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THE LATINO THEATER COMPANY

The Board of Directors of the Latino Theater Company would like to reassure everyone that everything is being done to work constructively and amicably with the City of Los Angeles to resolve any and all issues arising from our current lease situation regarding our home at the Los Angeles Theatre Center.

Regardless of the outcome, the Latino Theater Company is committed to its mission of creating world-class theater, producing unique, multi-cultural work that reflects the diverse communities of our great city and providing a place where the voices of some of the most brilliant and talented writers, actors and directors in the world can be heard, and we intend to continue do so.

Since moving into the Los Angeles Theatre Center six years ago, the Latino Theater Company has complied with almost every term and condition under our lease with the City of Los Angeles. As an important part of the downtown revitalization, we have spent $4.3 million renovating and restoring the Los Angeles Theatre Center building to its original grandeur, plus invested more than $6 million to create hundreds of jobs, conduct educational programs that help underserved children to participate in summer classes and learn the theater arts and to entertain tens of thousands with critically acclaimed plays and dramatic and comedic works. For several years now during the holiday season, the Latino Theater Company has presented a beautiful production of La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inanztin. It is provided free of admission at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels for thousands of people who would otherwise never have the chance to see such an inspiring and spectacular piece of theater.

With all of your help and support, the Latino Theater Company looks forward to furthering our mission as we present our 2012 theater seasons with such powerful productions as The Vault Ensemble’s “Bankrupt” with more downtown L.A. stories; Playwrights’ Arena’s “The Girl Most Likely To” by Filipino-American playwright Michael Premsrirat about a boy who wants to live as a girl; Latino Theater Company’s “Charity: Part III of A Mexican Trilogy” that follows the diaspora of Mexicans in the U.S. from the Mexican Revolution to the present; Marcus Gardley’s “the road weeps, the well runs dry” in collaboration with the Lark Play Development Center in New York about Seminole Indians and African Americans, “Refugee Nation” by TeAda productions about Laotian refugees and their descendants, Celeste Bedford Walker’s African-American military drama “Camp Logan” produced by Robey Theater Company, and Lisa Loomer’s “Café Vida” about the Homegirl Café, a Cornerstone Theater Production.

We deeply appreciate the tremendous outpouring of support we have already received and want to thank our funders, sponsors, patrons and the community at large, as well as our colleagues in the theater, arts and entertainment communities. If you would like to show your support, we ask that you please write or email your comments to The Honorable Herb Wesson, President of the Los Angeles City Council or to the Council Person from your district. Contact information is at:

http://www.lacity.org/YourGovernment/CityCouncil/index.htm

Legendary actress, Ofelia Medina arrives in Los Angeles from Mexico today to participate in the 2nd Annual Playwrights Festival at The Los Angeles Theatre Center. Ofelia will be reading her part in the upcoming Latino Theater Company production of CHARITY, part III of A Mexican Trilogy by Evelina Fernández. The reading will take place at The Los Angeles Theatre Center this Wednesday, January 25th at 7pm in theater 3. The 2nd Annual Playwrights Festival is free to the public and audiences are encouraged to arrive early to ensure seating.

About CHARITY:
Set before the backdrop of the death of Pope John Paul II and the Papal
conclave in 2005, Charity is the humorous and poignant story of three
generations of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in the United States. War,
religion, loss and ancient traditions collide as the matriarch great
grandmother, born before the Mexican Revolution, refuses to die.

Ofelia Medina and Ruben Albarrán of Cafe Tacuba at The LATC

Please RSVP via EventBrite or by calling 310 955-4201

A night of celebration and tribute to Miguel Piñero’s work with readings and recitations of his most popular poems, along with original spoken word pieces written and inspired by Piñero and UTM/LTC’s production of SHORT EYES by Miguel Piñero at the LATC!

