Cara Mía Theatre’s
2022-2023 Season

2 PERFORMANCES ONLY!

Pachuquísmo portrays the female experiences of the 1940’s Zoot Suit Riot era through tap dance, Mexican zapateado, live Jazz music, traditional Son Jarocho (from Veracruz, Mexico), and video. With a 9-person, all-female cast donning full zoot suits, the performance challenges gender roles and pulls the narrative of the Zoot Suit Riots out of the male-centered context. A multi-disciplinary show, Pachuquísmo explores history, culture, and rhythm through the lens of the Mexican American pachucas that American society tried to eradicate.

Pachuquísmo’s artists respectfully request that audience members wear masks during the performance.

La Mezcla’s Pachuquísmo is funded in part by the New England Foundation for the Arts.

3 PERFORMANCES ONLY!

A multimedia performance, On the Eve of Abolition, is set in the year 2047 in the transnational liberated territories of what used to be known as the US and Mexico, after a movement of abolitionists have created the conditions to end the prison-industrial complex.

Papel Machete’s On the Eve of Abolition is a work-in-progress and a recipient of the National Performance Network’s Creation Fund and is co-commissioned by Pregones/PRTT (Bronx, NY), Cara Mía Theatre (Dallas, TX), and Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA; San Jose, CA).

4 Performances Only!

In a loving homage to live comedy, original videos, and visual spectacle, ¡Estar Guars! re-creates the classic sci-fi rebellion as a modern-day Resistencia, complete with Galactic Walls, space chanclas, migrant moisture farmers, fearless princesas, mystical abuelas and the targeting of Sanctuary Planetas by an evil empire determined to MAGGA (Make A Galaxy Great Again).

About the Show

Inspired by a little-known event in Texas history, Crystal City 1969 is based on the true story of Mexican-American students in south Texas who walked out of their school and into civil rights history. Crystal City became an example of American Democracy at its best. Crystal City 1969 is Bilingual with English and Spanish.

About the Show

Inspired by a little-known event in Texas history, Crystal City 1969 is based on the true story of Mexican-American students in south Texas who walked out of their school and into civil rights history. Crystal City became an example of American Democracy at its best. Crystal City 1969 is Bilingual with English and Spanish.

About the Show

To DIE:GO in Leaves by Frida Kahlo is a “purely, intoxicatingly theatrical” production inspired by Kahlo’s paintings and biography. The result is a journey through the lifetime of Mexico’s most famous painter and a worldwide icon. To DIE:GO in Leaves, by Frida Kahlo is a play that tells a story as much through movement and imagery as dialogue. Performances in English and Spanish will be performed in repertory.

About the show

An international Collaboration with the Laboratorio de la Mascara from Mexico City.

Orígenes/Origins tells the story of a teenager sent by her family to live with her father in the United States. To survive her journey, she is compelled to create a new identity in a new country while remembering her origins. Featuring masks, movement and original music, Orígenes/Origins, is performed mostly in Spanish with English supertitles.

Cara Mía Theatre, in partnership with the Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Present a FREE Screening of the 2023 production of Crystal City 1969

Crystal City 1969
Written by David Lozano and Raul Treviño
Directed by David Lozano