Last weekend: Teatro de las Américas to present ‘Esperanza Rising’ Sept. 30 through Oct. 2

  • Sept. 16 through Oct. 2WHAT: “Esperanza Rising”
  • WHO: Teatro de las Américas and Oxnard College present a play written by Lynne Alvarez based on the book by Pam Ryan Muñoz. Music by Victor Zupanc. Directed by Miguel Heredia.
  • WHEN: Fridays and Saturdays, September 16, 23, 24, 30, and October 1, 2016
    Sundays, September 25 and October 2, 2016
  • WHERE: Teatro de las Américas at Oxnard College Black Box Theatre, 4000 S. Rose Ave., Oxnard, CA 93033
  • ABOUT: “Esperanza Rising” is the story of a young girl uprooted, transplanted, and re-grown on alien soil. The glorious, live music of mariachis carries Esperanza across the dividing line that cuts through the center of this play. That line divides two countries, two cultures, and two languages. It also separates Mexico and California, the year 1930 and 1931, and Act One from Act Two. Brought up in the lush and beautiful world of the Mexican aristocracy and then torn away and replanted in the impoverished world a migrant labor camp in California. Esperanza ultimately fulfills the promise of her name. In English with Spanish supertitles. For the whole family.
  • TICKETS: Buy tickets online at www.teatrodelasamericas.org
    • General Admission $15
    • Seniors, Students, and Military $10
    • Elementary Students $7
    • OC Students $5
    • Also Available at:
      • Burrito Express, 230 S. Ventura Road (corner with 2nd St.), in Oxnard
      • Reservations can be made by leaving a message at 805-9teatro (805-983-2876).