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¡GAYTINO! Comes to Dallas
Latino Cultural Center Presents Regional Premiere of Groundbreaking Play

June 10 & 11, 2011

Dallas (May 1, 2011) -- ¡GAYTINO!, written and performed by Dan Guerrero, will have its North Texas premiere at the Latino Cultural Center on Friday, June 10 and Saturday, June 11, 2011. Described by the Washington Post as a “disarming twist on the triumph-of-the-human-spirit theme,” this one-man play takes us through decades of Chicano history and the gay experience from a unique and personal perspective. Tickets can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com or at the Latino Cultural Center. For more information, visit www.dallasculture.org/latinocc.

From Mariachi to Merman, Sondheim to César Chávez, this remarkable life journey takes the audience from East L.A. in the 1950s to New York’s Great White Way in the 1960s and 1970s, and back to Hollywood. A father/son relationship and a treasured boyhood friendship drive this 75-minute, autobiographical solo play with music. Touching, hilarious and absolutely one-of-a-kind, Dan Guerrero brings his two disparate worlds together in one riveting show.

¡GAYTINO! was originally produced by the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles, where it premiered in 2006. Since then, it has toured to more than a dozen cities around the country, including performances at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

The presentation of ¡GAYTINO! at the Latino Cultural Center is made possible with the support of the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, BBVA Compass, Texas Commission on the Arts and the Dallas Morning News.

About the Artist

Originally from East L.A., Guerrero began his career in New York as a 20 year-old performer. He took his last bow in an Off-Broadway show in 1973 before moving to a successful career as a Broadway talent agent representing Tony Award winners and future Hollywood names in the years from A Chorus Line to Cats. Returning to his hometown L.A., the former talent agent became a “born-again Hispanic” fiercely working for more positive Latino images on the screen as a casting director, writer and, for the past 20 years, as a producer of diverse network and cable television programming in English and Spanish. Guerrero helmed projects for NBC, HBO, Univision and PBS where he co-produced the Concert of the Americas with Quincy Jones among other PBS music specials. An award-winning documentary film he produced and wrote about his late father, Lalo Guerrero The Original Chicano, aired nationally on PBS stations. The elder Guerrero was widely recognized as the Father of Chicano Music and a National Medal of Arts recipient among other honors.

At the same time, Guerrero has produced and directed concert and gala stage events at such prestigious venues as the Cité de la Musique in Paris, France; New York’s storied Apollo Theatre; the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for the Los Angeles Opera; and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, where his credits include Pablo Neruda: A Centenary Celebration in the Terrace Theatre.

About the Latino Cultural Center

The Latino Cultural Center is a division of the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs. Our mission is to serve as a regional catalyst for the preservation, development, and promotion of Latino and Hispanic arts and culture. The Center's 27,000 sq. ft. facility was designed by renowned Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta and features a 300-seat theater, two visual arts galleries, and an outdoor plaza. Its signature purple tower serves as a beacon to guide visitors to our East Dallas / Deep Ellum location.

The Latino Cultural Center is located at 2600 Live Oak, Dallas, Texas 75204. Located immediately east of downtown Dallas, the Center is less than 1 mile from the Dallas Arts District and conveniently located two blocks north of the DART Green Line Deep Ellum Station. Onsite free parking available.

LCC hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and evenings for performing arts events. For additional information please call 214-671-0045 or visit our website at www.dallasculture.org/latinocc.

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