Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Latinas Take the Stage 1 I. Creating a Performance Voice: Themes of Family, Religion, and Community 25 1. Milcha Sanchez-Scott's Roosters 31 2. Cherrie Moraga's Waiting for Da God 68 II. Chicanas and Chicano Teatro: Staging Identity 87 3. Diane Rodriguez's The Path to Divadom, Or How to Make Fat-free Tamales in G Minor 93 4. Yareli Arizmendi's Who Buys Your Shoes? 103 III. La Indigena/The Indigenous: Staging Myth 119 5. Celia Herrera Rodriguez's Cositas Quebradas: Performance Codex 125 6. The Colorado Sisters' Chicomoztoc: Mimixcoa - Cloud Serpent 140 IV. ''Race Matters'' 165 7. Josefina Baez's Dominicanish 171 8. Evelina Fernandez's Luminarias 188 V. Where Is Home and How Do We Get There? 237 9. Carmen Pelaez's El Postre de Estrada Palma and My Cuba 239 10. Carmen Rivera's La Gringa 254 11. Migdalia Cruz's Another Part of the House 305 VI. Commentary on Latina Theatre in the United States 357 12. Contributions by Women of Color - Kathy Perkins 359 13. NoPassport: Dreaming the Americas - Caridad Svich 362
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"La Voz Latina makes visible and accessible a panoply of performance texts that show the remarkable range and ability of Latina playwrights. It demonstrates the vibrant diversity, transnational influences, and high volume of activity in Latina theatre in both the past and present."--Theatre Journal