KIDS-N-CO. presents this popular holiday tale, adapted by Carol Viescas
into a bilingual musical, in which a poor Mexican girl’s humble but
heartfelt offering is the first step towards a miracle whose effects
are seen each Christmas
to this very day. A single, simple, sincere gesture is often the
catalyst that leads to monumental and lasting change.
“Poinsettia” plays Fridays
and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.,
and Sundays at 2:30 p.m., November
28 and 29, Dec. 5,6,7,18,19,20 at
the KIDS-N-CO. Performance Center.
It also will play at Chamizal National Memorial
Theatre, Saturday, December 12 at 2:30
p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday December 13 at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets are $7 for adults and $5
for children, students, seniors and active military, and are available
at the door one hour before each performance. Advance
ticket sales are available for groups of 10 or more.
KIDS-N-CO.
Performance Center is located at 1301 Texas Ave.
Information: 351-1455
KIDS-N-CO. productions are made possible through the support of El Paso MCAD, Texas
Commission on the Arts, Price’s Give ’em Five Fund, Target and the
Robert E. and Evelyn McKee Foundation.
Lupita (Rebecca Filetti, right) tells her friend Espy (Andrea
Mendoza)
that since she has no gift to bring to the mange scene at the
church, she will bring all she has,
the weeds growing in her mother's
vegetable garden.
Angel, the mayor's son (Renato de Leon, right) teases Lupita (Rececca
Filetti, center) about her poverty,
while her best friend (Andrea Mendoza) looks on.
Lupta's mother (Janet Furtney) tries to comfort her when after a
cruel teasing.
Lupita and her friend Espy are amazed when Lupita's gift of weeds turns
into a beautiful red flower.
Espy defends her friend Lupita by telling Angel he offends God
when he speaks ill of others.
