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San Diego Rep's Latinx New Play Festival Returns

By Maureen Cavanaugh / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host, Marissa Cabrera / News Producer, KPBS Midday Edition

Published August 27, 2019 at 11:15 AM PDT

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Actor Ric Salinas in "57 Chevy," the San Diego REP Latinx New Play Festival's showcase production, in an undated photo.

San Diego Rep’s Latinx New Play Festival Returns

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.

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Maureen Cavanaugh has been a familiar voice for KPBS listeners for more than 15 years, serving in a variety of capacities including announcer, host, and producer. As host of KPBS Midday Edition, Maureen has interviewed a wide range of notables, such as comedienne Sandra Bernhardt, actor John Lequizamo, author Chuck Palahniuk, composer Marvin Hamlisch, artist Robert Irwin, and designer Zandra Rhodes. But of all the interviews Maureen has conducted, her most special was with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Before joining KPBS in 1997, she worked as a news anchor for KSDO and KOGO News Radio in San Diego. While working for commercial radio stations in San Diego and in Salt Lake City, Utah, Maureen reported on both hard news and lifestyle features. Maureen has received three "Golden Mike" awards from the Radio and TV News Association of Southern California for economic reporting and breaking news. She has also received a "Best of Show" and “Best Radio Newscast” awards from the San Diego Press Club and the "Flo" Award from Public Radio Program Directors Association for Best Public Radio Announcer in a large market. Maureen is a native of Queens, New York, but after more than 20 years in San Diego she feels she qualifies as a real Southern Californian.

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Marissa Cabrera worked as a producer for KPBS Midday Edition and had previously served as a Newscast Producer for KPBS' Morning Edition. Before joining KPBS she reported on Vatican affairs, social, and cultural issues in Rome, Italy. She also contributed to a documentary on sex abuse in the Catholic Church. Marissa has worked as a multimedia journalist at various news stations in San Diego and Monterey as well as Columbia, Missouri. Marissa graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism.

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