{"id":9889,"date":"2009-09-02T10:08:56","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T17:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=9889"},"modified":"2009-09-02T10:08:56","modified_gmt":"2009-09-02T17:08:56","slug":"new-play-tells-the-story-of-militant-pr-activist-lolita-lebron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2009\/09\/02\/new-play-tells-the-story-of-militant-pr-activist-lolita-lebron\/","title":{"rendered":"New Play Tells the Story of Militant PR Activist Lolita Lebron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/DailyDigest-090209\/2009_09_02_misslebron.mp3\">Listen to this segment <\/a><\/li><\/ul>| <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/DailyDigest-090209\/2009_09_02_uprising.MP3\"> the entire program<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right src=\"\/home\/graphics\/miss_lebron.JPG\" alt=\"miss lebron\" \/>Before Sonia Sotomayor, there was Dolores \u201cLolita\u201d Lebron. Born in Puerto Rico, the nationalist figure\u2019s actions in support of liberation for the island provoked controversies more fervent than \u2018wise Latina\u2019 remarks. Lebron, a former beauty queen, joined the New York Chapter of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party during the 1940\u2019s after having moved to the United States. She quickly became its secretary and also went on to hold the presidency of the party\u2019s Feminine Chapter of the Pro-Liberation Committee. From then on, Lebron\u2019s life was dedicated to the cause of freeing Puerto Rico from the United States which held the island as a commonwealth. Seeing the relationship more in colonial terms, she most dramatically participated in the 1954 attack on the U.S. House of Representatives screaming, \u201cQue Viva Puerto Rico Libre.\u201d The act led Lebron and her fellow nationalists to be convicted and given lengthy prison sentences as result. She would ultimately be pardoned, however, and released from jail by President Jimmy Carter. The dramatic story of Lolita Lebron\u2019s life will be encapsulated by the latest world premiere by the Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble. Written by Rene Solivan and directed by Jesus Reyes, \u201cMiss Lebron,\u201d which opens this Friday, chronicles the Puerto Rican nationalist leader\u2019s personal and political struggles for independence. <\/p>\n<p><em>GUESTS: Rene Solivan, Playwright, Sara Guerrero, Producer and Artistic Director, Linda Garcia, Actress portraying Lolita Lebron<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Show Times:<br \/>\nFriday, Sept 4 through Saturday, Sept  26<br \/>\nFriday &#038; Saturday at 8pm<br \/>\nSunday at 3pm (Sept 13 &#038; 20, only).<\/p>\n<p>There will be an opening night reception on Sept 4 with hors d&#8217;oeuvres and a champagne reception and talk-back to follow performance with the playwright and director. <\/p>\n<p>Tickets for opening night are $20<br \/>\nFor all other nights &#8211; General Admission $15<br \/>\nSenior \/ Student (w\/valid ID) $10<\/p>\n<p>For Reservations please call (714) 600-0129 or visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breathoffire.org\/reservations.htm\">www.breathoffire.org\/reservations.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>| the entire program Before Sonia Sotomayor, there was Dolores \u201cLolita\u201d Lebron. Born in Puerto Rico, the nationalist figure\u2019s actions in support of liberation for the island provoked controversies more fervent than \u2018wise Latina\u2019 remarks. Lebron, a former beauty queen, joined the New York Chapter of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party during the 1940\u2019s after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}