Hugo Medrano, producer and artistic director of the GALA Hispanic Theatre, spoke about the Grupo de Artistas LatinoAmericanos (GALA) Hispanic Theatre, including its history, mission, awards including Helen Hayes award, role in the neighborhood community, and performing in various cities in and outside of the United States. He explained non-traditional casting, including working with people across different races and ethnicities, and who spoke different languages; the challenges of performing plays in both Spanish and English; and how the type of performances and subject of plays changed based on their audience, sometimes the plays reflected the reality of Latin America and other times they performed "normal plays."
Medrano also spoke about acting as a child and studying acting in Argentina; working in television in Buenos Aires; leaving Argentina in 1965 because of government censorship; and his arrival in Washington, DC after working for 6 years in Spain. He explained Washington, DC was a desert in regards to theatrical arts at the time of his arrival; he worked as a busboy in a hotel while studying English in Washington, DC; projects and theaters he worked at prior to the founding of the GALA Hispanic Theatre; the evolution of Latino theater in the United States and Argentina; and stigma by press and award organizations as Hispanic actors and theater.
Interview is in English. Digital audio files include loud white noise and static, and minimal background noise; interviewee can be heard for the most part.
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Associated documentation for this interview is available in the Anacostia Community Museum Archives.
Title created by ACMA staff using text written on sound cassette, contents of audio recording, textual transcript, and/or associated archival documentation.
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Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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A group of Latinas hold a banner that says: "Spanish Catholic Center Says 'No' To Health Care Cuts". The Archdiocese of Washington created The Spanish Catholic Center in 1967 in an effort to provide education, health and social services to immigrants from around the world. The Spanish Catholic Center is a member of Catholic Charities, the largest private outreach organization in the Washington, D.C. area.
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On April 5, 1995, ralliers gathered on the National Mall for a Latino Health Care rally to protest proposed reductions in Medicare and Medicaid in Washington, D.C.
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Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
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unk--Mike Millius--Sitting in the rain--Let's leave town; unk--Its alright--Come on down to my house; Janis Ian--Great American dream--unk; Teatro Capesino---Carry it on
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101 Unknown / Unknown. Guitar. English language.
102 Sitting in the Rain / Mike Millius. Guitar. English language.
103 Let's Leave Town / Mike Millius. Guitar. English language.
104 It's All Right / Unknown. Guitar. English language.
105 Come on Down to My House / Unknown. Guitar. English language.
106 The Great American Dream / Blind Girl Grunt, Janis Ian. Guitar. English language.
108 Carry it On / Teatro Campesino (Organization), Laura Safer. Guitar.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-3959
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: New York, United States.
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Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
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Read by Carola Yonmar, v. 2-3 with guitar accompaniment.
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Program notes on slipcase ; texts, from the New Mexican alabado, by J. B. Rael, Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1951 ([4] p.) inserted.
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Cancion de la temura = Song of tenderness (3:18) -- La llorona = The weeping woman (4:03) -- Pollerita colorada = Little red skirt (2:00) -- Al alajo = To garlic (2:35) -- Manos vacias = Empty hands (2:14) -- Vamos chamar o vento = Let's call the wind (2:38)
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FW-ASCH-10RR-1754
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CDR copy
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America--SAS (Saucy sauce)--Fray Felipe--La Vasoviana--Indita de cochiti--El burrito--Tecolotito--Mi cabello--Bueyecito canelo--La vieja y sus anamalitos--Bailen palomitas--La rana--El carrito de la paranada--Las menitras--El sapo y la rana
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FW-ASCH-7RR-4125
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unk (2x)--Indita de cochiti--El carrito de la paranada--Las menitras--My wonderful horse--Santa Fe trail--unk--an old woman--Little donkey--Singing frog--Maid of Cochiti
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FW-ASCH-7RR-4134
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both tracks were used on Smithsonian Folkways release 40130, The Best of Broadside
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107 Welcome Welcome Emigrante / Broadside Singers (Musical group), Buffy Sainte-Marie, Patrick Sky. Guitar.
108 Migrant's Song / Agustin Lira, Danny Valdez. Guitar.
109 The Faucets are Dripping / Malvina Reynolds. Guitar.
110 The Willing Conscript / Pete Seeger. Banjo.
111 Inez / Human Condition (Musical group), Beverly Grant. Guitar,Violin.
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SF-COMM-CD-40129
Smithsonian Folkways.40129
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Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Folkways 2000
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102 Musica de la Frontera / Charla Nettleton, Juan Manuel Flores. Guitar.
103 Musica de los Vaqueros / Johnny Whelan, Luther Whelan. Guitar,Harmonica.
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FP-1992-CT-0087
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 25, 1992.
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101 Musica de los Vaqueros / Johnny Whelan, Luther Whelan. Guitar,Harmonica.
102 Musica de los Viejos / Alegres (Musical group). Mandolin,Bass.
103 Musica de la Frontera / Charla Nettleton, Juan Manuel Flores. Guitar.
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FP-1992-CT-0088
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Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 25, 1992.
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102 Fiddle Styles / Buster Payne, Gretchen Van Houton, Pete Lewis. Fiddle. English language.
103 Zuni Pueblo Flute / Fernando Cellcion. Flute.
101 Musica de los Viejos / Alegres (Musical group). Mandolin,Bass. Spanish language.
Local Numbers:
FP-1992-CT-0089
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 25, 1992.
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