TEATRO VISION

OUR 12TH ANNUAL DA DE LOS MUERTOS PRODUCTION, MACARIO BY EVELINA FERNNDEZ WITH MUSIC BY RUSSELL RODRGUEZ, OVER 2600 COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM OUR LOCAL AREA AND BEYOND, MAINTAINING OUR PRESENCE IN THE REGION AS A UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT VOICE IN BILINGUAL THEATER. AS WITH ALL OF OUR DA DE MUERTOS PRODUCTIONS, MACARIO PROVIDED A RARE SPANISH-LANGUAGE THEATERGOING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WHILE REMAINING ACCESSIBLE TO ENGLISH- AND SPANISH-SPEAKERS ALIKE THROUGH OUR BILINGUAL OPEN CAPTION PROGRAM. PERFORMANCES ALSO INCLUDED A SOLD-OUT STUDENT MATINEE WELCOMING 500 K-12 STUDENTS AND CHAPERONES ATTENDING AT STEEPLY DISCOUNTED RATES. NEARLY 25% OF STUDENT MATINEE TICKETS WERE FULLY SUBSIDIZED, AND NEARLY 400 STUDENTS FROM LOCAL TITLE I SCHOOLS WERE ABLE TO ATTEND. CAPTIONS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH WERE PROVIDED AT LIVE PERFORMANCES, AND ASL INTERPRETATION WAS PROVIDED AT TWO PERFORMANCES. FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE OFFERED ASL INTERPRETATION AT OUR STUDENT MATINEE, MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR TWO LOCAL SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF TO PARTICIPATE. BY BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO REFLECT ON THEIR SHARED CULTURAL HERITAGE AND TO ENGAGE IN A PARTICIPATORY ARTS EXPERIENCE, MACARIO CONTINUED TO IMPROVE SOCIO-EMOTIONAL HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR YOUTH PRODUCTION, SANDRA CISNEROSS THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET, REACHED OVER 1600 AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND SERVED AS THE CULMINATION OF OUR ANNUAL INTRO AND INTENSIVE BILINGUAL TEATRO TRAINING PROGRAM FOR YOUTH AGES 10-18. FOR THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET, WE OFFERED OUR SIGNATURE PARTICIPATORY WORKSHOPS AS PRE-SHOW WORKSHOPS FOR SCHOOLS ATTENDING OUR STUDENT MATINEE. ALONGSIDE THAT PRODUCTION, WE PRODUCED A COMMUNITY-BUILDING PROGRAM, POETRY, POWER, AND PLACE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CULTURE COUNTS READING SERIES AT SJSU, WHICH PROMOTED COMMUNITY BELONGING AND A POSITIVE SENSE OF CULTURAL IDENTITY THROUGH COMMUNITY POETRY-WRITING AND STORYTELLING WORKSHOPS BASED ON CISNEROSS NOVEL. THROUGH A NEW BILINGUAL AFTER-SCHOOL TEATRO PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AUDACITY PERFORMING ARTS, OUR ARTISTS STAGED FRANCISCO JIMNEZS LA MARIPOSA WITH STUDENTS AT A LOCAL SCHOOL. OUR CLASSES, YOUTH PRODUCTION, AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM PROVIDED BILINGUAL CREATIVE AND CULTURAL MENTORSHIP FOR 35 YOUNG PEOPLE.