'Evangeline' play with music in LA in May

Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe — The songbook of Grammy Award winners David Hidalgo and Louie Pérez of Los Lobos drives Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe, a multimedia play with music that takes its title from the group’s 1985 rocker “Evangeline.” Evangeline...a devoted daughter by day, a Hollywood go-go dancer by night. A journey of self discovery by a young Chicana, whose neighborhood roots and make-believe world collide when she experiences the West Side art scene and the music of the Sunset Strip, is set against the 1968 student walkouts in East L.A. and the fight for equal education and civil rights.

WHO:
Written by Theresa Chavez, Louie Pérez and Rose Portillo
Featuring the songbook of David Hidalgo and Louie Pérez of Los Lobos
Directed by Theresa Chavez and Rose Portillo
Starring Karen Anzoategui, Danielle Barbosa, Daniel Chacón, Jorge Diaz, Catherine Lidstone, Georgia Reed
Musical Director Scott Rodarte
Hidalgo/ Pérez songbook played live on stage by the East L.A. band Ollin with featured vocalist CAVA
Video Design by award-winning cinematographer Claudio Rocha
Produced by About Productions and Bootleg Theater

WHEN:
Previews: May 3-11
Performances: May 12 – May 27
Thursdays @ 7 pm*: May 3, 10 (previews), 17, 24
Fridays @ 7 pm*: May 4, 11 (previews), 18, 25
Saturdays @ 7 pm*: May 5 (preview), 12 (opening night), 19, 26**
Sundays @ 2 pm: May 6 (preview), 13, 20, 27
*Please note early 7 pm curtain time
**In celebration of the premiere run of Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe a “Music Night” featuring Ollin and special guests will be presented on Saturday, May 26, immediately following the performance of Evangeline.

WHERE:
BOOTLEG THEATER
2220 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90057

HOW:
(213) 389-3856 or www.bootlegtheater.org

TICKETS:
General Admission (except May 20): $32
Previews: $22
Benefit Performance (May 20): $75
Music Night (May 26): call for pricing
Groups of 6 or more: $25 per ticket (except previews & May 20); use promo code EVAGROUPS