Mastering Sex & Tortillas!

Thu, May 11 - Sat, May 13
8:00 pm-10 p.m.
$15 (w/student I.D.), $18 (presale), $20 (door)

"Mastering Sex & Tortillas!" a very sexy comedy exploring sexuality, =

race, gender, and immigration through a Queer Chicana lens returns to =

La Pen=E3 where the show first played to Bay Area audiences in a sold- =

out "one-night stand" show in 2003.

The Dallas Morning News says, "hellip original work, the raucous, =

ultrasapphic comedy Mastering Sex & Tortillashellip. This is not the =

PC, Birkenstocky, close-cropped lesbian culture some folks may =

expect. Ms. Anthony seems determined to shake up audiences of every =

stripe. But she's likely to leave them shaking with laughterhellip =

screamingly funny."

In "Mastering Sex & Tortillas!" Adelina Anthony plays La Profesora =

Mama Chocha a high-femme/ high drama seminar instructor that more =

than educates her audience on lesbianism 101 from a "tortillera" =

point of view. After intermission Anthony comes back as the debonair =

butch FBI Agent, Papi Duro, who has plenty of work to do "under the =

covers." Coral Lopez gets the audience geared up for a night of =

provocative comedy by opening the show with her own scandalous stand- =

up comedy that tackles the gamut of sexuality, Latina/o home life, =

and cultural taboos. Lopez also makes a cameo appearance as the =

risqu=E9 Sex Bomb, a foil to Papi Duro's endless pursuit of happiness =

with other women.

Venue:

La Pe=F1a Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley
510-849-2568 ext. 15
www.lapena.org

Additional Info:

510-849-2568 ext. 15
http://www.lapena.org/event/124