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“El Bracero – A Mariachi Opera” to be performed at CSU Bakersfield for Hispanic Heritage Month

ÁNIMO Theatre Company will be staging “El Bracero – A Mariachi Opera” at CSU Bakersfield at the Doré Theatre on September 14, 2018, 7:30 p.m.


Bakersfield, CA – WEBWIRE

“As a University that is committed to diversity and inclusion, CSUB is proud to bring the unique experience of ’El Bracero’ to CSU Bakersfield as part of our Hispanic Heritage Month festivities,” says Dr. Lynnette Zelezny, President of CSU Bakersfield.

ÁNIMO Theatre Company will be staging “El Bracero – A Mariachi Opera” at CSU Bakersfield at the Doré Theatre on September 14, 2018, 7:30 p.m. as part of Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations.
 
Set in the 1950s at the height of the Bracero program, “El Bracero” is a dynamic one-act “Mariachi Opera” which fuses mariachi music, ballet folklorico, and powerful “opera” style set pieces.  “El Bracero” highlights the challenges and injustices workers faced inthe U.S. and focuses on the bracero camps in the 1950s. “El Bracero” is both a cultural and educational experience that teaches an important part of Mexican-American history that is often overlooked.
 
“As a University that is committed to diversity and inclusion, CSUB is proud to bring the unique experience of ’El Bracero’ to CSU Bakersfield as part of our Hispanic Heritage Month festivities,” says Dr. Lynnette Zelezny, President of CSU Bakersfield. 
 
“El Bracero” was written by Rosalinda Verde from Visalia, CA and the Mariachi music in El Bracero is performed by Mariachi Águilas de J. Carlos Ozuna – one of the premiere mariachi ensembles in Southern California. “El Bracero” poignantly expresses the struggles encountered by farmworkers to the audiences,” says Miguel Orozco, director and producer of the show.  The play is presented in Spanish with English subtitles. 
 
Tickets for El Bracero are on sale at Carniceria La Carreta on 5792 Stine Road, Bakersfield, online at www.animotheatre.org, or by calling: (800) 838-3006. For more information contact Ánimo Theatre Company at miguel@animotheatre.org.
 


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