Short Story: Cuquita Brava! Undocumented Flamenco Singer

Cuca's Conundrums Episode Ten: "Cuquita Brava!" Undocumented Flamenco Singer is a short story of how undocumented immigrants managed to survive in America, despite economic, cultural and prejudicial barriers.

Undocumented Immigrant, “Cuquita” sings in Dora’s Downtown Los Angeles Vaudeville Show, “Flamenco Follies,” and tries to save Dora from the lecherous clutches of the theater owner and bilingual vaudeville show’s promoter. Dora, unexpectedly, flees to Méjico City, making Cuca scared and sad. Ernesto gives Cuca a pawnshop guitára, for Christmas, to cheer her up.

This collection of 17 interrelated short stories was first published by the author, Norma Landa Flores under the title, “From Jalisco to Boyle Heights: Plays for Reader’s Theatre, Stage or TV, A Collection of 17 Plays for Oral Performance.”

Copyright © PAu-128-796 by the Register of Copyrights, USA on July 9, 2007

These cuentos, stories about thinking in two cultures, speaking in two languages and adapting to everyday bicultural communication interactions with grace, compassion and humor, came from my family, friends and neighbor’s memories and conversations. Cherish them. They are part of our multicultural community’s herencia, inheritance.

Enjoy this Short Story about undocumented immigrants. Suitable for Hispanic/Latino/Chicano & Multicultural Oral Communication Presentations Grades 7th-12th, Adult and Community Theater Groups. 41 pages.