A group of well-known Chicano actors are taking one of the real-life dramas of the Mexico-U.S. border to the stage. The play “Nogales” explores the case of José Antonio Elena Rodríguez, killed by a U.S. border patrol agent in 2012 in the border city that gives the play its name. With music, videos, poetry, and testimony, the play portrays the border patrol, coyotes, migrants, drug cartels on both sides of the border, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Fernando Andrés Torres went to one of the show’s debuts at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, California. This feature is part of the series Raíces: Stories About Grassroots Artists.
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