San Diego REP opens 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.?
Zoot Suit presented in partnership with the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts.
The Story:
It?s Los Angeles, California, 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
August Performances:
Wednesday August 1 - 7:00 PM
Thursday August 2 - 8:00 PM
Friday August 3 - 8:00 PM
Saturday August - 4 8:00 PM
Sunday August 5 - 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM
Wednesday August 8 - 7:00 PM
Thursday August 9 - 8:00 PM
Friday August 10 - 8:00 PM
Saturday August 11 - 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Sunday August 12 - 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM
For more information and tickets, please visit: www.sdrep.org
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.?
Zoot Suit presented in partnership with the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts.
The Story:
It?s Los Angeles, California, 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
August Performances:
Wednesday August 1 - 7:00 PM
Thursday August 2 - 8:00 PM
Friday August 3 - 8:00 PM
Saturday August - 4 8:00 PM
Sunday August 5 - 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM
Wednesday August 8 - 7:00 PM
Thursday August 9 - 8:00 PM
Friday August 10 - 8:00 PM
Saturday August 11 - 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Sunday August 12 - 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM
For more information and tickets, please visit: www.sdrep.org
