Playwrights Shine Light On Arizona's Mexican-American Studies Fight

Playwrights Shine Light On Arizona's Mexican-American Studies Fight
Juan Lopez, of Phoenix, show his support of the Tucson Unified School District, after Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal announces that the Tucson Unified School District violates state law by teaching it's Mexican American Studies Department's ethic studies program at a news conference at the Arizona Department of Education Wednesday, June 15, 2011, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Juan Lopez, of Phoenix, show his support of the Tucson Unified School District, after Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal announces that the Tucson Unified School District violates state law by teaching it's Mexican American Studies Department's ethic studies program at a news conference at the Arizona Department of Education Wednesday, June 15, 2011, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Much has been written about the demise of Mexican-American Studies in Tucson. News reports, locally and nationally, documented the state-sponsored campaign to eliminate the once-successful education program in the Tucson Unified School District.
Now comes the theatrical version.

Playwright Milta Ortiz and her husband, theater director Marc David Pinate, are collaborating on a docudrama play with Tucson’s Borderlands Theater. Their residency is funded by the National New Play Network, an alliance of nonprofit professional theaters.

Before You Go

Occupied America: A History of Chicanos, by Rodolfo Acuña

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