Ruby Nelda Perez
Ruby Nelda Perez is one of the most acclaimed and beloved Chicana theater artists in the nation. She has performed throughout the US, Mexico and Latin America. These solo performances are deliciously comic and peppered with the poignancy of cultural pride. You will be drawn in by Rosita's spicy tales and intuitive examination of the people who have touched her life and community.
Written by Rodrigo Duarte Clark
Two Beloved Plays! In Doña Rosita's Jalapeño Kitchen, Doña Rosita invites the audience to the "Last Supper" in the Salsipuedes barrio. Treating the audience as guests in her restaurant, Doña Rosita contemplates selling her restaurant/home of 23 years to a big-time commercial real estate developer. In Rosita's Day of the Dead, the stage is set as Rosita cooks late into the night, dishing out recipes and juicy stories about the living, the dead, and the people who fall in between.
Best for Middle and High School Students
Ruby offers a special in-school performance of A Woman's Work. This piece has minimal technical requirements and can be performed almost anywhere, from classrooms to cafeterias. Through the use of poems, folktales, monologues and personal experiences, this play focuses on the life of a student teacher. Portraying various family members and herself as an adolescent, she gives insight to life's obstacles and finds the power to succeed within herself. Bringing understanding, humor and compassion to those awkward and sometimes regretful times, audiences are able to reflect, laugh and relate.
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