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Alameda Theatre Company's Quarterly Newsletter
Issue 3, Volume 1 |
Spring 2009 |
We meet again! What a winter it has been!
Alameda Theatre Company has had a busy winter! At the height of the coldness and bitterness of winter, we managed to extract some warmth into our lives with our hugely successful fundraiser, Peña: Alameda's Annual FUNdraiser. We raised over $5000 to go towards producing our upcoming production The Refugee Hotel by Carmen Aguirre. And we could not have done any of it without the help and donations of our volunteers, our artists and our donors.
Martha Chaves, the MC for the evening kept us laughing (and laughing!) and our most talented musicians and artists impressed and entertained us the Latino way! We ate empanadas and drank 'vino chileno' with gusto. It was a great time and we know you'll want to come next year! (Go to our website to view pictures from the event: www.alamedatheatre.com/pena.htm)
This month we prepare for our 2nd annual De Colores Festival of New Works! We sit down to chat with our playwrights from this year's festival to talk shop (see below). Please join us on April 24 and 25 to hear the powerful, moving and exciting new works from these five amazing writers. You do not want to miss their words!
Ah spring is in the air! It's so nice to finally feel the sun shining on my face, the air smelling clean and fresh and the grass beginning to break through the ground. Like the blossoming of a flower bud, a new voice in theatre brings with it a hope and inspiration for the creativity within. Enjoy the issue! We'll see you at the 2009 De Colores Festival of New Works.
Yours,
Marilo Nunez
Artistic Director
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2009 De Colores Festival of New Works
It's coming at you. Four hot new plays by Latin-Canadian playwrights.
April 24 & 25, 2009
Bread & Circus, 299 Augusta Ave.
The De Colores Festival of New Works is just around the corner. That means that on April 24 and 25, you, your friends and Alameda Theatre Company are going to crowd Kensington market to hear powerful stories of loss, identity and strength. So mark your calendars.
April 24, 2009- 8pm*
The Intruder
by Amaranta Leyva
Directed by Guillermo Verdecchia
Dramaturged by Stephen Colella
Lizardboy
by Victor Gomez
Directed by Ruth Madoc-Jones
Dramaturged by Erica Kopyto
Musical Intermission by Jeronimo Acuña
*Opening night reception to follow readings
April 25, 2009- 8pm
My Secret Romeo
by Michelle Amaya-Torres
Directed by Bea Pizano
Dramaturged by Erica Kopyto
Coyoté
by Emma Ari Beltran & Catherine Hernandez
Directed by Nina Lee-Aquino
Dramaturged by Stephen Colella
Musical Intermission by Edgardo Moreno
Tickets $12, $10 Students/Seniors (plus GST)
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Feature Artist(s): The De Colores Playwrights Speak their Mind
The playwrights are busy writing away, preparing and developing their new scripts, but they took a little bit of time to sit down with Artistic Director Marilo Nuñez to talk about their process, who inspires them and of course their plays. Following is an excerpt of the interviews with three of our playwrights: Catherine Hernandez (COYOTE), Michelle Amaya-Torres (MY SECRET ROMEO) and Amaranta Leyva (THE INTRUDER).
What is your play about in one word? Only one word.
CH: Decisions.
MA: Consequences.
AL: Childhood.
Who or what inspires you as a writer?
CH: When Ari and I first met we had this exact conversation. I always start from either an image or a story told to me. For example, my other play, Kilt Pins, about blossoming sexuality in a Catholic high school, started when I saw a Catholic school girl shivering holding a rather large science project in the middle of the winter, while waiting for a bus. In the case of Coyote, I knew we had to commit a story to paper when Ari told me about her experiences crossing the border.
MA: It may sound corny, but it's true: I am most inspired by the
hundreds of people I have known in my life who have shared their
stories with me. Those people and their stories swim around inside
me, urging me to knit them together. It's easier not to write than
it is to write, but then I feel guilty. I am also inspired by the Internet. Suddenly, wonderful paradoxes and contradictions are available to explore with minimal effort. More formally, authors who have inspired me to think about how
writing works include Sartre, Dostoevsky, and Proust. I hope that
doesn't sound too dull!
AL: Suzanne Lebeau.
Why should people come to hear your play?
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Peña: Alameda's Annual Fundraiser was a huge success!
We ate, we drank, we laughed and we raised some money for a good cause!
Just for Laughs Comedienne Martha Chaves, Canada's first and only Latin American female stand-up comic kept the crowd laughing and enjoying Alameda's first Peña! Our annual fundraiser was started to raise money for our upcoming seasons. Our 2009-2010 Season will include: The Refugee Hotel by Carmen Aguirre (in association with Theatre Passe Muraille), 2010 De Colores Festival of New Works and our newest program, Nueva Voz: A Latino Youth Initiative.
Thanks to all who attended and generously donated their time, their art and their money! Thank you!
Click here to view pictures from the event!
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About Us
Alameda Theatre Company is Canada's premiere professional Latin American theatre company providing opportunities for Latin American-Canadian theatre artists and playwrights and building audiences for their work.
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Donate to Alameda Theatre Company and receive a Charitable Tax Receipt (and a hug)!
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If you still haven't done so, please make a charitable donation to Alameda Theatre Company in order that we continue to bring you quality, professional productions featuring the best in Latin American-Canadian theatre. We are a registered charity, whose support comes from people like you, those who believe in the arts and the cultivation of a veritable voice in Canadian theatre.
Donate today and know that you have made a difference in the Canadian cultural landscape! Any amount helps- $25, $50, $100, $500- all monies go to paying for our upcoming productions and programs including: The Refugee Hotel by Carmen Aguirre, 2009 De Colores Festival of New Works and Nueva Voz: A Latino Youth Initiative. Money raised will pay for the actors, the director, the sets, costumes, venue rentals, musicians, stage management, and technicians so that we can continue to create professional theatre.
Donate online safely and securely at Canadahelps.org or send cheques to:
Alameda Theatre Company
392 Winona Dr.
Toronto, ON
M6C 3T5
Call (416) 428-7638 to make a donation by Visa or Mastercard. Download our donation cardonline.
Registered Charitable Number: 849904594 RR0001 |
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