Roxanne Schroeder-Arce

Professor. Scholar. Playwright. Director. Administrator.

(512) 293-3561

Roxanne Schroeder-Arce is a faculty member in the Department of Theatre and Dance as well as Associate Dean of Fine Arts Education in the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas. Aside from her teaching and administrating, Professor Schroeder-Arce is a scholar, playwright, and director.

Mariachi Girl

Book by Roxanne Schroeder-Arce
Music and Lyrics by Héctor Martínez Morales

Ten-year-old Carmencita dreams of being a mariachi singer and one day joining in performance with her father. However, her father clings to a long-held family tradition of male-only mariachis. When Carmencita's teacher offers her a book about a female mariachi, everything changes for "Cita" as she sees a possibility of her dream becoming a reality. Can she celebrate her own heritage and expand her father's view of the world? Mariachi Girl is an uplifting bilingual family drama about reaching for your dreams and is filled with vibrant original mariachi music.

For more details on the play and performance rights, and to purchase scripts, please visit: Mariachi Girl (Dramatic Publishing).

Also anthologized in Palabras del Cielo: An Exploration of Latina/o Theatre for Young Audiences (Volume I). Compiled by José Casas and edited with Christina Marín, Ph.D. Dramatic Publishing, 2019.

Copyright © Roxanne Schroeder-Arce 2024. All rights reserved.