In this episode: Professional Theater Director: Daniel Jaquez

Highlights for episode 205

 

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In this episode:

A conversation with veterano Chicano playwright CARLOS MORTON

Also, news about:

Marisela Treviño-Orta and her play Braided Sorrow

The New Teatro Campesino Online Video Archive

PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art and its issue dedicated to Maria Ines Fornes

Highlights for the next episode: 204

 

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In this episode two conversations:

Alvan Colon Lespier, Artistic Associate Director of PREGONES THEATRE in The Bronx, NY.

Allison Astor-Vargas, Project Manager of REPERTORIO ESPANOL in Manhattan, NY.

Highlights about episode 203.

 

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In this episode:

A conversation with playwright ELAINE AVILA.

A personal observation about the new two leads in the musical “In the Heights.”

A strong opinion about West Side Story, now on Broadway.

Highlights about episode 202 coming on September 2009.

 

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In this episode:

A conversation with HENRY GODINEZ, resident artistic associate at the Goodman and curator of the Goodman’s Latino Theatre Festival.

Annoucement of three new Latino Theater anthologies by the folks from Latin American Theatre

The TONYS and my take on the matter as well as my predictions.

Highlights for Episode 201 coming in JULY 09.

 

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In this episode:

A conversation with MIGDALIA CRUZ author of Miriam’s Flowers, FUR, Latins in La La Land, Frida: The Story of Frida Kahlo, Another Part of the House, and many more.

Also, highlights on episode 112.

 

 Migdalia Cruz [48:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Volume 110 offers you two conversations;

A conversation with Butchlalis de Panochtitlan, a Latino performing group from Los Angeles

and

A conversation with Dan Guerrero, director, producer, writer, performer, and author of GAYTINO!, a one-man show.

These two conversations are fun and insightful.

Also, highlight for the next episode, volume 111.

 

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In this volume, playwright, poet, and essayist Cherri Moraga sits down to have a charla, a conversation, about her work, her life, and her career.

We met in October 2008, at the 2nd NACCS JOTO Caucus Conference hosted at California State University-Los Angeles.

Listen to this wonderful conversation.

Also, highlights about the upcoming episode, volume 110.

 

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In this volume three performers talk about “community based” theater and the responsibilities such art carries when a performer uses someone else’s words and experiences.

Gregory Ramos is the author of Border Stories, a one-man show based on gay people living in the US/Mexico border.

Ashley Lucas is the author of a one-woman show, titled, Doin’ Time: Through the Visiting Glass, based on interviews with the families and relatives of prisoners.

Christopher Ramirez is the author of Color Bonita, a ’state of the art’ presentation based on interviews with gay men.

Highlights for Volume 109.

 

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In this episode:

A conversation with Tony Garcia, artisti director and playwright of SU TEATRO, the 3rd original Chicano Theatre Company in existence today. Listen to this chat to learn about the beginning of SU TEATRO, about its work, and future.

Highlights on Volume 108

 

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