Celebrating 40 years of Teatro Visión!
2024 was a meaningful landmark for Teatro Visión, marking 40 years of creating visionary Chicanx and Latinx teatro in San José! Learn more about Teatro Visión's history here.
To celebrate that history, honor the community that has supported us, and build a new future full of inspiring theater, we held 40 años, 40 eventos, a year-long series of projects, performances, workshops, and other events.
Our programs all year long inspired our community to feel, think, and act to create a better world in new and deeper ways.
Our 40+ eventos, centered our longstanding commitment to partnerships with community organizations, and included:
La Hora del Mitote: ¡Celebra el 2024!
La Hora del Mitote with Yosimar Reyes
40th Anniversary Launch Party at the San José Museum of Art
Workshops with Michael Rohd: "Partnerships in Action," "State of Mind," and "Civic Imagination"
La Hora del Mitote with Francisco Jiménez and Leo Cortez
Performances of our youth production, Francisco Jiménez's La Mariposa and Breaking Through, adapted for the stage by Leo Cortez
Communities Breaking Through: A Celebration of Mariposas en Nuestras Comunidades, a presentation with La Raza Historical Society
Girl Scout day at the Theater for Francisco Jiménez's La Mariposa and Breaking Through
Poetry workshops with Yosimar Reyes and SOMOS Mayfair's Jóvenes Activos and Vecinos Activos
Poetry workshops with Yosimar Reyes and Colectivo ALA
Primeras Páginas playwriting workshop and public reading
Poetry workshops with Yosimar Reyes, the Si Se Puede Collective, Veggielution, and Grail Family Services
La Hora del Mitote with Karina Gutiérrez
La Hora del Mitote with Carla Pantoja
40th Anniversary VIP Reception
40th Anniversary Gala
40th Anniversary Afterparty
Performances of our Día de los Muertos production of Macario
A Health Fair at Macario in partnership with BACC, SCFHP, and CHP
A Community Convening in partnership with LUNA, WPUSA, SJ Strong, SOMOS Mayfair, and more
A Posada at the Mexican Heritage Plaza's Fiesta Navideña
La Hora del Mitote para el fin del año