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Dreamers: Aquí y Allá (Here and There) at CSULB Studio Theater

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Dreamers: Aquí y Allá, directed by Andrea Caban and co-directed by Julie Granata-Hunicutt, represents the stories of 800,000 Dreamers whose way of life has been threatened by the cancellation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The performances are at the California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) Studio Theater through February 25th.

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Dreamers: Aquí y Allá has a special story to share.

According to the play’s producers, Dreamers: Aquí y Allá has a special story to share.

“The people at the heart of this play are Americans who have suddenly found themselves vulnerable to expulsion, job loss, and deportation. Their stories of struggle, hope, and resistance are brought to life with the actual words of the Dreamers themselves…”

The play is based on “reflection papers” written by the Dreamers upon returning to Mexico with The California-Mexico Studies Center (CMSC).  CMSC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to research, develop, promote, and establish policies and programs between California and the U.S. with Mexico and other nations in the Western Hemisphere. CSULB Theatre Arts students also conducted hundreds of hours of interviews.



One hundred and sixty Dreamers were offered the opportunity by the CMSC to return to Mexico and re-enter legally into the U.S. through California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad programs. The trips occurred from March 2014 to August 2017.

“Unfortunately, the program was eliminated on September 5, 2017, when the Trump administration announced the rescinding of DACA and cancellation of the Advance Parole provision that allowed the California-Mexico Studies Center to offer this life-changing experience.”

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 Cal Rep’s Devising Democracy series

Dreamers: Aquí y Allá is part of Cal Rep’s Devising Democracy series: a four-year-long commitment to developing and producing devised work that grapples with the political, social and economic issues of our time. Director Andrea Caban is the Head of Voice and Speech in the CSULB Theatre Arts department. Caban, in collaboration with MFA Acting Pedagogy student Julie Granata-Hunicutt and a class of CSULB Theatre Arts students, dives into the lives and struggles of Dreamers. Find out more about the Theater Arts Department HERE

Dreamers: Aquí y Allá at CSULB Studio Theater

Directed by Andrea Caban and Julie Granata-Hunicutt

CSULB Theatre Arts, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA, 90840

Remaining Performances:

Wednesday, February 21 at 8:00 pm

Thursday, February 22 at 7:00 pm (Inside Look with collaborators and community members)

Friday, February 23 at 8:00 pm

Saturday, February 24 at 2:00 pm (CMSC special performance)

Saturday, February 24 at 8:00 pm

Sunday, February 25 at 2:00 pm

Tickets and Information:

Tickets: http://web.csulb.edu/colleges/cota/theatre/on-stage-now/index.html

Prices: General Admission $20

Students (w/ID)/ CSULB Faculty & Staff/$15

Seniors (55+)/ Military: $17

Groups: Groups of 10 or more start at $12.5/ticket

Location: Studio Theater at CSULB, 7th Street and East Campus Drive

About The California-Mexico Studies Center (CMSC)

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CMSC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to research, develop, promote, and establish policies and programs between higher educational institutions and cultural organizations that will enhance the teaching, mobility and exchange of faculty, students, and professionals between California and the U.S. with Mexico and other nations in the Western Hemisphere.

CMS Center was founded by California State University Long Beach Professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos in 2010 as an extension of the California-Mexico Project that he has led since 1998 at the CSULB Chicano and Latino Studies department. Find out more HERE

Armando Vazquez-Ramos President & CEO
The California-Mexico Studies Center, Inc.
1551 N. Studebaker Road
Long Beach, CA 90815
Office: (562) 430-5541
Cell: (562) 972-0986

Email: CaliforniaMexicoCenter@gmail.com
or Armando.Vazquez-Ramos@csulb.edu

 

 

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