Welcome To New Carpa Theater Co.

New Carpa Theater Company was founded in 2002 by James E. Garcia. The company incorporated in 2006 and is launching its fifth full season this year. The company focuses on Latino and multicultural theater works.

December 9-18, Third Street Theater

1201 North Third Street, Phoenix, AZ 

All new for 2012

“American Pastorela: Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Ethnic Studies But Were Afraid to Ask“.

Sure, the title sounds pedantic and the word pedantic sounds pretentious, but this show is funny. We’re not kidding!

Written by James E. Garcia

Directed by Alex Sanchez Vega

Produced by New Carpa Theater Company

 

 

 

TICKETS: $10 GENERAL, or $7.50 for students and groups of six or more. (Group and discount tickets must be purchased at the door.)

When: December 9-18

Dec.  16 & 17, 7:30 p.m. (Please note that the Dec. 15 performance is cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.)

Dec. 18, 2 p.m. matinee

Where: Third Street Theater, 1202  North 3rd Street  (Phoenix Center for the Arts).

Plenty of free parking.

The Show:

Our evil duo, Horny and Hoopy (current AZ Attorney General Tom  Horne and School Superintendent John Huppenthal), set out to destroy the ethnic  studies program in Tucson in hopes it will catapult them governor’s office. In exchange for the Tea Party vote and some obscure superpowers, they sell their souls to Satan. Meanwhile, back at el rancho grande, the Hernandez family  (accompanied by the ghost of Che Guevara and Emiliano Zapata) is making its annual Christmas trek from Sonora to Phoenix to catch the light rail to Bethlehem. They all cross paths the day the State Supreme court is ruling on whether to ban ethnic studies in Arizona. Comedy ensues. We’re not kidding!