The fight to save Boyle Heights’ Casa 0101 Theater, founded by ‘Real Women Have Curves’ playwright

Xavi Moreno remembers the exact moment he encountered Casa 0101 Theater. He was 18, riding his bike along East First Street in Boyle Heights, when he passed by a small storefront that was hosting a public event.

“People were reading plays and doing spoken word,” he recalls. Intrigued, he went in…