1st Edition
Perambulations The Collected Works of Teatro Chicano de Laredo 2009–2012
Foreword by Carlos Flores
Preface by Laurence Wensel
Introduction
1 Traversing to Laredo, Going From Here to There
Laurence Wensel
Section 1.1 The Interethnic Plays
"My Little Mexican"
Luis E. Flores
"Spaghetti is Straight... Until it’s Hot"
Kimberly Peña
"Fashionably Late"
Raquel Valles-Sentíes
Section 1.2 Death Becomes Them
"El Novenario de Tía Mine / Aunt Minerva’s Nine Days of Mourning"
Alberto Guajardo
"La Visita / The Visit"
Mary Sue Galindo
"Terminal Velocity"
Oscar O. Peña
Section 1.3 The Shape of the Other
"Julio’s Night in the Dark"
Armando X. Lopez
"Corn Nuts"
Tricia Cortez
"Border Grammar"
Dolores Judith Díaz
"Especial Delivery From Spain"
Alberto Guajardo
2 The In-Between Plays
"Bridges"
Luis E. Flores
"Nothing to Declare"
Raquel Valles-Sentíes
"Abduction"
Margie Cortez
"Manila Folder"
Oscar O. Peña
3 The Imaginary Plays
"El Sombrero / The Hat"
Carmen Gamez
"La Mascara de el Chivo / The Mask of the Goat"
Ramón Serrano
"Breakfast Tacos"
Anita L. Guerra
4 The Land Plays
"El Cabrito / The Goat"
Angel J. Zamora
"Una Lucha de Apuesta / A Betting Match"
Joe McCarry
"El Partido / The Game"
Luis E. Flores
5 The Pilgrimage Plays
"Canary in the Coal Mine"
Ramón Serrano
"Tu Amor Secreto / Your Secret Love"
Laurence Wensel
"A Que no Sabes Who is Coming to Merienda? / What? Do You Not Know Who is Coming to Brunch?"
Ana Laura Guajardo
Conclusion: What Is Home?
Biography
Laurence Wensel, PhD, is a graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas, USA, in visual and performing arts. His research concentrations are in Chicano performance, borderland studies, fine arts critical theory, and holocaust studies. Wensel is a theatre director with over twenty-eight years of experience and has produced more than sixty productions at community, college, and university settings. He is a graduate of Goddard College with a degree (MFA) in creative writing (playwriting) and holds an MA in theatre directing and a BFA in performance and production from Texas State University. He is a biracial (German-Mexican American) individual who is bilingual (English/Spanish) and was born and raised in Laredo, TX.
