Looking for Roberto Clemente was commissioned by Imagination Stage, in Bethesda, MD, and premiered there in the Spring of 2008 under the direction of Kate Bryer. It received the DC Theatre Scene Award for Best Family Show of the Year, and the cast of Roberto Clemente was honored to sing the National Anthem at the new Washington DC National’s ballpark as part of opening week (right).

"With its shimmering chord changes regularly ceding to cheerfully thumping pop-tinged-showtune sounds, La Puma's music seems to mirror the thematic tug-of-war between idealism and ambition..In her book and lyrics, Zacarías draws her lesson so delicately, and girds it with so much wit and characterization, that the show never feels schoolmarmish -- it's purely exuberant." - Celia Wren, Washington Post