Special Guest Celebrity Performers:
Daryl Anthony Harper (Greek, Everyday Black Man)
Sal Lopez (American Me, CSI: Miami)
Jason Olazabal (Dexter, Bad Boys 2)
John Ortiz (Jack Goes Boating, American Gangster)
Geoffrey Rivas (Breaking Bad, Blood In Blood Out)
Elizabeth Rodriguez (Prime Suspect, Miami Vice)
Mark Rolston (Aliens, The Shawshank Redemption)

Featured Urban Theatre Movement Members: *Alex Alpharaoh *Essence Brown Isabel Davila *Bille Escalante Kimberly Gonzalez *Samantha Parks Marissa Pitts *David Santana * Performing Original Spoken Word Pieces.

PRICE: ***PAY WHAT YOU CAN!***
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 8:00pm
Place: LATC Theatre 4 – 514 Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013 Running Time: 1 hour, 45 minutes. With 10 minute intermission.

This is a Catered event, courtersy of Lidia’s Dominican Kitchen Food Truck, the ONLY Dominican food truck in all of Los Angeles! check her out: http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2011/07/food_truck_friday_lidias_dominican_kitchen.php [For more information/questions about SP!T!, please call 213.489.0994]

Directed by Julian Acosta.

Produced by Urban Theatre Movement and The Latino Theater Company

February 2  - March 11, 2012 (Extended by popular demand )
Thursday – Saturday 8pm; Sunday 7pm (except 2/5/2012)
General $30 | Students/Seniors $20 | Groups 10+ $20 | $10 Thursday

Following a sold out run at LATC during the Fall Season, SHORT EYES will return for one final run this year with the support of the Miguel Piñero Family. For the first time in a decade, “Short Eyes” will be produced in Los Angeles. West Coast rights to the play have been unavailable for ten years, and Urban Theatre Movement is the first company to receive authorization to present this controversial piece after its long absence from Los Angeles stages, making this new production an Event.

Photo by Federico Mata

Synopsis:
Short Eyes, a term prisoners use to brand a child molester, reveals the racial, sexual and dangerously seditious personal politics wielded by an explosive group of inmates at an unnamed House of Detention in New York City. Their petty ploys and communal rebellions are unexpectedly disturbed when they are joined by a
middle-class white man accused of raping a young girl. Written during Miguel Piñero’s incarceration for armed robbery in Sing Sing prison, the play debuted Off-Broadway in 1974 at The Public Theatre in New York City and on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theater to critical acclaim including: 6 Tony Award nominations, the New York Critics Circle Award and an Obie Award for the“Best Play of the Year”.

Photo by Federico Mata

To purchase tickets:
Call our Box Office Today! 866-811-4111
Customer service hours: 6am – 6pm M-F / 7am – 3pm Sat + Sun
Group Services: 213-489-0994 ext. 110
Ticket Link: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/860565

LATC Theater 4

Thursday – Saturday 8pm; Sunday 7pm

120 minutes with a 15 min intermission

General $30 | Students/Seniors $20 | Groups 10+ $20 | $10 Thursday

LATC – Theater 4
514 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Your contribution to baseball is immeasurable. In a world where everyday we face the replacement of human thought for algorithm’s, we salute your authentic voice and commitment to one of the world’s greatest sports teams, The Los Angeles Dodgers.

For this reason, we would like to publicly invite you to see our new play, JUAN AND JOHN, by Roger Guenveur Smith. The Obie Award-winning team of Roger Guenveur Smith and Marc Anthony Thompson returns to The Los Angeles Theatre Center with JUAN AND JOHN, inspired by the remarkable friendship of baseball greats Juan Marichal (San Francisco Giants) and John Roseboro (Los Angeles Dodgers). Two black men, with essentially the same name, one from Ohio, the other from the Dominican Republic, forged a miraculous reconciliation after participating in the most notorious fight in the game’s history.
Smith plays them both in a tour-de-force solo performance complemented by Thompson’s compelling score and projections.

It would be great to have your support, Mr. Scully. This is a great opportunity to teach a good lesson through the story of these two baseball greats. For more information on this show and to access your VIP tickets, complimentary dinner and parking pass, please contact Marlon at marlon@thelatc.org.

Warm regards,

Marlon