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Director Chris McCoy
Sangre de un Ángel by Roxanne Schroeder‐Arce
“Porque, porque te fuiste Sin decirme adios
No vi cuando caiste Ya estas en los cielos
Tu eres mi bebito Y todo mi amor
Le pido a dios que te cuida Porque mi chanca ya vuelo”
An educational resource packet for teachers
Sangre de un Ángel, while broaching issues of immigration,
acculturation, and identity, tells the story of a Latino teenager who
finds himself involved with a gang, leading to an unlikely tragic death.
When his mother has had enough, Juan offers to take in his teenage
brother, Ángel, thinking he can guide him to make stronger decisions
about school and his future. Ángel resists the help, looking to his
friends for approval. He is lured back to school by a caring teacher,
and eventually begins to open up to his family, but it may be too late.
The bilingual play, incorporating both Spanish and English, is inspired
by the true story of Adam Chapa, who was shot in his driveway by a
teen gang member in East Austin, Texas.
Plot Synopsis
About the Playwright
Roxanne Schroeder‐Arce comes to Emerson from California State University at Fresno where she served as Assistant Professor for three years. Before Fresno, she was Artistic and Education Director of Teatro Humanidad in Austin. She also taught high school in Texas for six years. One of Roxanne's primary artistic and research interests is that of bilingual theatre with and for youth. Her bilingual plays have been produced throughout the nation. Her plays Señora Tortuga and Legend of the Poinsettia are available through Anchorage Press Plays. Roxanne is an active member of The United States Center for the International Association of Theater for Children and Young People and the American Alliance for Theatre and Education.
Spanish
Vocabulary
Con su acento With an accent
¿Dónde está? Where is he/she?
Está ocupado He is busy
Gracias, mi amor Thank you, my love
Después
Mami
Mijo
¡Mira!
Otravez
Papi
TÍa
TÍo
Vato
Vendedor
¿Verdad?
Aqui
Abuela
Abuelo
Bebita
Basura
Cálma la
Chisme
Comida
Common Phrases in the Play
Pictured above, from left to right: Alyssa Gomez, Andy Blaustein, and Miguel Septien
here
grandma
grandpa
darling
trashcan
chill out
gossip
food
after
mom
darling
Look!
again
dad
Aunt
Uncle
dude, man
salesman
Right?
No lo entiendo I don’t understand
No sé nada I know nothing
¿Qué paso?
What’s up
Yo también, pero Me too, but...
Proposition 227: June 15th, 1998
Discussion Questions
Can you describe a time you had to
make a choice between your friends, and your family?
In what ways is peer pressure
present in your school?
Who are your role models? How are you a role model to
someone else?
Have you, or anyone you’ve known, been personally affected by gang
violence ?
How are cliques part of your school’s culture?
Gang Life Statistics •Sangre de un Ángel, is set in the mid 90's in Chula Vista, outside Los Angeles, California.
•Street gangs increased rapidly in the US throughout the 1990s.
Official Title and Summary prepared by the Attorney General
ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Requires all public school instruction be conducted in English.
Requirement may be waived if parents or guardian show that child already knows English, or has special needs, or would learn English faster through alternate instructional technique.
Provides initial short‐term placement, not normally exceeding one year, in intensive sheltered English immersion programs for children not fluent in English.
Appropriates $50 million per year for ten years funding English instruction for individuals pledging to provide personal English tutoring to children in their community.
Culture and Society in the 1990’s
•There are approximately 24,000 gangs in the U.S., with about 750,000 members
•Ethnicity: 47% Hispanic; 31% African‐American; 13% white; 7% Asian; 2% other
•It is estimated that 39% of gangs have at least one female member; Only 2% of all gangs are entirely women
•59% of all homicides in 2001 in Los Angeles and 53% in Chi‐cago were gang related, totaling 698 gang related homicides in the two cities combined
Pictured above, from left to right: Caitlin Green, Lucinda Harris, Evan Rhoda, and Vinny Cueva
•In the 1970's, 19 States reported gang problems; by the late 1990's, all 50 States and the District of Columbia had reported
gang problems.
•The States with the largest number of gang‐problem cities in 1998 were California (363), Illinois (261), Texas (156), Florida (125), and Ohio (86).
Educational Team
Cast Ángel …….....…….. Evan Rhoda
Juan ………….. Miguel Septien
Julia ……….. ..Linnea Rodriguez
Jaime ………….. Andy Blaustein
Alyssa ……...…… Alyssa Gomez
Fabiola …………... Abigail Vega
Johnny ……….…... Vinny Cueva
Jesus ………...…. Lucinda Harris
Paco ……………... Caitlin Green
Albert ……….. Nathaniel Taylor
Director………………...Chris McCoy
Assistant Director…Nicole Mongeon
Stage Manager………..Eliza Mulcahy
Dramaturg....……. Cheyenne Postell
Master Carpenter…….. Ian O’Malley
Tour Coordinator.….Nicholas Vargas
Costume Designer…. Molly Zervoulis
Roxanne Schroeder‐Arce, Assistant Professor
Gina Colella, Workshop Manager
Nicole Mongeon
Ian O’Malley
Nathaniel Taylor
Nicholas Vargas
Courtney Wrenn, Teacher’s Guide Designer
Molly Zervoulis
The Process Sangre de un Ángel is part of an experimental theatre for
young audience’s class at Emerson College. Every
performer and workshop leader is a student in the class,
and contributed their first half of the semester in their own
classroom, working toward creating and producing the
tour. Playwright, Roxanne Schroeder‐Arce is a theatre
education professor at Emerson, and conducted the class
as a progressive workshop for her original play.
Production Team
Emerson Stage Mission To enhance the cultural life of Emerson College and the larger local community through the presentation of meaningful, diverse and multicultural programming that upholds high artistic standards and a commitment to open-minded cultural exchange.
Pictured above, from left to right: Lucinda Harris, Evan Rhoda, Vinny Cueva
Pictured above, from left to right: Andy Blaustein, Miguel Septien, and Abigail Vega