Luis Munoz
.5 linear feet
A2011-036
1890-1945 (unknown)
Dr. Joseph Rosenberg, a Jewish-American married to a Mexican woman, was the founder and production director of the Teatro Bilingue of Texas A&I University-Kingsville. His goal was to embrace both cultures and languages on the theater stage. Rosenberg taught his students in traditional theatrical training. Most of his students were Chicanos, and they addressed their productions to both Mexican Americans and non-Hispanics. They would alternate between Spanish and English for their productions. The troupe produced and translated many Latin-American plays and toured the United States, Spain and Mexico. Graduates of Rosenberg's program became actors, directors, and designers. Taken from Elizabeth C. Ramirez, Footlights Across the Border: A History of Spanish-Language Professional Theatre on the Texas Stage (New York: Lang, 1990)
The Bilingual Theater Collection includes playbills, art posters, photographs, reviews, newspaper clippings, journal articles and convention booklets. Advertisements for the following productions: La Fiaca; Un Sombrero Lleno De Lluvia; Por Un Girasol; Una Noche De Osvaldo Dragun; Traylesnik; Milagro En El Mercado Viejo; The Fantasticks; Historias para Ser Contadas; and A Hatful of Rain are included.
Arranged in Series: Series I: Playbills Series II: Reviews Series III: Journal articles Series IV: Newspaper clippings Series V: Promotional Items Series VI: Photographs
South Texas Archives, James C. Jernigan Library, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
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A2011-036 – Gift of Luiz Munoz
A2011-036 was processed by Lori Atkins who also wrote the Finding Aid in 2015. Matthew Tallant coded it as a EAD document in 2016