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For over 20 years, the Los Angeles based theater troupe, Culture Clash has been examining the United States on stage, through a uniquely Chicano lens. Formed on Cinco de Mayo in 1984 in San Francisco, Culture Clash originally had 6 members, including Monica Palacios, a guest we had on Uprising only last week. Today 3 original members of Culture Clash remain: they are Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza. Counting Charlie Chaplin, Bertold Brecht, Cantinflas, and the Marx Brothers as their influences, the trio has consistently wowed audiences and critics alike with plays like “Border Town,” “Anthems,” “Chavez Ravine,” and more recently, “Zorro in Hell.” They have performed at the nation’s leading theaters including the Mark Taper Forum, The Kennedy Center, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Huntington, and South Coast Repertory. They have also toured and lectured at major universities and colleges including Yale and Stanford. Culture Clash has co-produced, written and starred in an award-winning short film, Columbus on Trial. They have made television history with the first-ever Chicano sketch TV show which aired on several Fox syndication markets in 1993. They have won awards and had their work exhibited at museums like the Smithsonian and the Whitney, and they have published two books, Culture Clash: Life, Death and Revolutionary Comedy and Culture Clash in AmeriCCa.

GUESTS: Richard Montoya, Herbert Siguenza, two members of Culture Clash. For more information visit www.cultureclash.com.

Culture Clash’s exclusive one-time only summer performance will be benefiting KPFK on Sunday July 27th, with KPFK’s Pocho Hour of Power. The event starts at 8 pm at the Ford Amphitheater. Local band Mezklah will perform. The benefit kicks off KPFK’s 50th anniversary year.

Tickets are available here: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase
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There will be a celebrity reception slightly earlier in the evening hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar, Mark Torres, and Michael Slate. To attend, call Sue Welsh at 818-985-2711 x 214.