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Buy your tickets for the World Premiere of The Refugee Hotel online or call the Arts Boxoffice at 416-504-7529
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Alameda Theatre Company's Quarterly Newsletter
Issue 4, Volume 1 |
Summer 2009 |
In the thick of it....
Wow, only 8 weeks left to opening night...the thing that I have been working on for over five years is finally happening! And there's a documentary being made about this process...episode two is now online! (click here to watch Episodes 1 and 2). The Refugee Hotel's writer and director takes us into her world as she talks about her inspirations for the piece.
And, we're also preparing for the 2010 De Colores Festival of New Works....for our playwrights, the deadline for submissions is August 31, 2009. Get your scripts in and be involved in the ONLY Latin Canadian playwrights festival in Canada!
I must get back to fund raising, but promise me you'll come and see the show in September? See you then!
Yours,
Marilo Nunez
Artistic Director
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Episode 2 of our blogumentary "Making The Refugee Hotel: a film about producing a play" is now online!
Follow Artistic Director Marilo Nunez in the weeks prior to the opening night of world premiere of The Refugee Hotel by Carmen Aguirre. Read her blog entries as she struggles with raising the money for the show and the inevitable ups and downs of production!
Episode 1 and 2 are now online! Watch them here!
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In Conversation: Carmen Aguirre talks about The Refugee Hotel
Artistic Director Marilo Nunez recently chatted with the playwright and director Carmen Aguirre to discuss the upcoming world premiere of her play, The Refugee Hotel. This interview is one in a series that will occurr in the weeks leading up to production.
MN: Lusha, I know that you have been asked this a million times since first writing the play back in 1998, what is The Refugee Hotel about and why did you write it?
CA: (laughing) I wrote the The Refugee Hotel at the turn of the millenium. I never imagined that it would be a decade before it premiered! Just when I thought the play would end up in a drawer collecting dust forever, you, and Alameda Theatre Company stepped up: you wanted to produce it, and, not only that, you wanted to start Canada's premiere professional Latino theatre company to do so.
The characters and stories in the play are based on the experiences of my family and friends. When we arrived in 1974...(to read more of Carmen's interview, click here!)
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Call for Submissions!
2010 De Colores Festival of New Works: A Latin-Canadian Playwrights Festival
PLEASE FORWARD OR POST!
Alameda Theatre Company invites submissions from established and emerging playwrights for the 3rd Annual Latin Canadian playwright's festival: THE 2010 DE COLORES FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS. Last year's playwrights included, Emma Ari Beltran & Catherine Hernandez, Victor Gomez, Amaranta Leyva and Michelle Amaya-Torres. Join the playwrights of Coyote (Emma and Catherine) in the 2010 De Colores Festival!
The festival will focus on providing developmental support for works in progress by pairing the chosen playwrights with professional dramaturgs from Toronto's theatre community.
Scripts selected for the
2010 De Colores Festival of New Works will receive dramaturgical support and a
workshop period that will culminate in a staged reading in May 2010. Work
in the festival will automatically be short-listed for production in our
upcoming seasons. Selected playwrights will be contacted by November 2009.
Deadline for submissions:
August 31, 2009
To learn more about the festival and how to submit click here!
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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 consider making 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 funds go to support our upcoming productions and programs including:World Premiere production of The Refugee Hotel by Carmen Aguirre, 2010 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, rehearsal space and technicians so that we can continue to create excellent professional theatre.
Donate online safely and securely at Canadahelps.org or send cheques to:
Alameda Theatre Company
392 Winona Dr.
Toronto, ON
M6C 3T5
Or call us directly at (416) 428-7638 to make a donation by Visa, Mastercard or Amex. Download our donation card online.
All donation receive a charitable tax receipt for the full amount.
Registered Charitable Number: 849904594 RR0001 |
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