Chato's Bridge
by SALTA
Mar. 13 - Mar. 20, 2016
Friday, Sunday
Chato's Bridge is set in San Antonio's present-day West Side and addresses issues of love, loyalty, and revenge. It is a gritty but not gratuitous look at the harsher aspects of barrio life experienced by two camaradas.
Chale and Simon are life-long West Side camaradas bound by a tragedy that happened 30 years ago. Their loyalty to each other and their lost friends is absolute, as is their drive for vengeance. They must carry out their retribution before the undercover cop who has infiltrated their gang shuts them down. Unknown to them, a long-lost figure from their past is serving as their guardian angel.
Chato's Bridge premiered in 2014 at San Antonio College's McAllister Auditorium as a part of the English Department's Hispanic Heritage Month series. Aguilar, a Professor of English at the college, received a very positive response from the faculty and audience in attendance. The play opened for an audience of over 300, the second largest audience for a Hispanic Heritage Month event in the college's history.
[poster image via propinche.com][photo via Chato's Bridge Facebook page]
Chato's Bridge
by Mono Aguilar
SALTA
March 13 - March 20, 2016
Sunday, March 13 at 3 p.m., Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio
Thursday, March 18 and Sunday, March 20 at Jump-Start Performance Company
