Welcome to the Streets where the Zoot Suit took regine
Dive into a world where the Chicano movement was fast up beat and filled tragic events. The reading of this play will open your mind as readers to a place and time where things were flips upside down and tensions were on the rise. Zoot Suit is based on the Sleepy Lagoon trials and the Zoot Suit riots happening in the city of Los Angeles in the 1940's. While reading this play we will cover topics like teenage rebellion, Immigration, race relations, conflicts between law enforcement and minority groups, history of Mexicans in America, and lastly follow the character Henry and his alter ego "The Pachuco".
