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At Honest Sancho’s Used Mexican Lot, a secretary for Governor Reagan seeks a Mexican-American “type” for the administration. Sancho demonstrates four stereotyped models: a farm worker, a violent pachuco, a revolutionary bandit, and a polished, bilingual professional. When the secretary selects the last, he launches a protest and awakens the others. They reveal they are living people, leave together, and share the money, while Sancho is exposed as a robot.
Based on the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial and Zoot Suit Riots, the play follows Henry Reyna and the 38th Street Gang as Chicano youths are convicted in a murder case, while Henry's brother Rudy is assaulted during the riots. Lawyers and activist-reporter Alice help win the gang's appeal, though the ending leaves several possible futures for Henry.
At Honest Sancho’s Used Mexican Lot, a secretary for Governor Reagan seeks a Mexican-American “type” for the administration. Sancho demonstrates four stereotyped models: a farm worker, a violent pachuco, a revolutionary bandit, and a polished, bilingual professional. When the secretary selects the last, he launches a protest and awakens the others. They reveal they are living people, leave together, and share the money, while Sancho is exposed as a robot.
Based on the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial and Zoot Suit Riots, the play follows Henry Reyna and the 38th Street Gang as Chicano youths are convicted in a murder case, while Henry's brother Rudy is assaulted during the riots. Lawyers and activist-reporter Alice help win the gang's appeal, though the ending leaves several possible futures for Henry.