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LECHUZA GUIDE TO THE LONE STAR STATE is a new theatrical performance inspired by the urban legend super-star de Las Americas, LA LECHUZA. Written and performed by Marisela Barrera with live music by Joe Reyes and odie, LECHUZA GUIDE TO THE LONE STAR STATE plays August 2 & 3 at 8PM at Jump-Start Theater, 710 Fredericksburg Rd. 78201. Admission is choose-what-you-pay: $0 – $30. Tickets are available at www.jump-start.org. For more information, call 210-227-5867.
For LECHUZA GUIDE TO THE LONE STAR STATE, Barrera embodies the legendary owl-woman, experimenting with performative actions as Lechuza moves from mystical shapeshifter to forever owl/bruja.
Marisela Barrera is a working-class Tejana cultural agitator who challenges expected behaviors of Artista/Mujerista. Marisela writes short stories, profiles, and nonfiction and turns them into transmedia performances. Her work has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, San Antonio Report, Concho River Review, Latina Critical Feminism, Out in SA, Texas Matters, and The San Antonio Current, among others. She teaches writing at Northwest Vista College and is a two-time recipient of the National Association for Latino Arts and Culture Fund for the Arts award. Marisela spins and eats fire as a company member with Jump-Start Performance Co. She was awarded two Luminaria Artist Grants from the City of San Antonio and was a Spring 2024 Artist in Residence with Democratizing Racial Justice at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Marisela recently returned from training and performing with La Pocha Nostra in Mexico City.
odie. Wayne Cole resides in San AnTokyo, Tejas, and performs with Buttercup, The Swindles, & NASA Country. He has toured Japan, Europe, and outer space and loves the flavor of green tea over rice.
Joe Reyes is a Grammy award winning guitarist, producer and engineer.