Mexican Day

<p>  “Water is a vivid metaphor in Los Angeles. We live in a desert beside an ocean an existence of simultaneous want and plenitude.<br />   Another lesser-known water source inspires The Ballad of Bimini Baths a trio of plays by local playwright Tom Jacobson. Bimini was a popular swimming and spa complex at the site of hot springs one block east of Vermont Avenue between 1st and 2nd streets operated from 1903 to 1951.<br />   Jacobson makes this the nexus of a wide-ranging tale that pulls together events in L A history some of which occurred at the baths others not. His theme is sins in need of being washed away—racism as well as other moral failings.<br />   The intriguing result is being staged by three small theaters all running different plays ranging from 55 minutes to 1½ hours.<br />   The final play is an inspiring tale of people working together to try to redeem the past and re-chart the future…<br />   Bimini like many places in the early 20th century was racially exclusive. People of color were admitted just one day a month the day before the pools were drained and cleaned.”<br />Daryl H Miller Los Angeles Times</p><p>   “Only a playwright as daring and talented as Tom Jacobson could imagine and achieve a project as mind-blowing as his fascinating informative Ballad Of Bimini Baths trilogy. MEXICAN DAY is the most accessibly crowd-pleasing of the bunch.”                 StageSceneLA</p><p>   “Highly effective. This is a thought-provoking and powerful play…humor alternates with seriousness.”                                                  LA Splash</p><p>    “Tom Jacobson’s insightful script intimately intricately interweaves ethnicity class sexuality and more in his story depicting a landmark Civil Rights struggle in late 1940s Los Angeles.”                                                                                                                          Hollywood Progressive</p>