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EVENT TITLE:
Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe

VENUE:
Plaza de la Raza’s Margo Albert Theatre
3540 N. Mission Road, Los Angeles, CA 90031

TYPE OF EVENT:
Play with music, plus related intergenerational panel/community forum.

DATES AND TIMES:
Thurs, March 29th at 8 p.m. Preview
Fri, March 30th at 8 p.m. Opening
Sat, March 31st at 2 p.m.
Sat, March 31st at 4 p.m. Panel/Community Forum
Sat, March 31st at 8 p.m.
Thurs, April 5th at 8 p.m.
Fri, April 6th at 8 p.m.
Sat, April 7th at 8 p.m.
Sun, April 8th at 2 p.m. with Post-Show VIP Fundraiser Reception

EVENT LISTED ONLINE CLICK HERE.

INFORMATION AND TICKETS CLICK HERE.

HIGH RESOLUTION PRESS PHOTOS CLICK HERE.

EVENT DESCRIPTION
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1968 East L.A. Student Walkouts, About...Productions is producing the Evangeline Initiative with multiple educational components serving East L.A. and other youth, and restaging the critically acclaimed production of Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe for the first time in East L.A. The show will run March 29-April 8, 2018 at Plaza de la Raza in Lincoln Heights.

It is the first and only original play to incorporate the Grammy Award-winning songbook of Louie Pérez and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos. The show’s lead singer will be the Grammy-winning chanteuse Gaby Moreno. The Guatemalan-born, L.A.-based singer-songwriter will interpret the music in an acoustic style that will compliment this intimate restaging.

Told through story and song and set in 1968, it is co-created by Theresa Chavez, Rose Portillo, and Louie Pérez, and centers on an East L.A. high school grad who is a devoted daughter by day and a West Hollywood go-go dancer by night. Inspired by the time period, she spreads her wings and lands in the distinctly different world of the Hollywood art and music scene. As East L.A. begins its own civil rights movement, she must reconcile her own individual journey with the need to hold on to her relationship with her family and her neighborhood.

PANEL/COMMUNITY FORUM -- this event is free to the public on March 31 at 4:00 pm (between shows)
The Legacy of the 1968 Student Walkouts: How Far Have We Come?
Three generation panel of community activists, plus community forum.
Panelists include: Walkout organizers Paula Crisostomo and Vickie Castro, Associate Director of InnerCity Struggle Henry Perez, and current Walkout high school student activist (TBA).

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION COMPONENTS
- Residency at Pueblo de Los Angeles continuation high school (at Lincoln High School) - highest-risk students will study Evangeline themes and write plays reflecting their own lives. (JAN 16-MARCH 22; Culmination at Pueblo on March 22)
- Free Morning Matinee of Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe for high school students - April 5th
- Evangeline Discovery Guide - explores 1960s cultural & political history; distribution to Pueblo and high schools attending morning matinee.

ABOUT…PRODUCTIONS
About…Productions creates original interdisciplinary theaterworks and educational programs that provoke new perspectives on history, humanity, and culture. The company is dedicated to generating new work through collaboration to create artistic and community dialogue. Now in it's 29th year, the company believes in the power of theater to enlighten audiences, transform youth, and celebrate the lives of seniors.

The Evangeline Initiative is generously supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, and the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center is a co-sponsor.

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