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    American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose
    American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose
    American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose
    Audiobook1 hour

    American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose

    Written by Richard Montoya

    Narrated by Richard Montoya, Keith Jefferson and Multiple Narrators

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherL.A. Theatre Works
    Release dateAug 15, 2014
    ISBN9781580819626
    American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose

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    • 3/5
      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 some people's cup of tea. You might kind of get the feeling like okay I get it, but it's short and pretty funny so I mostly enjoyed it.
    • 4/5
      Fun and thought-provoking.
    • 5/5
      Hysterical. I regret only that I didn't get to see this insane LSD trip performed live before me.