El Teatro Campesino

El Teatro Campesino
Formation1965
Delano, California
TypeTheatre group
PurposeCommedia dell'arte
Location
Artistic director(s)
Kinan Valdez
Notable members
Luis Valdez
Diane Rodriguez
WebsiteOfficial Site

El Teatro Campesino (Spanish for "The Farmworker's Theater") is a Chicano theatre company in California. Performing in both English and Spanish, El Teatro Campesino was founded in 1965 as the cultural arm of the United Farm Workers and the Chicano Movement with the "full support of César Chávez."[1] Originally based in Delano, California, during the Delano Strike, the theatre is currently based in San Juan Bautista, California.

Currently, El Teatro Campesino's mission is “…to create a popular art with 21st century tools that presents a more just and accurate account of human history, while encouraging the young women and men of a new generation to take control of their own destiny through creative discipline, vibrant education, economic independence, and artistic excellence.”[2]

  1. ^ Barnet-Sanchez, Holly (2012). "Radical Mestizaje in Chicano/a Murals". In Anreus, Alejandro; Folgarait, Leonard; Greeley, Robin Adele Greeley (eds.). Mexican Muralism: A Critical History. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. pp. 246–251. ISBN 9780520271616.
  2. ^ "Our History | El Teatro Campesino". elteatrocampesino.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.