2010.54.6984

• ethnicity and race
• hispanic american

Poster is printed on tan paper with text and images in brown. The top of the poster has the text: "El Teatro Campesino / presents / In the Old Mission of / San Juan Bautista / La Pastorela / An Early California Folk Opera of The Shepherd's Play". The center of the poster has a stylized drawing. In the foreground of the drawing, at left there are two male figures side by side, both are wearing wide brimmed hats and looking up toward the sky, the figure at left is wearing overalls and playing a drum, the figure at right is playing a flute. Behind the two male figures is a large crowd of men, women, and children, many with outstretched arms looking to the sky. In the sky above the figures there are a number of celestial objects: a stylized sun with a face, a stylized moon with a face, stars of varying size, and a large comet whose long tail is made up of many small white birds. The bottom of the poster has text at center: "Directed by Tony Curiel / Opens December 2 - Runs through December 23 / Previews November 30 and December 1, 1983" . Lower left corner has information about ticket sales and pricing. Lower right corner has the text: " 'Medieval theater must have this / kind of color and spirit. But El Teatro isn't trying to / revive a tradition here, simply to keep it going - to pick up a / light from the candle of the past.' / Dan Sullivan, Los Angeles Times" with a small logo and "(R) El Teatro Campesino Luis Valdez, Artistic Director".