Kathy Fischer

Josefina López, the award-winning playwright and co-screenwriter of Real Women Have Curves and Founding Artistic Director of CASA 0101 Theater in Boyle Heights, CA will receive an Honorary Doctorate Degree in the Arts from her Alma Mater, Columbia College Chicago on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., at which time López will deliver a Commencement Address to the Class of 2015. López graduate with a B.A. degree in Liberal Arts from Columbia College Chicago in 1993.

Josefina Lopez, the award-winning playwright and co-screenwriter of Real Women Have Curves and a community leader in the city of Boyle Heights will be appearing in The Otis Report on the Creative Economy KCET Link Artbound's The State of Creativity, a broadcast special premiering in Southern California on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. PT on KCET and nationally on Monday, March 30, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. PT/ET on Link TV (DirecTV 375 and DISH Network 9410). An encore presentation will air on Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. PT on KCET and on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. PT/ 4:00 p.m. ET on Link TV.

CASA 0101 Theater will add two additional performances for the Closing Weekend of the hit play, CLEAN START, a new comedy written and directed by Kathy Fischer (The George Lopez Show) and written and produced by Josefina Lopez (Real Women Have Curves). Emmanuel Deleage, Executive Director of CASA 0101, as well as Producer of the show, said today, 'I am happy to announce that we will be adding two additional performances to the Closing Weekend of CLEAN START, due to show's critical acclaim and popularity with the general public. In addition to performances this Friday and Saturday, February 13th and 14th at 8:00 p.m., and on Sunday, February 15th at 5:00 p.m., we will have a matinee performance on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. and an evening performance on Sunday at 8:00 p.m.'

Things get messy when a broke, down-on-her-luck Beverly Hills socialite is forced to move in with her Latina housekeeper in East Los Angeles. CASA 0101 Theater is proud to kick off the theater's 15th 'Quinceañera' Anniversary Season with the World Premiere of a new comedy, CLEAN START, written by Kathy Fischer and Josefina Lopez, directed by Kathy Fischer, and produced by Josefina Lopez and Emmanuel Deleage.

CASA 0101 Theater, Josefina Lopez, Artistic Director, will present the World Premiere of the play, Piñata Dreams, a fantastical, magical journey for the whole family. Written by Josefina Lopez and directed by Corky Dominguez, Piñata Dreams celebrates Piñatas, Alebrijes (brightly colored Mexican art sculptures of fantastical creatures) and the courage to be oneself.

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment present the fifth and final production in its 2013-1014 season of shows with the Los Angeles regional theatre premiere of one of the most beloved musicals of all time, based on the novel by Victor Hugo, the Tony award-winning, LES MISERABLES. BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening night festivities below!

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment presented the fifth and final production in its 2013-1014 season of shows with the Los Angeles regional theatre premiere of one of the most beloved musicals of all time, based on the novel by Victor Hugo, the Tony award-winning, LES MISERABLES. BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening night festivities below!