Question

nea arts magazine spotlight: diane rodriguez: sharing the latina experience by rebecca sutton (excerpt) mar 28, 2018 (1) writer, director, and performer diane rodriguez has long been a part of the latino artistic community, making her professional theater debut with el teatro campesino in the mid - 1970s. in subsequent roles as co - director of the latino theater initiative, board president of the theatre communications group (tcg), associate artistic director of the center theatre group in los angeles, and a member of the national council on the arts, she has consistently used her position to uplift traditionally unheard voices, most passionately those of latinas. (2) in recent years, she has found her own voice as a playwright, sculpting title characters who are all strong women: living large centers on a latina widow who remakes her life on her own; itch revolves around a latina social justice worker seeking to at least crack, if not break, the glass ceiling; and a sweetheart deal follows a young latinas trajectory into becoming a leader within the united farm workers union. she has also reached an entirely new generation of young girls through her work writing and consulting on scripts for mattels live barbie productions and the disney 13 select the correct answer. what is a central idea in this passage? a. cultural centers will disappear without public support. b. creating new leadership means more people are represented. c. playwrights should write about more universal themes. d. theaters should be more widespread in small communities.

Explanation:

The passage focuses on Diane Rodriguez using her positions to uplift unheard voices and creating characters that represent new leadership like strong - women in different roles. This aligns with the idea that creating new leadership leads to more representation.

Answer:

B. Creating new leadership means more people are represented.