Congratulations to Alicia Coca, UC Davis alumna and veteran of Department of Theatre and Dance productions (“Pippin in concert” and Ground and Field Theatre Festival), appears in the South Coast Repertory Theatre’s production of “American Mariachi,” Sept. 7 through Oct. 5. 

In José Cruz González’s big-hearted comedy with live music, Lucha spends her days caring for her mother and yearning for more. But it’s the 1970s and women can’t be mariachis…or can they? Defying tradition, Lucha and her spunky cousin hunt for bandmates and take up instruments. A loving gesture for a mother becomes much more as the young women dream big and embrace the transcendent power of music.

For details and information, visit the South Coast Repertory Theatre website.