Little Known Legends

Little Known Legends is a limited series podcast adapted from Beto O’Byrnes play, “The Corrido of the San Patricios”. It tells the story of the St. Patrick’s Battalion (Los San Patricios) - a group of mostly Irish immigrants who defect from the US Army to fight for Mexico during the Mexican American War. An epic tale taking us across oceans, deserts and into the heart of one of the most unjust wars in US History, Little Known Legends uses this epic story to ask pressing questions around immigration, citizenship, and what happens when people follow their conscience to actively disrupt political systems.

Produced by Radical Evolution (Meropi Peponides and Beto O’Byrne)
Written by Beto O’Byrne
Directed by Kinan Valdez
Music Direction by Chas Croslin
Audio Editing and Sound Design by Danny Perez
Lead Music Recording Engineer Emiliano Valdez
Additional music recording and mixing by Chas Croslin and Danny Perez
Production Coordinator Elizagrace Madrone

Performances by Enrique Andrade, Una Clancey, John Concado, Ulises de la Cruz, Yadira de la Riva, Shane English, Adam Files, Sean Gormley, Joseph Jones, Richard Lovejoy, Ed Malone, Seth Millwod, Eugene Negrete, Arisael Rivera, Tim Ruddy, Sam Lucas Smith, Katrina Valdez, Benito Vasquez, Luke Wheeler

Musicians: Chas Croslin, Marypat Farrell, Sherman Floyd, Alejandro Gomez, Julián Mesri, Tom Moose, Beto O’Byrne, Clarissa Salcedo, Daniel Valdez, Nicolás R. Valdez, Xaioqing Zhang

Special thanks Christy Sandoval

In memory of Noé Yaocoatl Montoya

This work is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the National Endowment for the Arts.