Photo Gallery: Students Take On 'Las Soldaderas' At Artes De La Rosa

Arlington TX

15 March, 2022

6:54 PM

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By Cristian ArguetaSoto, Fort Worth Report March 15, 2022 Rob Bosquez, the theater and creative writing instructor at Artes de la Rosa, introduced the Artes Academy students at their first performance of Nelly E. Cuellar-Garcia's "Las Soldaderas." "A lot of the kids have been talking about war and its repercussions and what happens and how it could happen today," Bosquez said. "When we started this play, there really wasn't a war, but at the time that we started the play, there's been a heavily televised war going on." The Artes Academy students performed the play March 11-12 about the "female warriors of the Mexican Revolution." The completely student-run showing highlighted the work the students did during their Artes Academy Youth Arts Program semester while relating to current world events. Before the showing of "Las Soldaderas," state Rep. Ramon Romero, D-90, Artes de la Rosa Board Chair President Tanisia Castillo-Queppet, Artes de la Rosa Executive Director William Giron, Romero's Community Outreach Coordinator Emerico Perez and Andrews Distributing Vice President of Government Affairs and Compliance Jim Campbell presented a $1,000 donation check to Artes de la Rosa. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.