L.A. Theatre Works Airs Chavez Ravine 8/14

Beginning Saturday, August 14, 2010, L.A. Theatre Works Radio Theatre Series will air Chavez Ravine by Culture Clash, starring Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, Herbert Siguenza and Zilah Mendoza. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10 pm to midnight on 89.3 KPCC, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/.

The controversial history of Chavez Ravine, the immigrant community that once existed on the site that is now Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, is explored with humor, brutal honesty, and pulse-racing music by the nation's premier Chicano/Latino theater troupe, Culture Clash. The broadcast includes an conversation with baseball historian and author Curt Smith about the history of Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, which served as the Dodgers' home before moving to Los Angeles, and a special presentation of excerpts from Culture Clash's Bordertown, a look at life on the Tijuana/San Diego border.

L.A. Theatre Works' radio theater series can also be heard on the following stations (check local listings for broadcast times): 89.7 WGBH, Boston; 91.5 WBEZ, Chicago; 94.9 KUOW, Seattle; 90.1 WABE, Atlanta; 94.1 KPFA, Berkeley; 91.1 KRCB, North Bay (San Francisco); and many other stations nationwide.

Major funding for L.A. Theatre Works broadcast series is provided by the S. Mark Taper Foundation. Founded in 1989, the S. Mark Taper Foundation is a private family foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of people's lives by supporting non-profit organizations and their work in the community.