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# A Mythical Memoir of Pre-1900 LA Turned into Theater
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/a-mythical-memoir-of-pre-1900-la-turned-into-theater/
- Published: 2017-08-22T22:52:05.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:40:54.000Z
- Description: The Rogue Artists Ensemble is celebrating the 1942 book Señor Plummer: The Life and Laughter of an Old-Californian with a new performance from August 24 to 26.
- Author: Matt Stromberg
- Tags: Art, Events, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:30(2016, 2017, part 3)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2017/08/plummer-final-fiesta-artwork-with-texture-small.jpg)

Otis Woods, artwork for Señor Plummer’s Final Fiesta (image courtesy Rogue Artists Ensemble)

When the book [*Señor Plummer: The Life and Laughter of an Old-Californian*](https://www.kcet.org/history-society/re-reading-la-senor-plummer-from-1942?ref=hyperallergic.com) was first published in 1942, it reflected a time and place that was surely unfamiliar to many living in Hollywood’s Golden Age. Written a year before Plummer died at the age of 91, it tells of a dusty, Wild West town that was the site of land battles between the original Latino *Californios* and newcomer Anglo Americans. Plummer portrayed himself as belonging to both of those groups. Born Eugene Plummer, the son of a Canadian father and a mother with Irish and Spanish roots, he reinvented himself in LA — as so many do — as Don Eugenio. Fusing history and personal narrative with healthy doses of myth and humor, the book is a colorful, bittersweet recollection of a bygone Los Angeles.

Inspired by Plummer’s outsize life and story, the Rogue Artists Ensemble is creating [*Señor Plummer’s Final Fiesta*](https://www.rogueartists.org/senor-plummers-final-fiesta?ref=hyperallergic.com), an interactive theatrical event featuring masks, puppets, and music. Before the work has its official premiere next year, audiences can witness a workshop performance this week in West Hollywood’s [Plummer Park](https://la.curbed.com/building/1991/plummer-park?ref=hyperallergic.com), located on the last parcel of his homestead. Live mariachi music will be performed by the all-female trio [La Victoria](https://www.facebook.com/LaVictoriaMusic1/), with food provided by the [Best Fish Taco in Ensenada](http://www.bestfishtacoinensenada.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com).

**When:** Thursday, August 24–Saturday, August 26, 7pm nightly ([suggested donation $5–50](https://www.artful.ly/store/events/11872?ref=hyperallergic.com))  
**Where:** Plummer Park (7377 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, California)

*More info* [*here*](https://www.rogueartists.org/senor-plummers-final-fiesta?ref=hyperallergic.com)*.*