{"id":434895,"date":"2026-09-13T17:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T17:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434895\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T17:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T17:36:08","slug":"san-antonios-storytelling-and-acting-community-mourns-the-death-of-rachel-delgado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434895\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio’s storytelling and acting community mourns the death of Rachel Delgado"},"content":{"rendered":"

Members of the local San Antonio acting and storytelling community are mourning the death of Rachel Delgado. Delgado was a San Antonio native who was active in Seniors in Play,<\/a> a theater and storytelling program for older adults.<\/p>\n

She spoke to StoryCorps <\/a>in 2022 about her storytelling.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to really write stories. I am trying to pretty much document our family history. I write stories about my community, my neighborhood. And I’m an animal lover, so a lot of my stories are about animals. They are the characters in the play. I’ve been told that the way I write about animals as if they are human beings. But they are to me. I mean, I’m an animal lover. What can I say?\u201d<\/p>\n

Seniors in Play is a nonprofit performance arts, creative writing and acting class for senior adults. It was founded by Emmy-nominated, ALMA Award-winning actor Tony Plana in California. It came to San Antonio in 2022. Participants create vignettes, scenes and plays from their own experiences.<\/p>\n

Delgado was also involved with other community organizations, including Teatro Audaz San Antonio<\/a>, who paid tribute to her in a Facebook post over the weekend.<\/p>\n

She was interviewed by TPR\u2019s Jack Morgan in 2016 for a story about Fotohistorias, a collection of photos that documented the lives of people who live on San Antonio\u2019s west side.<\/p>\n

On the west side of San Antonio is a museum without walls. Many say the exhibit brings a sense of pride and history to that unique part of the city.To\u2026<\/p>\n

Delgado was also active with the Westside Preservation Alliance<\/a>, with the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center,<\/a> a group focused on capturing, recording, and preserving the oral histories, energy, and stories of long-time local residents.<\/p>\n

Rachel Delgado was 76 years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Members of the local San Antonio acting and storytelling community are mourning the death of Rachel Delgado. Delgado…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-434895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}