Written and Performed by Dan Guerrero
Directed by Diane Rodriguez
September 16, 2010

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Teatro Visión opens its 27th season with a special September 16th performance of ¡GAYTINO! Buy your tickets now to join us for our first time collaboration with this year’s San José Mariachi & Mexican Heritage Festival. This performance will also feature a Lifetime Achievement Award presentation to ¡Gaytino! creator Dan Guerrero by the National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce, and special guest of honor – the Speaker of the California State Assembly John Perez.

Upcoming Event: Open House

September 3rd at 5:30 p.m.
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GAYTINO! September 16, 2010, Mexican Heritage Plaza

Teatro Visión opens it’s 27^th season with a September 16^,th 2010 special performance of GAYTINO!, the touching and hilarious father and son journey through decades of Chicano history.  Son of famed composer and singer, Lalo Guerrero, Dan Guerrero’s story of courage and emergence takes us from East L.A. to Broadway musical theater stages and is a celebration of Gay Chicanismo. Teatro Visión co-presents this 75 minute performance at the Mexican Heritage Plaza with the Mexican Heritage Corporation which kicks off its acclaimed Mariachi and Latino cultural arts festival with GAYTINO!

BLESS ME, ULTIMA: the play by Rudolfo Anaya, Directed by Elisa Marina Alvarado, March 17 – April 3, 2011, Mexican Heritage Plaza

First published in 1972, “Bless Me, Ultima” by Rudolfo Anaya has become the best selling Chicano novel of all time.  Teatro Visión’s West Coast premiere brings Anaya’s stage adaptation to life with it’s first mainstage production. BLESS ME, ULTIMA is a magical coming of age story set on the ‘llanos’ surrounding a small village in New Mexico during World War II.  The novel continues to generate controversy for holding, as a central beloved character, a curandera (traditional healer).

LOL! LATINA ON THE LOOSE!, Created and performed by Mina Olivera, directed by Alberto Barboza,  May 12 – May 22, 2011, Mexican Heritage Plaza

Teatro Visión presents Mina Olivera’s award winning LOL! Latina on the Loose!, a rollicking,  whirlwind trip from Brazil to the United States by way of Switzerland and El Salvador during which a girl becomes a woman.  As much as her  revolutionary parents try to prepare her for the rollercoaster ride of young love, bad boyfriends, discouraging teachers and dreams  of stardom, it the voice of a tough grandmother who helps her land on her feet.  Olivera’s one-woman performance is filled with energy, desire and hope.

Production information contact:  Elisa Marina Alvarado (408) 294-6678

Ticket information: Jess Moreles, (408) 294-6685

All performances will take place at the Mexican Heritage Plaza Theater

1700 Alum Rock Ave.

San José, CA 95116

Please note new Teatro Visión address:

365 So. Market Street,

San José, CA   95113

The Good-for-Nothing Lover is, inspired by a folk love song cycle of the same title from the Ming Dynasty (16th century China) translated in the late fifties by the Bay Area beat poets C. H. Kwock and Vincent McHugh. The project pays homage to both the Beat era and the Ming Dynasty, incorporating a stand up bass and a guqin (traditional Chinese instrument) as well as singing and spoken words in Chinese and English. The Good-for-Nothing Lover will examine states of love and human relations, which are as true today as when the words were first written centuries ago.

Start Date: 2010-05-28
End Date: 2010-05-29

Originally a Teatro Visión-sponsored event running in San José from 1998 to 2003, then relocating to Galería de la Raza for the past six years, the Lunada series has become an important part of the San Francisco-Bay Area literary scene. Still the only regularly occurring bilingual open-mic in the Bay Area, Lunadas hold a special place in the hearts of many. Among the invited poets performing will be Maya Chinchilla, Alejandra Mojica, Milta Ortiz, Manny Martinez, Leticia Hernández, Raquel Gutierrez, Francisco X. Alarcón, Melissa Lozano, Norman Zelaya, and DJ Agana among others. There will be surprises. There will be high emotion. There will be cake!
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2010-05-27

Los Lupeños is honored to have guest master musician and workshop instructor Patricio Hidalgo Beli from San Andres Tuxtla, Veracruz. Dancers from Los Lupeños Performing Company collaborate with workshop student dancers and musicians on this artistic journey. In the spotlight, Maestro Hidalgo will perform some of his own compositions — something you should not miss!
Start Time: 14:00
Date: 2010-05-16

Doors open 6:00pm, auction begins promptly at 7:30pm at MACLA (510 South First Street) in downtown San José. $25 advance tickets, $35 at the door. To purchase advance tickets, call (408) 998- 2808 or visit MACLA\’s website.
Date: 2010-05-15

Featuring speakers Louie Rocha Jr., Salvador Bustamante and Rev. Deacon Sal Alvarez, M.S.W. Moderated by Adriana Cabrera-Garcia, with a performance by Conjunto Libertad and photos by David Bacon. Sponsored by Teatro Visión and MAIZ.

Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2010-05-12
End Time: 20:00

During the Cuban revolution, young Sonia is sent to the U.S. by her parents, never to see them again. Thirty years later and living in the Midwest, Sonia, a fiercely devoted mother of two, has created a home that embraces her own cultural traditions along with her husband\’s Jewish religion. Three months after 9/11, their son announces he is quitting college to join the army. Sonia combats grief and terrifying feelings of abandonment through political forces that once again threaten to shatter her family. Can she come to terms with her past, her children\’s choices and her duty to her adopted country?

Discount Offer: Mention Teatro Visión and receive $6 off each regular priced ticket. You must call the San Jose Rep Box Office to receive your discount, (408) 367- 7255.
Start Date: 2010-06-01
End Date: 2010-06-06