Canto de Anaheim by Sara Guerrero
"The result blends oral and journalistic history, original dialogue, a fourth wall-breaking narrator, mariachi, and original (even a dash of punk) and classical music that doesn’t underscore so much as stop the narrative flow as each piece is introduced in its historical context. But all of it reinforces a narrative throughline of people standing together to get shit done; although marginalized and...
"The result blends oral and journalistic history, original dialogue, a fourth wall-breaking narrator, mariachi, and original (even a dash of punk) and classical music that doesn’t underscore so much as stop the narrative flow as each piece is introduced in its historical context. But all of it reinforces a narrative throughline of people standing together to get shit done; although marginalized and maligned for much of Anaheim’s history, the contributions of Mexican Americans make Mouse Town far more Brown Town. It’s a decidedly more truthful, historically based Our Town. " - JOEL BEERS, OCTOBER 3, 2019, OC WEEKLY
“Canto de Anaheim” is a multi-disciplinary look at the city’s past told through the stories of its unsung heroes, of several immigrants from Anaheim’s past and present who have had a substantial impact on their community...
Guerrero, who is taking on the gargantuan task of pulling it all together..."
- By PETER LEFEVRE August 23, 2019, VOICE OF OC
"It’s a great play, and the epitome of a collaboration: I did nearly all the research, Sara Guerrero of Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble [and did more research] wrote the play, and Long Beach Community Band head Greg Flores was guest conductor.
Sara Guerrero, a personal friend from years back, is turning into Orange County’s August Wilson" - Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXXVIII: Get Off Book
Commissioned under the Pacific Symphony and City of Anaheim.