Meet Juan(ito) Doe (Theater)
Chicago Tribune: 'Tiendita' theater tells the tales of growing up brown in Chicago
Chicago Reader: Meet Juan(ito) Doe chronicles the lives and loves of Chicago Mexican-Americans: Playwright Ricardo Gamboa and the cast have created interesting, flawed human beings.
Sixty Inches from Center: Exaltations: Ricardo Gamboa, Storyfront, and Theater as a Living Archive
Newcity: Community Centered: A Review of Meet Juan(ito) Doe at Free Street Theater
Rescripted: ‘Meet Juan(ito) Doe’: Brown and Down in Chi-Town
Windy City Times: THEATER REVIEW Meet Juan(ito) Doe
People’s World: Working-class Mexican narratives on stage in Meet Juan(ito) Doe
PRESS
The Wizards
South Side Weekly: ‘The Wizards’ Play Premieres at Pilsen’s APO Cultural Center A Ricardo Gamboa play combines the barrio experience and the supernatural with a hyperlocal cast in the historic community center
Chicago Reader: Reclaiming Pilsen’s raw history: The Wizards will haunt you in the best way.
WTTW: ‘La Ultima Palabra’ on Bringing Latino Stories Center Stage
Chicago Reader: Ghosts of gentrification Ricardo Gamboa talks about The Wizards, white supremacy, and spooky stories.
Chicago Reader: Ruth Page showcase, The Wizards, Shamilton!, Podlasie Club, Viva Acid Things to do in Chicago for Friday 10/14/2022
Chicago Sun-Times: Destinos Theater Festival showcases Latino stage artists, playwrights from across the city and the globe “Destinos” has aimed, since its inception, to showcase the Latino diversity of the Chicago theater community, an effort that has solidified over the years.
Broadway World: Destinos, 5th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, Announces Full Line-up
General
Block Club Chicago: What Does A Perfect Day In Chicago Look Like? A New Recipe And Guidebook Takes You Across The City "(A) Part: A Recipe Guidebook to Chicago" features more than 20 local creators taking you to their favorite places and sharing recipes that remind them of Chicago.
Remezcla: 7 Latino Playwrights Bringing Our Stories to the Stage
Southside Weekly: Meet Ricard(ito) Gamboa: A look into the artist, activist, and academic’s “alternative cultural ecology”
Broadway World: DePaul University Awards The 2020 Cunningham Commission For Youth Theatre To Ricardo Gamboa
Colorlines: 'Breaking' Presents: Ricardo Gamboa, a Latinx Actor and Auteur Who Deftly Mixes Comedy With Righteous Anger: Along with regular theater acting stints, the Chicago native created “Brujos,” a hilarious digital series about gay male Latinx witches, and “The Hoodoisie,” a live news show highlighting local changemakers of color.
Broadway World: Goodman Theatre Announces 2017-18 Playwrights Unit
Chicago Sun-Times: Free Street Theatre, Old Town School are Joyce Award Recipients
Entrepreneur: How This Mexican-American Artist Is Raising Social Awareness in His Chicago Community: Ricardo Gamboa is making a name for himself with his distinct perspective and original stories.
Brujos
VICE: The New Series 'Brujos' Follows a Group of Gay, Latino Witches: The creators of 'Brujos' chat about critiquing white supremacy and making a show that combines fun, campy horror with radical politics.
OUT: Brujos, Queer Craft, and Radical Creativity: A Conversation with Ricardo Gamboa
The Wild Hunt: BRUJOS: An Interview with artist and activist Ricardo Gamboa
Remezcla: Ricardo Gamboa Walks Us Through Each Episode of Queer Latino Web Series ‘Brujos’
AV Club: A witchy webseries, a kickass trailer, and a TV show everyone should watch
Chicago Tribune: Web series ‘Brujos’ goes beyond the status quo
Timeout Chicago: ‘Brujos’ is ready for its season finale—are you? The web series that tackles demonic possession, witchcraft, queer identities and colonialism is wrapping its first 12-episode arc
Latino Rebels: These Queer Latino Brujos Have Something to Tell You. It’s Something Very Real, so Pay Attention.
Ms. Magazine: “Brujos” Brings Latinx Magic Back to the Witch Stories Stealing Our Screen Time
Windy City Times: Brujos: A peek into a 'coven-fresh' web series
Afropunk: Brujos Web Series Follows Queer Latinx Witches Surviving Grad School And Fighting Colonization
Into: Ricardo Gamboa’s ‘Brujos’ Is A Queer Latinx Magic Revolution
The Hoodoisie
Remezcla: If Jon Stewart’s ‘The Daily Show’ Got Hijacked by Radical POCs, It Would Be This Web Series
Chicago Reader: The roving live talk show The Hoodoisie makes radical politics entertaining and accessible: If the world can be saved, host Ricardo Gamboa believes it will be through open dialogue and dirty jokes.
Sixty Inches from Center: Counter-Media: Live with the Hoodoisie: “Ladies and gentleman, gender non-conforming and trans deities, welcome to another episode of the Hoodoisie!” It was a Saturday night, and we sat packed-in on plastic chairs in the Chicago.
Scapi Magazine: Hungry for the Radical: Ricardo Gamboa and the Impact of the Hoodoisie
South Side Weekly: Hoodoisie Trumps Bourgeoisie On the eve of the inauguration, Ricardo Gamboa gives Trump the finger
Real Life Adventures of Jimmy de las Rosas with Free Street Theater
New City: The Hero We Need: A Review of The Real-Life Adventures of Jimmy de las Rosas at Free Street Theater
Rescripted: ‘The Real Life Adventures of Jimmy de Las Rosas’ Brings Superheroes to La Villita
Windy City Times: The Real Life Adventures of Jimmy de las Rosas
Cold Summer
In These Times: Chicago Youth Theater Refuses To Be Silenced: Teens in Chicago are overcoming censorship to share their perspectives on the city’s social issues.
American Theatre: Steppenwolf’s ‘This Is Modern Art’ Tagged With Controversy: Two major critics diss a new play about graffiti and hip-hop culture, igniting a debate about privilege, race and who gets to tell young people’s stories.
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