Teatro LATEA presents Ollantay Thursday, January 28, 2010 through Sunday, February 14, 2010
"Multi-sensory experiences with the of aid puppets, masks and live Andean music..a rare and magical look into the Incan culture"
Length: 1 hr 45 mins Seating: General Admission
You choose your seats when you get to the theater.
Ollantay's story is one passed down by the Incas from generation to generation, making this a unique experience to see in the United States, and among the first recorded plays written in the Americas. The tale of Ollantay is that of a noble commoner who defies his community because of his love for the princess Cusi Coyllor, and thereby puts the empire into a state of rebellion. The play combines tragedy and comedy, and has a vivid cast of male and female characters. Similar to the many stories of the ancient Greeks, this one also utilizes a chorus - but contains a very unique point of view, one that is rarely seen. It is a love story, one of passions, pride, and ultimately forgiveness. Ollantay is an ensemble piece with the company of actors all playing multiple roles – all bilingual, and from many parts of Latin America. The play is presented as a multi-sensory experience told with the aid of puppets, masks and live Andean music. It's a rare and magical look into the Incan culture.
RASGOS GROUP THEATRE was founded in 1991 to touch audiences with the love of Latin American theatre. Rasgos Theatre members have performed on the Spanish and English stages throughout North and South America, offering audiences the works of those rarely seen and often overlooked. With their first production, The Cubs ("Los Cachorros"), RASGOS GROUP THEATRE firmly established itself as a pillar of Latin American theatre. Their ensemble portrayal of Mario Vargas Llosa's work depicting adolescence in Peru earned Manuel Arenas the Hispanic Critics' ACE award (Latin equivalent to Outer Critics' Circle Award) for Best Director, while Bill Blechingberg was nominated for Best Actor, and the production was nominated for Best Play. Other Rasgos works have included: The Night of the MurderersLa Noche De Los Asasinos, ACE Award, Best Director), Isabelle's Three Caravels and Sinverguenza (Isabela Tres Carabelas y un Sinverguenza), and Pancho Villa.
La Luz De Un Cigarillo
by Marco Rodriguez
WRITTEN IN THE DOMINICAN/DOMINICAN YORK VERNACULAR (In Spanish)!
Synopsis: Many believe the bulk of the Dominican American experience in New York City lies in Washington Heights, but in the unexpected corners of now gentrified upper mid-town are remnants of what once was: Luzecita Ortensia Cruz is one of only a handful of Dominica immigrants that stubbornly remains in this neighborhood.
A sudden death in the family forces her son, Julio Cesar, to return to the City after a five year self-imposed absence. In the course of two nights they attempt to rekindle the love and appreciation for each other and their Dominican roots. But hidden secrets are unexpectedly revealed and threaten to destroy an already thin bond.
*WHEN:* Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
*WHERE:* LA TEA THEATER
*COST: *FREE!* *FREE! FREE!
PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT CARIBBEAN THEATER
Teatro La Tea presents Geneva Friday, January 15, 2010 through Sunday, January 17, 2010
When the lines of what is fair in war become blurred. Teatro LA TEA, in association with Hudson Exploited Theater Company (HExTC) and Alphabeta Productions, presents GENEVA, a new play by A.B. Lugo. Directed by award-winning director Arian Blanco GENEVA deals with two men imprisoned for their beliefs and the two men who guard them. These four men's lives change forever when the lines of what is fair in war become blurred. GENEVA features Liche Ariza, Ileana Canal, Howard Collado, Loren Escandón, Winston Estévez, Sergio Fuenzalida and Iván Goris in the cast. The production will also feature choreography by Basil.
The Jedi Papi Chulo And The Power Pansa Thursday, January 21, 2010 through Saturday, January 23, 2010
What makes one man a loser and another a ladies man? What makes one man a loser and another a ladies man? Some call it luck but... the force will finally be revealed. explores what happens to a young man named Lucas after he obtains everything he's ever desired and The Power of The Pansa that made it all possible. This laugh out loud comedy takes a look at modern machismo, examines the true meaning of love and friendship and poses the question:"Is everything you want worth losing everything you having"
"Life Could Be Un Sueno"
By Lina Sarrello
The Award winning play from Teatro LATEA's bilingual playwright's festival
Explores how the role of Latina woman is traditionally defined and the conflict it can cause in a family when she chooses to step out of that traditional mold.
