ÁNIMO Theatre Company will be staging “El Bracero – A Mariachi Opera” at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center on September 17, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. to honor the legacy of migrant workers and the contribution of essential workers.

Set in the 1950s at the height of the Bracero program, “El Bracero” is a dynamic one-act “Mariachi Opera” which fuses mariachi music, ballet folklorico, and powerful “opera” style set pieces. “El Bracero” highlights the challenges and injustices workers faced in the U.S. and focuses on the bracero camps in the 1950s. “El Bracero” is both a cultural and educational experience that teaches an important part of Mexican-American history that is often overlooked. “El Bracero” is written by Rosalinda Alexander Verde.

“'El Bracero' poignantly expresses the struggles encountered by fieldworkers to the audiences and honors their great contributions to the U.S.,” says Miguel Orozco, director and producer of the show.

The Mariachi music in “El Bracero” is performed by Mariachi Águilas de J. Carlos Ozuna – one of the premiere mariachi ensembles in Southern California. Joining the production will be up and coming opera singer, Estefani Lopez, with a special performance by the Inlakech Cultural Center.

Tickets for “El Bracero” are on sale at www.animotheatre.org and at BGs Café 428 A Street, Oxnard, CA and Amri Café at 2000 Outlet Center, #295, Oxnard, CA. The play is presented in English and Spanish with subtitles.

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