L.A. Real at the Margo Albert Theatre
About Productions presents L.A. Real, a solo performance piece, opening on Saturday, April 1, 2023 at Plaza de la Raza's Margo Albert Theatre in Lincoln Heights. The performance runs through Saturday, April 8, 2023.
Pondering its complicated layers, a Latina dives deep into her California ancestral history and how she should embrace it on a personal, political and cultural level. How can she connect to a past that has been nearly lost in time and move forward with a deeper sense of her identity? Written and directed by Theresa Chavez, and with original video, music, painting, and vintage photography, L.A. Real peels away L.A.’s fantasy past to find a deeper, visceral connection for the 8th generation Latina.
DATES:
March 30 - April 8, 2023
Previews March 30th and 31st
Opening Night: April 1st
TICKETS:
Tickets available for $15-35
pay-what-you-can on Thursdays
Performed by Marlene Beltran (a first-generation Chicana, born and raised in Los Angeles), the piece L.A. Real explores the many complicated layers of a Latina diving deep into her California ancestral history and pondering how she should embrace it on a personal, political and cultural level. How can she connect to a past that has nearly been lost in time and move forward with a deeper sense of her identity? Written and directed by 7th generation Los Angelino Theresa Chavez, this reimagined production features vintage photography, and original music by César Castro “Jarochelo,” painting, and video featuring Marco Rodriguez as Rodolfo Serling in a homage to Twilight Zone. L.A. Real peels away L.A.’s fantasy past to find a deeper, more visceral connection for the Mestiza Narrator, an 8th generation Latina.
Marlene Beltran says “to be a part of this historical project at this time and on this land is, for me, a powerful convergence of ancestral memory and generational resilience. It is an excavation and examination of the sacred feminine and this city's past, which urges us to reclaim our futures within it.” Following L.A. Real performances, selected student monologues written by local youth through the Art of the Monologue workshops will be read by professional actors. As with the Latina played by Beltran in L.A. Real, these students from Los Angeles-area public high schools have explored their own self-identity.
Tickets available at https://www.aboutpd.org