ZOOT SUIT by Luis Valdez, directed by Kirsten Brandt, San Diego Repertory Theatre
Choreography by Javier Velasco; Music Direction by Bill Doyle; Sets, lights and media by David Lee Cuthbert; Costumes by Mary Larson;sound By Kevin Anthenill
Cast: Lakin Valdez, Raul Cardona, Herbert Siguenza, James Newcomb, Jo Anne Glover, Maya Malan-Gonzales, Spencer Smith, Brianna Muniz, Steven Lone, Kevin Koppman-Gue, Mark Pinter, Berta Villareal, John Padilla, Catalina Maynard, Jordan DeLeon, Celeste Lanuza, William Kit Corkery, Rockey DeHaro, Parnia Ayari, Michael Garcia, Connor Tibbs, Mileena Rogers, Tanya Antonio, Danielle Levin, Julian Martinez, Jacob Gardner, Bianca Sanchez, Mary Regan, Alex Monge, Marco Puente, Kevin Burroughs, Victoria Capuchino, Aisha Reddick, and Larissa Garcia
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Kirsten Brandt was the first woman to ever direct Luis Valdez’s 1979 play about the Zoot Suit Riots of the 1940s in Los Angeles, and she nailed it. – “THE BEST PLAY OF SAN DIEGO 2012” – San Diego City Beat
“Zoot Suit” has a lot to say, and the story is told with great zest and creativity by director Kirsten Brandt – North County Times
Kirsten Brandt directs this sprawling, colorful, busy and captivating production with a sure hand – no easy task, and she must feel at times like a traffic cop, coordinating 36 actors and a boffo band of nine on a multilevel set where energetic dancing (wonderfully choreographed by Javier Velasco) breaks out often. – San Diego Gay & Lesbian Times
Director and San Diego returnee Kirsten Brandt… manages to rein in the ambitious, sometimes wayward carnival of cops, courtrooms, fantasy sequences and dance breaks, and make the narrative flow. – San Diego Union-Tribune