Adjusting the Focus: Padua Hills Theatre and Latino History

Abstract

began researching the history of Mexican Americans, I became reacquainted with the Padua Hills Theatre. Although three generations of my family had performed = at the theater, few images of its past remained in the collective memories of my generation. With the encourage ment and support of my community, family, and graduate advisors, I recently published a short history of this institu tion, the longest-running Mexican American theater in United States his