Tejana Rasquacha
by Jump-Start Performance Company
Dec. 21 - Dec. 23, 2018
Friday-Sunday
Inspired by true events, Tejana Rasquacha chronicles Barrera’s Tejana life, from a small town in the Rio Grande Valley, to Dallas and finally her home in San Antonio. Barrera asks: Do you believe in aliens? Do you believe in love? Do you believe in yourself? Think Spalding Gray meets Gloria Anzaldúa and Michele Serros (qepd) while harmonizing with Guillermo Gómez-Peña.
TEJANA RASQUACHA features live music by Jaime Ramirez.
Marisela Barrera is a Tex-Mex writer and teatrista currently working on a collection of short stories and a novella. She teaches writing at Northwest Vista College. Her writing has appeared in the Journal for Latina Critical Feminism, Out in SA, Texas Matters, The San Antonio Current, the Brooklyn Rail, HowlRound, the Rivard Report, Concho River Review, Radio Esperanza, and TheaterJones, among others. Directing credits include work with AtticRep at Trinity University and the Tobin Center, Cara Mia Theatre, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, and Jump-Start. She has performed in Latino cultural centers in Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. She earned a BFA in Acting from Southern Methodist University, and MA and MFA degrees in Creative Writing, Literature, and Social Justice from OLLU. She’s a member of the Jump-Start Performance Co.’s artistic ensemble and board of directors. Barrera was awarded the National Association for Latino Arts & Culture’s Fund for the Arts Award for “Ruby Reds, Big Birds y Burras,” a linked story collection, and was named a finalist for the 2018 Leah Ryan Fund for Emerging Women Writers. Find her work at mariselabarrera.com.
Tejana Rasquacha
by Marisela Barrera
Jump-Start Performance Company
December 21 - December 23, 2018
Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $10 and $12 plus service fees, available on-line via
