Written and performed by Rodney Garza
January 31 and February 2 & 3, 2008
Thursday & Saturday at 8 p.m. (No show on First Friday)
Sunday at 2 p.m. (Please note the time)… Don’t want to compete with Super Bowl, Esé
$12 General Admission, $9 Students & Seniors
El Chuco y La Che is a poetically comedic homage to the letter ‘Ch’ of the Chicano\Spanglish alphabet told through the voice of a sharp-witted, Zoot-suited Pachuco (is there any other kind.) It is a hilarious trip through his memories of a bi-cultural barrio filled with colorful characters and customs.
Chuy “El Pazchuco” Charrasqueado is in-love with La Che and he wants the whole world to know it. He publicly declares his love while lecturing at a literary symposium and in the process wagers his life savings in a bet he makes with an audience member. The outcome of the bet is decided by the audience at the end of the “cho.”
From childhood chompin’ on chupones to El Chavo del Ocho/Chapulin Colorado to Charo, Chia Pets, Cheech & Chong and El Chupacabras, the ‘Ch’ related alliteration abounds, providing a rollicking spectrum of the Chicano experience. Written and performed by Rodney Garza, this one-person show is part stand-up comedy, part performance poetry, part rasquachi teatro. This combination results in the highest form of Chicano art, “The Art of Spreading Chisme.”