Theater

Villa, Vendidos, y Vatos Actos are reflections of a Chican@’s experience. Just like most Chican@s are different from each other, but at the core share the same value system, so it is with actos. Huerta uncovers the meaning of three actos, The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa, Los vendidos, La victima, that share the theme of Chican@ identity in the late twentieth century. More importantly each play tries to demonstrate what a Chican@ …

…is the hope for the future or the oppression of the present.” (Huerta, 59) For this hope to endure, the Chicano will have to get organized by combining the head of Pancho Villa and the headless body of Joaquin. Even thought this play was written many years ago, it still has relevance to many Chican@s today. Chican@s still have to struggle with who they are in country that looks down upon their cultural values.