'A celebration of the American dream.”
, which is currently celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, is the third-oldest Chicano theater in the country. Over the years, its plays and musicals have focused on Chicano history and culture. Appel, however, grew up in West Colfax’s vibrant Jewish community in the 1930s, and he wanted to tell the story of that generation of Jewish Americans and their experience coming to Denver. “It was a place where people didn’t have anything before,” says Appel.
He shared the memory with Su Teatro’s executive artistic director, Anthony Garcia, when he approached the theater about a potential collaboration. But at first Garcia wasn’t sure if he was the right one to help bring this story to life. Should a Latino person tell this Jewish story?
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