The Play:
An original theatrical work that weaves spoken word, live music and video, By the Hand of the Father explores the 20th century journey of Mexican-American men who were born in the first decades of the 1900s, but whose early lives were still grounded in the previous century. They lived through the Depression and wars and a society that was changing far too fast to even comprehend. They were the first generation of Mexican-Americans whose hyphenated identity actually meant something; they participated to an unprecedented degree in American life, but they made sure that Mexican culture was kept alive for their children. With original music by renowned singer/songwriter Alejandro Escovedo.

The Company:
About Productions creates original interdisciplinary theater work that provokes new perspectives on history and humanity. The Los Angeles-based theater company has been creating critically acclaimed productions for 15 years that have been seen extensively in Southern California, throughout the United States and in Canada. The company is dedicated to generating new work through collaboration in order to create artistic and community dialogue.

The Reviews:
"A music-theatre work of slow-burning intensity, an impassioned ode to to a generation of Mexican men."
The Globe and Mail

"A wonderful addition to the literature of the American immigrant experience."
Variety

Website: www.aboutpd.org