Ku Klux Kumbia!

Trece Lunas Arts Collective will present the play Ku Klux Kumbia!, a carnivalesque political satire that tells the story of an undocumented immigrant, Basilio, who makes a pact with the Devil in order to resurrect his girlfriend and is transported into a deliriously Orwellian future as a servant and sexual object in the home of an “all-American” family. In order to get his soul back, Basilio must make sense of the absurd world around him and ultimately trick the Devil at his own game. Long-dead revolutionaries, erotic shamans, nuclear scientists, the ghosts of Klansmen, secret government agents, and gambling housewives are just a few of the characters that appear as the plot unfolds, exploring issues of racism, gender, globalization, military imperialism and the experiences of Latino immigrants in the United States.

Combining the rollickingly humorous theatrical language of comedia dell’arte, a multicultural cast of six actors and four musicians, Ku Klux Kumbia! is a ritual of disgust with the violence of war and imperialism, as well as a joyous celebration of the lives and struggles of oppressed peoples.

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