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Irving Arts Board awards sponsorship to Cara Mía Theatre Company for four performances of Crystal City 1969
12/1/2010 2:50:56 PM
The Irving Arts Board awarded a $1,000 sponsorship to Cara Mía Theatre Company for four performances of Crystal City 1969 in December. The sponsorship was awarded as part of the Arts Board’s Community Activities Fund.
"We are thrilled by the support of the City of Irving and the Irving Arts Board,” said David Lozano, a member of Cara Mía’s Board of Directors. “Cara Mía has a very strong following in Dallas and we believe that our annual productions that focus on the Latino experience in the United States can be important cultural events for the Irving community. Our plays allow people from all cultural backgrounds to view the experience of Latinos through the incomparable medium of live theater. In this way, theater can be unifying."
Crystal City 1969 will be performed in the Irving Arts Center’s Dupree Theater at 8 p.m. on Dec. 8-11. The play commemorates the 41st anniversary of the historic student walkout in Crystal City, Texas. It tells the untold civil story of Mexican-American high school students who overcame discrimination in the south Texas town.
“We can see how these young people pursued the American dream and achieved extraordinary results by working through the democratic system,” said Lozano. “Crystal City 1969 is highly theatrical with elements of drama and comedy. Representing true historical events, this story is not viewed through rose-tinted glasses but represents our rich and complex American and Texas history. I think this story is so important because it allows us to reflect on how far we have come as a society and on how far we still have to go."
Tickets are $7-25 and can be purchased at www.IrvingArtsCenter.com or by calling (972) 252-2787. To learn more about Cara Mía Theatre Company, visit www.caramiatheatre.com.
The Irving Arts Board’s Community Activities Fund was created in 2009 with the purpose of providing sponsorship support to local community groups. The program is open to groups who present programming in Irving with a strong connection to the arts. In addition to Cara Mía, sponsorships have been awarded to the Annual DFW Dragon Boat Kite & Lantern Festival and the Irving Heritage Society. Applications for this program are accepted throughout the year.
The Irving Arts Center is located at 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd, Irving, Texas 75062. For more information visit www.IrvingArtsCenter.com or call (972) 252-7558.
About Cara Mía Theatre Company
Founded in 1996, Cara Mía Theatre Company is a non-profit organization whose mission is to broaden appreciation and understanding of Chicano and Latino culture through theatre, literature and educational programs.
In 1996, Cara Mía filled a void in the Dallas arts community by becoming the first Dallas theater to focus on the Mexican-American experience. Cara Mía assured Mexican-American audiences that their bilingual and bicultural experiences were represented regularly on Dallas stages.
Over the past 13 years, Cara Mía has become a cultural resource in Dallas and North Texas, producing world premieres of major Mexican-American writers such as Sandra Cisneros, Jimmy Santiago Baca, and Cherrie Morraga. Cara Mía has also produced original plays written collectively by the artistic ensemble and by local Dallas writers that have received critical acclaim from Dallas-Fort Worth media.
About Irving Arts Center
The Irving Arts Center is a department of the City of Irving. The Arts Center became an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution in 2007 and is one of only 160 institutions nationwide to earn the honor. More than 130,000 visitors attend Arts Center events each year. For more information please contact the Arts Center at (972) 252-7558 or visit www.IrvingArtsCenter.com.
