with swagger and swing.
The REP?s new Artist-in-Residence, Herbert Siguenza, has been cast in the roles of ?The Press? and ?Prosecutor.?
The Story
It?s Los Angeles, Calif., the years 1942 to 1943. The war in the Pacific is in full gear, American big band music has young people at home dancing up a storm and the Zoot Suit is the uniform of choice for Chicano gangs on the streets of Los Angeles. One August morning a young Chicano boy is found bloody and beaten by the side of a road near a county reservoir. His death leads to the indictment of a local Chicano gang and the infamous Sleepy Lagoon Murder Trial, a kangaroo court fanned by media hysteria. When the verdict is announced the Zoot Suit riots begin, and the mythical mystical figure of El Pachuco is born.
Admission: Ticket prices vary, see website for details
Location:
Lyceum STAGE Theatre
Horton Plaza
San Diego, CA 92101
Dates and times:
Performances from Friday July 13 to Sunday August 12
July Performances:
Friday, July 13 - 8:00 PM
Saturday, July 14 - 8:00 PM
Sunday, July 15 - 7:00 PM
Tuesday, July 17 - 7:00 PM
Wednesday, July 18 - 7:00 PM
Thursday, July 19 - 8:00 PM
Friday, July 20 - 8:00 PM
Saturday, July 21 - 8:00 PM
Sunday, July 22 - 2:00 PM
Wednesday, July 25 - 7:00 PM
Thursday, July 26 - 8:00 PM
Friday, July 27 - 8:00 PM
Saturday, July 28 - 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Sunday, July 29 - 2:00 PM
For more information and tickets, please visit: www.sdrep.org
San Diego REP is proud to open its 37th season with a brand new production of the most significant work of Latino drama in American theatre. Zoot Suit will be produced through the same partnership between San Diego REP and San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts that made ?Hairspray? (2010) and The Who?s TOMMY (2011) mega-hits on the Lyceum Stage.
Playwright Luis Valdez is America?s greatest Latino playwright. ?Zoot Suit? is his masterpiece ? a muscular mix of historical fact and agitprop fiction. Featuring a cast of 33 actors/singer/dancers and a live orchestra playing hot Latin Jazz form the 1940?s, ?Zoot Suit? is a not-to-be-missed classic filled with swagger and swing.
The REP?s new Artist-in-Residence, Herbert Siguenza, has been cast in the roles of ?The Press? and ?Prosecutor.?
The Story
It?s Los Angeles, Calif., the years 1942 to 1943. The war in the Pacific is in full gear, American big band music has young people at home dancing up a storm and the Zoot Suit is the uniform of choice for Chicano gangs on the streets of Los Angeles. One August morning a young Chicano boy is found bloody and beaten by the side of a road near a county reservoir. His death leads to the indictment of a local Chicano gang and the infamous Sleepy Lagoon Murder Trial, a kangaroo court fanned by media hysteria. When the verdict is announced the Zoot Suit riots begin, and the mythical mystical figure of El Pachuco is born.
Admission: Ticket prices vary, see website for details
Location:
Lyceum STAGE Theatre
Horton Plaza
San Diego, CA 92101
Dates and times:
Performances from Friday July 13 to Sunday August 12
July Performances:
Friday, July 13 - 8:00 PM
Saturday, July 14 - 8:00 PM
Sunday, July 15 - 7:00 PM
Tuesday, July 17 - 7:00 PM
Wednesday, July 18 - 7:00 PM
Thursday, July 19 - 8:00 PM
Friday, July 20 - 8:00 PM
Saturday, July 21 - 8:00 PM
Sunday, July 22 - 2:00 PM
Wednesday, July 25 - 7:00 PM
Thursday, July 26 - 8:00 PM
Friday, July 27 - 8:00 PM
Saturday, July 28 - 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Sunday, July 29 - 2:00 PM
For more information and tickets, please visit: www.sdrep.org
