featuring Q &A with Creator Crystal Shaniece Roman, Director Veronica Caicedo & Cast
**Friday 8/26/2016 8: pm show will be hosted by Janel Martinez of "Ain't I Latina?"

Written by: Crystal Shaniece Roman
Directed by: Veronica Caicedo
Coreogrpher: Lauren De Vaux
Produced by: Crystal Shaniece Roman & Shirley Reyes

Starring:
Shanae Harris, Apryl G. Lopez, Mary Anitha Parris, Jenelle Simone, & Christine Suero
Melissa Sarai * (Fri. 8/26/16 ONLY)

Synopsis
Black Latina-The Play is the story of being a Black Latina in the U.S. Whether dark skinned or indeed African American and Hispanic, Black Latina is the journey of one’s struggle identifying with both cultures. It deals with both the external factors, from society to media, as well as the internal factors of family and friends viewpoints. It gives a first hand look inside the deep emotions behind a group of people that are constantly ignored.
The characters are based upon four of the strongest emotions one confronts in the face of adversity (Anger, Sad, Love, Empowered). Each character gives a tell-all testament that justifies the emotional names in which they carry. All characters differentiate between views, ideas, and experience but, also have the common thread of being a Black Latina bonding them.
The climatic arc resolves the story from Anger to Empowered showing both sides of the spectrum: from denouncing oneself and “fitting in” to embracing the beauty of “being Black”. The four scenes deal with a personal and thought provoking testimonial of the issues, plight, appreciations and hardships of being a Black Latina by “letting the world know who we are and that we do exist”.
The characters close the gap between all Black Latinos from skin color, hair, facial features and most importantly backgrounds. Black Latina not only deals with the common ideas of racism within the U.S of blacks and whites, but looks deeper and further into the unspoken internalized racism faced by African Americans, Hispanics and Black Latinos.