How can theater – a source of entertainment and fun – also be used to heal, bring justice, educate, and mobilize the public? Throughout his artistic career, Californian actor and educator Luis Santiago, or “Xago”, Juarez has set out to explore this question. In his work with the legendary Teatro Campesino, in the public schools, in street theater, one of his goals has been to mobilize the audience to social action using comedy or drama, and to make the stage a place for the stories of the whole community. Fernando Andrés Torres reports from San José, California, where he met withXago Juarez. This feature is part of the series Raíces: Los Maestros.

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