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San Diego Rep's Latinx New Play Festival Returns

Actor Ric Salinas in "57 Chevy," the San Diego REP Latinx New Play Festival's showcase production, in an undated photo.
San Diego Repertory Theatre
Actor Ric Salinas in "57 Chevy," the San Diego REP Latinx New Play Festival's showcase production, in an undated photo.
The third annual Latinx New Play Festival opens Friday and runs through Sunday at the San Diego Repertory Theatre's Lyceum Space.

The San Diego Repertory Theatre's Latinx New Play Festival returns for the third year on Friday.

From comedy to drama, the festival will feature a new series of works by both emerging and veteran Latinx playwrights from across the United States.

There will be four staged readings along with a showcase production of "57 Chevy," starring actor Ric Salinas, a member of the writer/performer collective "Culture Clash." The play follows a Mexican family as they moved from their homeland to a diverse East Los Angeles neighborhood and later into the suburbs.

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Festival producer Maria Patrice Amon said this year's festival shares stories about gender, humor, class, Afro-Latinx perspectives and LGBT communities.

Amon and playwright Eliana Pipes, who’s work "Dream House" will be presented at the festival, joined Midday Edition Tuesday with a preview.