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Finding Aid for the Diane Rodriguez Collection of Latino
Theater Initiative Papers 1968 - 2005
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Title: Diane Rodriguez Collection of Latino Theater
Initiative Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1968 - 2005
Collection number: 117
Creator: Rodriguez, Diane
1955 -
Extent:
4 linear feet
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: This is a collection of approximately four
linear feet of papers relating to Diane Rodriguez's career with the
Center Theater Group's Latino Theater Initiative as well as her work as
a leader in the creative community and as an actor.
Physical location: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
Library Archive Storage. In the future the collection will be stored at
the UCLA Southern Regional Library Facility.
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
, Spanish
Collection is open for research.
Access is available by appointment for UCLA student and faculty
researchers as well as independent researchers. To view the collection
or any part of it, please contact the CSRC at
http://www.chicano.ucla.edu/
For students and faculty researchers of UCLA, all others by
permission only. Copyright has not been assigned to the Chicano Studies
Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist and/or the
Librarian at the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research
Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be
obtained.
[Identification of item], Diane Rodriguez Collection of Latino
Theater Initiative Papers, 117, Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA,
University of California, Los Angeles.
This collection was donated to the UCLA Chicano Studies Research
Center by the owner, Diane Rodriguez. Deed on file at the archive
office.
Diane Rodriguez was born and raised in San Jose, California in the
1950's; her mother was born in Blythe, California and her father was
born in San Angelo, Texas. She graduated from the University of
California, Santa Barbara with a B.A. in Theatre Arts and after
graduation immediately joined El Teatro Campesino/the Theater of the
Farmworkers where she was a leading actor for eleven years. In 1988, she
co-founded the comedy troupe Latins Anonymous and published a two play
anthology titled Latins Anonymous (Arte Publico Press 1996) that remains
popular today. She was the director of the Latino Theatre Initiative at
the Mark Taper Forum-a program that developed Latino theatre artists and
audiences. In 2005 she became Associate Producer/Director of New Play
Production at Center Theatre Group Los Angeles, positioning her as one
of the most visible Latinas in the American theater. She won an Off
Broadway Obie Award for Performance in 2007. She continues to direct,
write and act. Her work is distinguished for its deeply political bend
and use of humor to confront various forms of oppression
Latino Theater Initiative Center Theater Group Papers
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Diane Rodriguez
Jose Luis Valenzuela
Mark Taper Forum
Ollantay Theater Magazine