Title: Border Walls
Subtitle: A Musical About Redbeard of the Rio Grande
Description: This musical deals with U.S.-Mexico Border issues, including Mexican-American identity, Hispanic-Anglo and U.S.-Mexican relations, and  belief in the supernatural. It tells the actual life of Border *bandido* hero Juan Cortina ("Redbeard"). The  characters are historical, and  even seemingly unlikely developments can be documented. An earlier form of  the musical was first presented by the Bravo Opera Company of the University of  Texas at Brownsville in 2004.
Subjects: Drama (dramatic works by one author), Fiction, historical, general
Places: Brownsville, Texas, Matamoros, Mexico
Time periods: The Mexican  War, the Civil War