The making of the shiny knight of Chicanos, part one: a conversation with Octavio Solis
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Date
2023
Keywords
Octavio Solis, Latinx playwrights, theatrical adaptations
Abstract (summary)
Octavio Solis is one of the most prominent Latinx playwrights of our time. He has written over twenty plays that have been performed at prestigious venues such as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center for Performing Arts, the San Diego Repertory Theater, Dallas Theater Company, and many more. He has also taught creative writing at universities around the United States. His work incorporates the Mexican American experience of the border, bringing Chicano culture to the mainstage. This interview is part of Glenda Y. Nieto-Cuebas’ and Erin A. Cowling’s work on Siglo Latinx, a larger project that examines how Latinx artists are updating early modern Spanish theatre to reflect their experiences. Solis discusses how growing up in El Paso, Texas on the Mexico-United States border shaped his work, focusing on his adaptations of three pieces from the Baroque period: Man of the Flesh (from El Burlador de Sevilla), Dreamlandia (from La vida es sueño) and Quixote Nuevo (From Don Quijote de la Mancha).
Publication Information
Cowling, Erin and Glenda Y. Nieto-Cuebas. “The Making of the Shiny Knight of Chicanos: An Interview with Octavio Solis, Part One.” HowlRound Theatre Commons, April 10, 2023, https://howlround.com/making-shiny-knight-chicanos-part-one
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