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PAC
to Stage Lorca
For
Immediate Release
September 30, 2005
Contact: Luis Mercado, Palo Alto College Public Relations
lmercado@accd.edu
(210) 921-5077
To
cap off Hispanic Heritage Month, Palo Alto College
brings back the popular one-man performance of LORCA
by local playwright, actor and vocalist, José
Rubén De León. Two performances are
scheduled—in English on Thursday, Oct. 13 at
11:25 a.m and en Español on Friday, Oct. 14
at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. Admission
is free and open to the public.
Currently,
De León is winding down from a very successful
run of Simplemente Lara, a concert of songs by Mexican
composer Agustín Lara at Jump-Star Perfomance
Co.
As writer
and producer of LORCA, De León, covers major
aspects of the life and works of Spain’s best-known
poet and one of the most significant writers of the
twentieth century, Federico García Lorca. The
Spanish Civil War serves as a political background
for LORCA and introduces audiences to the artist’s
prose, poetry, theatre, and songs, as well as the
people who played significant roles at different stages
of his life.
LORCA,
set on the day of his arrest, also explores the multifaceted
personality of the writer who was assassinated in
1936 by anti-Republican rebels, and whose books were
destroyed and works banned for almost twenty years
in Franco’s Spain.
For information
contact Luis Mercado at 210.921.5077.
Palo Alto
College is a fully accredited community college located
on the Southside, and awards associate degrees, short-term
certificates and offers non-credit continuing education
classes. The college is recognized nationally for
its high transfer rate. The campus is located at 1400
W. Villaret Blvd. at I-410 South and Texas Hwy. 16
or online at <www.accd.edu/pac>.
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