American Night The Ballad of Juan Jo..., Richard Montoya
American Night The Ballad of Juan Jo..., Richard Montoya
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American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose

Author: Richard Montoya

Narrator: Keith Jefferson, Richard Montoya, Multiple Narrators

Unabridged: 1 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/15/2014

Synopsis

In this wild satire, a Mexican immigrant has a feverish dream while studying for his American citizenship exam. He meets a parade of characters ranging from Sacagawea to Teddy Roosevelt to Jackie Robinson, who take him on a mind-bending, hilarious, and poignant trip through American history.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, featuring Keith Jefferson, Richard Montoya, Todd Nakagawa, Sean San José, Kimberly Scott, Herbert Siguenza, Tom Virtue, Libby West, and Caro Zeller.

Directed by Shana Cooper. Recorded before a live audience.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Toni FGMAMTC on July 07, 2017

This is about a Mexican man trying to become a US citizen. He's studying. He has all these dreams starring people from real life American history. It makes fun of everything racist and really focuses on it. It's sort of a performance piece/stand up comedy so I can definitely see how it wouldn't be s......more

Goodreads review by Laurie on August 28, 2017

An Audiobook Sync free audiobook for their YA summer program: week 10 This full cast audio is a less than 2 hour play that I can imagine enjoying as a live performance in person. It's of a Mexican immigrant as he studies for his US citizenship test and dreams a crazy adventure through some US history......more

Goodreads review by Isis on July 05, 2017

This is a play performed by a full cast by L.A. Theatre Works. Juan José is an immigrant, a policeman who fled the Mexican drug cartels and is now studying for his American citizenship exam; he falls asleep over his flash cards and has a wild dream filled with figures from American history such as......more

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