Event Listing - Theater
Thu Apr 24 - Sun May 11

Zoot Suit


Tel. 831.372.3800
Website
$10 - $20
Tickets
Box Office: 831.372.4555

Location
Date and Time
Robert Stanton Theater
720 Broadway
King City, ca 93930


Thu May 1 (7:30pm)
Fri May 2 (7:30pm)
Sat May 3 (2:30pm & 7:30pm)
Sun May 4 (2pm)
The Golden State Theater
417 Alvarado Street
Monterey, CA 93940
district: Monterey

Thu May 8 (7:30pm)
Fri May 9 (7:30pm)
Sat May 10 (2pm & 8pm)
Sun May 11 (2pm)
North Salinas High School
55 Kip Dr
Salinas, CA 93906
district: Salinas

Thu Apr 24 (7:30pm)
Fri Apr 25 (7:30pm)
Sat Apr 26 (2pm & 8pm)
Sun Apr 27 (2pm)

Description
An an innovative and bold collaborative project with El Teatro Campesino, youth from throughout Monterey County perform in Luis Valdez‚ explosive play "Zoot Suit". In a combination of docudrama, myth, and musical, Valdez depicts the trial of the Sleepy Lagoon Murder and the related Zoot Suit Riots of 1943. The play brings to life the racially-charged trial, in which a group of pachucos, Mexican-American gang members, are charged and sentenced with the murder of another Mexican-American. With its Brechtian-style protest against social injustice and defamiliarization techniques, "Zoot Suit" opened in Los Angeles in 1978, setting a new standard for Chicano theater and Valdez was recognized as a leader in American drama.