CROWDRISE :
Sep 29, 2011
EIN: 95-4192086
BASED:
Pasadena, CA, United States
CHARITY WEBSITE:
www.aboutpd.org
WHAT WE DO:
Help About Productions present a Chicana coming of age story center stage.
Over the last two years,
About Productions has been developing
Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe. Created by
Louie Pérez of
Los Lobos and About Productions’ Artistic Director
Theresa Chavez and Associate Director
Rose Portillo,
Evangeline features the songs of Grammy Award-winning
Los Lobos songwriters David
Hidalgo and Louie
Pérez.
Set in the late 1960s, Evangeline spreads her wings as a recent high school graduate. As East L.A. begins its own civil rights movement in the form of the high school student walk outs, she lands in the distinctly different world of the Hollywood art and music scene. How will Eva reconcile her own individual journey with the need to hold onto her relationships with her family and her neighborhood?
Evangeline highlights the talents of Latino actors, musicians and designers. Tickets and educational workshops will be offered free-of-charge to our Young Theaterworks schools in East Los Angeles and Pasadena to ensure that this story is passed on to at-greatest risk youth and their families.
We are honored to have received matching grants for the premiere from the National Endowment for the Arts and the L.A. County Arts Commission, along with a prestigious grant from the National Association of Latino Arts & Culture. At this critical juncture we are now turning toindividuals to invest in the the premiere's impact.
Join us in bringing this rich, often unrepresented history of L.A. to life!
In memory of Whitney Houston. May more young women be able to follow their artistic dreams.