Milcha sanchez-scott biography for kids

 

As the curtain fell on Stan State’s premiere of “Roosters,” playwright Milcha Sanchez-Scott sat among those applauding.

“It’s a very good production,” she said in a question and answer session on stage with the cast after the play.

Sanchez-Scott said she has seen her signature work performed dozens of times, but enjoys student productions the most. “Each time the actors bring whatever they have and make it their own. It’s unique and it’s great — they’re all just going for it,” she said.

The play uses the Latino literary technique of magical realism.

It explores machismo, violence and gender roles in a Latino family strained by the father’s violent temper and its consequences. He is obsessed with breeding champion roosters, portrayed by stooped dancers in feathered costumes, and determined his children will never work in the fields.

Director Cynthia DeCure, assistant professor of theater, put her own stam