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Family Aspirations, Tensions on Display in Marga Gomez's 'Latin Standards'

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Marga Gomez performs "Latin Standards."

Writer, comedian and performer Marga Gomez brings her 12th solo play, “Latin Standards,” back to the Bay Area. The show explores Gomez’s childhood as the ambitious daughter of Cuban entertainers and what it means to be a queer Latina performer in today’s changing art scene. Gomez joins us in studio to discuss “Latin Standards” and a life in showbiz.

“Latin Standards” plays at the San Jose MACLA February 9-11 and the Brava Theatre Center in San Francisco March 16 through April 1.

Guests:

Marga Gomez, comedian, writer and performer

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