Category Archive: Encuentro 2014

Nothing Lost in Translation in ‘Agua a Cucharadas’

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by Oscar T. Basulto Staff Writer   There is an natural, emotional urgency to the cadence of Tantai Teatro’s entertaining production of Agua a Cucharadas, a Spanish translation of Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Pulitzer… Continue reading

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Dancing in my Cockroach Killers Will Make You Shake Your Booty Like Iris Chacon!

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By Fanny Garcia Founding Editor Comprised of poems and monologues written by award winning poet and playwright Magdalena Gómez, Dancing in my Cockroach Killers is equal parts musical, poetry, and dance club. Adapted… Continue reading

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King of the Tire Heap: Standing on the Corner of La Esquinita, USA

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by Selene Santiago Staff Writer My tire blew out the night when I was supposed to be writing this review. I can’t help but find this amusing considering La Esquinita, USA is set… Continue reading

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Your Problem With Men by Teatro Luna @ Encuentro 2014 – A Sarcastic Look at Feminism Today

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by Liana Arauz Contributing Writer Teatro Luna is an all woman, Chicago-based theater company that usually does work devised and performed solely by women. Your Problem with Men‘s Los Angeles production began with Teatro… Continue reading

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Mariela en el Desierto – Da Una Muestra Fuerte y Distinta Del Teatro Latino en los EEUU

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Por Liana Aráuz Contributing Writer Mariela En El Desierto de Karen Zacarías y dirigida por Tlaloc Rivas, es una producción de Aurora Theater/Teatro Sol en Lawrenceville, Georgia. Se presenta en español, con supertitulos en Ingles… Continue reading

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‘Dreamscapes’: Ever Had One of Those Dreams Where You Scream but Nothing Comes Out?

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by Selene Santiago Staff Writer Shot twelve times by four Riverside police officers, nineteen year-old Myeshia Miller is left to dream and die alone in her car on December 28,1998. Written and directed… Continue reading

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INTAR Unit52’s, ‘Patience, Fortitude and Other Anti-Depressants,’ a Colorful, Urban Trip Down the Rabbit Hole of the Mind

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By Liana Aráuz Contributing Writer Patience, Fortitude and Other Anti-Depressants by the New York City based theater company INTAR follows a young wife and painter, Isabella, living in the urban community of Jackson Heights, as… Continue reading

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Enrique’s Journey – A Honduran Immigration Story Travels from Literature to Encuentro 2014’s Los Angeles Stage

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By Fanny Garcia Founding Editor As a Honduran immigrant who has been living in Los Angeles for 27 years, I have never seen a story about Hondurans or Central Americans on a stage.… Continue reading

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A Dizzying Zoetrope Kaleidoscope Opens Encuentro 2014 at The Los Angeles Theatre Center

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by Selene Santiago Staff Writer A zoetrope is one of several pre-cinema animation devices that produce the illusion of motion by displaying a sequence of drawings or photographs showing progressive phases of that… Continue reading

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