Artistic Director, Josefina López (born 1969, San Luis Potosí, Mexico) is a Chicana playwright, perhaps best known as the author of the play (and co-author of the screenplay) Real Women Have Curves . López is also the Founding Artistic Director of the CASA 0101 theater located in Boyle Heights, CA, which began in 2000.
Simply Maria, or the American Dream edit Josefina López's first play is Simply Maria, or the American Dream (1987) which she wrote while still in high school at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. This wildly funny play tells the story of Maria, a young, precocious Latina aspiring to be an actor, and her dream of going to college. The story begins in Mexico with Maria's parents eloping. Maria is born, and shortly after they leave for the U.S. her father, Ricardo, tells Maria that in America, with an education, she can have the American dream. Maria believes him and studies hard. However, when she tells her parents she wants to go to college, they order her to get married instead. Maria is so upset she cries herself to sleep and has a nightmare in which her American self and her Mexican self wrestle with each other. She gets married and gives birth to six babies. Her wedding dress attacks her and a giant tortilla squashes her. Maria is awakened by her mother's ...
India Republic Day -- China Republic Day 2020 Parade, Flag Hosting HIGHLIGHTS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi given his tributes to martyrs by laying a wreath at the National War Memorial in the presence of Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, the three service chiefs and Fundamental of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat. India Republic Time Parade 2020, Flag Web hosting service HIGHLIGHTS: India is drinking its 70th Republic Time Today. The celebration from Rajpath started with Prime Minister Narendra Modi forking over homage to the fallen troopers at the newly-built National Battle Memorial on the Republic Time for the first time instead of the Amar Jawan Jyoti beneath the India Entrance arch. This was followed by President Ram Nath Kovind unfurling the tricolour. The event marks the day when India’s Constitution came into effect, and also the country became a republic. Heavylift helicopter Chinook and also attack helicopter Apache, both recently inducted in the Indian Air Force, took part withi...
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