Culture Clash And Katt Balsan to Be Featured on KPFK's Arts In Review Today

Julio Martinez hosts Arts in Review, celebrating the best in theater and cabaret in the Greater Los Angeles area. Airs Fridays (2-2:30 pm) on KPFK (90.7FM). On Jun 15, Culture Clash discusses Bordertown Now, running at Pasadena Playhouse through Jun 22; Katt Balson discusses her Hollywood Fringe Festival one-woman show, Balls'On, running at the Broadwater.

Twenty years after their searing hit Bordertown premiered, LA's very own Culture Clash-Herbert Siguenza, Richard Montoya and Ric Salinas-returns to the southern border to investigate the state of affairs once again. Re-imagined, remixed and fully reloaded, Bordertown Now is an irreverent look at the people at the center of one of America's most hot-button controversial issues, and the walls that divide us all. Infused with their trademark comedic approach, the nation's premier Chicano/Latino performance trio joins Obie Award-winning artist and director Diane Rodriguez to redefine the boundaries of theater and break down the divisions between cultures.

In the community spirit of the show, there is a post-show conversation after every performance on different topics including immigration, border policy, and more, led by topic experts. The current list of upcoming speakers include: Lalo Alcarez, cartoonist of La Cucaracha (first nationally syndicated Latino politically themed daily comic strip); Jonathan Fung, Matathi Benjamin and Robert Romero of Immigration Resource Center, San Gabriel; and Kelly Lytle Hernández, UCLA Professor of History and African American Studies and Interim Director of the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies. Additional speakers will be added; for latest list please visit PasadenaPlayhouse.org.

Playing now at Pasadena Playhouse, 39 South El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101, through Sunday June 24. Go to www.PasadenaPlayhouse.org. for tickets and information.

Katt Balsan is a Los Angeles based film, TV and stage actress. Native from France, Katt moved to Los Angeles in 2012. She is presenting her One Woman Show, Balls' On, directed by Gary Austin, the Founder of the Groundlings during the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2018 at The Broadwater Studio.Katt is an award winner Actress, producer and the founder of the monthly short-movie festivsl, "Acting Qu'onTest," based in Paris. Balls'On performs June 15 and 22 at The Broadwater (Studio).