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Culture Clash's
Zorro
in Hell
The Latino comedy trio Culture Clash's premiere of Zorro in Hell at
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
during March and April 2006 garnered rave reviews. The show moved
to La Jolla
Playhouse from September 30th through October 29, 2006 creating guffaws
and more triumphant reviews. This set the stage for a commercial
run at The Ricardo Montalban Theater during the summer of 2007, from
July 11 to Sept 15, 2008. Once again, critics lauded the show and
audiences doubled over with laughter.
Culture Clash is the country's leading Chicano/Latino theatre and
comedy troupe. Originally commissioned and produced by Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the La
Jolla Playhouse Theatre, and Zorro Productions, Inc., the
comedic
trio takes on the iconic hero, El Zorro, the fox, viewed through
their lens as social satirists.
California was born from a clash of cultures and now, Culture Clash
explodes the romantic myths surrounding its creation. Following their
2002 hit, Culture Clash in AmmeriCCa, these missionaries of mayhem
arrive at the La Jolla Playhouse with Zorro in Hell. Employing
their usual irreverence, the trio takes on this legend to explore
contemporary questions of homeland security in the Wild West when
Anglo-Americans struggled with such issues as Mexican immigration,
Indian gambling and a governor born on foreign soil. At long last, it's
a Latin look behind the mask of this mainstream icon created by an
Irish American. Zorro rides out of the pages of pulp fiction, through
the Hollywood image machine and beyond the barriers of class, race and
ethnicity to become a hero for the oppressed in every land. Both
history and histrionics play a role when Zorro is unsheathed!
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"Man, it's good to have Culture Clash
back at what they do best"
(Daily News)
"Delivers provocative comedy"
(LA Weekly)
"Brilliantly performed"
(Variety)
"Something here for everybody"
(The Hollywood Reporter)
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