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Located at
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2102 E 1st St
Los Angeles, CA 90033 |
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Parking
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Free Parking is available on Fridays and Saturdays only at the Boyle Heights City Hall Parking Lot located at 2130 East First Street (at Chicago Street) by entering the lot from Chicago Street; the lot is closed on Sundays, however parking is free on the streets surrounding the theater. Note: parking in yellow zones, and green zones is permissible on Sundays, as in the small Post Office parking lot located at 2016 E. 1st Street.
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Public Transport
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CASA 0101 Theater and Little Casa are located just 3 blocks west of the Soto St. Metro Gold Line Station. Metro Gold Line train stations are located on First Street in Boyle Heights at both Soto Street, and at Boyle Street (Mariachi Plaza), within a short walking distance to the theater.
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Area Restaurants
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Casa Fina (a new restaurant by Josefina Lopez)
Casa Fina is located at 1842 E. 1st Street, a 5-7 minute walk from the theater. There is also free parking behind the restaurant, accessible from State St. through the alley between 1st and 2nd Street. https://www.casafinarestaurant.com/ PlayLA festival goers can receive 15% discount during the Festival Weekend, by telling their waiter they are attending the festival. Al and Beas
Named "The Best Burritos in Los Angeles" by FOX 11 NEWS and LA WEEKLY, check out Al and Beas, directly across the street from the theatre http://www.alandbeas.com/ |
About the Venue
Writer Josefina Lopez founded Casa 0101 in 2000. Born in Mexico and raised in Boyle Heights, Josefina lamented the scant opportunities to participate or even witness the arts when she was growing up. At 17 she wrote her first play, Simply Maria, about the conflicting values of being Mexican-American. Her next play, Real Women Have Curves, dealt with her experience working in a sewing factory and the camaraderie five women built while working there, despite making dresses they could not afford to buy in a store. These plays spoke to a new generation, first generation Latinos with their messages of dignity and self-determination despite the societal barriers of two cultures. After some success in the entertainment industry and having earned her Master’s in screenwriting from UCLA, Josefina wanted to give back to her community. So in 2000 she rented a vacant storefront former bridal shop, and started offering writing classes, so that young people in the predominantly Latino neighborhood of Boyle Heights could write stories that relate their experience. Her vision was to create a space of belonging where anyone who wanted to enter its doors and become a storyteller was welcomed to do so.
Casa 0101 started out as an all volunteer organization and today, eighteen years later, has become one of the leading arts institutions serving Los Angeles’ Eastside. Casa 0101 programs include a full season of theatrical plays. Plays range from new works, that primarily highlight Latino/a voices and experiences, to established works like Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, to full musicals like Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin or In the Heights. Each year Casa 0101 presents 6-8 mainstage theatrical productions. Casa 0101 theater productions reach approximately 12,000 audience members a year.
Casa 0101 programming also includes a robust arts education component. Every quarter, Casa 0101 typically offers 5, ten-week classes for youth and 4 ten-week classes for adults in the theater arts. The core classes include acting, playwriting, singing, dancing, and there are occasional classes in directing, lighting design, puppetry and more. Casa 0101 arts education classes typically reach 500 students a year.
The third dimension of Casa 0101 programming is its art exhibits. In its gallery, the organization will typically present four to six exhibits a year. These exhibits range from historical photo exhibits that relate to the history of Los Angeles East Side, to highlighting contemporary Angelino artists. The exhibit will have an opening and closing reception with the artist(s) present and will often be accompanied by a lecture, or book signing or an event that contextualizes or enhances the exhibit.
Casa 0101 has won many accolades over the years, including several LA Times Critic’s Choice selections for its plays (the most recent being its May 2018 production of Beauty and the Beast), to being named by the LA Weekly, as the Best Theater to Serve Its Community, in its October 2016 issue. It has also received numerous recognition from the City, County as well as other organization for the work it does in the community.
Casa 0101 started out as an all volunteer organization and today, eighteen years later, has become one of the leading arts institutions serving Los Angeles’ Eastside. Casa 0101 programs include a full season of theatrical plays. Plays range from new works, that primarily highlight Latino/a voices and experiences, to established works like Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, to full musicals like Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin or In the Heights. Each year Casa 0101 presents 6-8 mainstage theatrical productions. Casa 0101 theater productions reach approximately 12,000 audience members a year.
Casa 0101 programming also includes a robust arts education component. Every quarter, Casa 0101 typically offers 5, ten-week classes for youth and 4 ten-week classes for adults in the theater arts. The core classes include acting, playwriting, singing, dancing, and there are occasional classes in directing, lighting design, puppetry and more. Casa 0101 arts education classes typically reach 500 students a year.
The third dimension of Casa 0101 programming is its art exhibits. In its gallery, the organization will typically present four to six exhibits a year. These exhibits range from historical photo exhibits that relate to the history of Los Angeles East Side, to highlighting contemporary Angelino artists. The exhibit will have an opening and closing reception with the artist(s) present and will often be accompanied by a lecture, or book signing or an event that contextualizes or enhances the exhibit.
Casa 0101 has won many accolades over the years, including several LA Times Critic’s Choice selections for its plays (the most recent being its May 2018 production of Beauty and the Beast), to being named by the LA Weekly, as the Best Theater to Serve Its Community, in its October 2016 issue. It has also received numerous recognition from the City, County as well as other organization for the work it does in the community.