Category Archive: Theater Arts

Performing Ayotzinapa in Los Angeles: Evaluating our Proximity to Mexico’s Violence and Corruption

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By Nidia Bautista Contributing Writer Walking into the Teatro Frida Kahlo our party chose seats that immersed us into a stage completely shrouded in black, as if in mourning. As a journalist who… 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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Matriarchy Takes Flight Under Roots and Wings

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By Oscar T. Basulto Staff Writer I was nine years old when my uncle was murdered while selling oranges at Whittier Narrows Park. It was an early experience that made a long lasting impact… Continue reading

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Ceiling/Sky: Shakin’ Up the Northridge Quake

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by Natalie Mislang Mann Staff Writer As an admirer of composer John Adams and poet/activist June Jordon (1936-2002), I knew that Long Beach Opera’s Los Angeles premiere of I was looking at the… Continue reading

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