[1] Productions explore the Chicano experience in America with an emphasis on preserving cultural heritage and advocating for social justice.

[4] Su Teatro was formed in a University of Colorado at Denver reading class in 1972 by faculty member Rowena Rivera.

[6] An early production, El Corrido del Barrio, explored and protested the 1973 destruction of the primarily Hispanic Auraria neighborhood in order to build campuses for the University of Colorado at Denver, Metropolitan State University, and Community College of Denver.

[7] El Corrido del Barrio has remained in the company's repertory and was performed as part of its fiftieth anniversary celebration.

[4] As of 2016, the company had produced over forty original works devoted to exploring the Chicano experience onstage.