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1965 El Teatro Campesino Founded
1media/Teatro Campesino_thumb.jpeg2022-08-30T00:22:10+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911Since its inception, El Teatro Campesino and its founder and artistic director, Luis Valdez, have set the standard for Latino theatrical production in the United States. Founded in 1965 on the Delano Grape Strike picket lines of Cesar Chavez’s United Farmworkers Union, the company created and performed “actos” or short skits on flatbed trucks and in union halls. Taking the “actos” on tour to dramatize the plight and cause of the farmworkers, El Teatro Campesino was honored in 1969 with an Obie Award for “demonstrating the politics of survival” and with the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award in 1969 and 1972.plain2022-08-30T00:22:10+00:001965Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
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