The Award-winning actress, performer and drag king
Elizabeth Marrero in
DAKA Bocona from the Boogie Down Bronx
A Retrospective from The InsideOut
Friday and Saturday, August 28 & 29, 2008 – La Tea Theater
(New York, NY) - Elizabeth “MACHA” Marrero is at once again with DAKA Bocona from the Boogie Down Bronx! The big-mouthed, Bronx-born Boriqua invokes her many characters to bring a fresh observation to her childhood, her family and the her life influences growing up in the boogie down Bronx. The show, written and performed by Ms. Marrero and directed by Virginia Cruz, will be presented, Friday and Saturday, August 28 & 29, 2009 at 8pm at La Tea Theater, 107 Suffolk Street in the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center (between Delancey and Rivington Streets) in Manhattan's Lower East Side. Tickets cost $20 and can be purchased at the box office, by visiting www.smarttix.com or by calling 212-868-4444.
“Daka” means I am in the Taino language and “Bocona” means big mouth, but with much love, humor and insight, Marrero assembles an evening exploring and sharing her beloved characters including MACHA, her Drag King extraordinaire alter ego, her beloved Petronelia, a character inspired by her late mother Carmen E. Hernandez, Wakateema Shaquasha, an irrepressible ghetto diva, MCDJ Guilly Guiso Jugo, a master DJ and rapper in his own mind and Elizabeth herself. All of these characters inhabit the realm of her mind and have made an impact on her life, her essence and her very being. DAKA Bocona offers the audience an opportunity to self examine itself and witness a transformation.
Elizabeth Marrero, also known as Macha, the papi chulo drag king, burst onto the club scene with her drag king act in 1999. She quickly became a name in certain households with her diverse manifestations of Macha. She began her performance career with Bessie Award Winning dancer/choreographer Arthur Aviles performing the role of Maéva in over a dozen dance pieces over the past 15 years. In 2001, she premiered MACHATASO: A ONE WOMAN >CHO in BAAD! ASS WOMEN 2001 at the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!). Since then she premiered six other shows at BAAD! including MACHA DOES VEGAS in 2002, PETRONELIA=S FINCA in 2003, PETRONELIA: HER BROADWAY CHO= in 2004,THE MACHA MONOLOGUES in 2005, SANTA MACHA in 2006 and RETRO PETRO in 2009. In 2007 she collaborated with Virginia Cruz on a show titled EL BARRIO. She is the recipient of a 2003 BRIO (Bronx Recognizes It=s Own) Award from the Bronx Council on the Arts and was awarded a Tanne Foundation Fellowship in 2005. She has performed in the United States, France and Puerto Rico. She has also performed her work at WOW Café, Lincoln Center Out-Of-Doors, The Lovinger Theatre at Lehman College, Pregones Theatre, Long Island University, and in every major club in New York City including La Escuelita. In addition to the U.S., she=s performed in France and Puerto Rico.
Teatro LA TEA presents
Hardware Dreams
Written and Performed by
Sunilda Caraballo
and
T-O-T-A-L-L-Y!
Written and Performed by
Kimleigh Smith
Show Schedule May 14th to May 31st
Teatro LA TEA'S "The ONE Festival" Winner
BROWNSVILLE BRED... Growing Up Elaine
A One Woman Show Written & Performed by:
Elaine Del Valle
WINNER March 2009 "ONE ACT" FESTIVAL
WINNER BEST ACTRESS
WINNER BEST SCRIPT WINNER BEST SHOW
An autobiographical account of a Latina’s Coming of Age in the crime capital of the world…East New York’s Brownsville Brooklyn. Crime, Drugs and Poverty mix with the joys of Family, Hope, Salsa and the Birth of Rap!
Festival Opening Night
The English Week
Friday December 5th: 8PM
“Life could be un Sueno” by Lina Sarrello A daughter returns home to reconcile with her ailing father and finds that the ghosts of the past have come home too.
“The Jedi Papi Chulo and the Power Pansa” by Vanessa Benitez & Ura Yoana Sanchez The secret will finally be revealed.
Saturday December 6th: 8PM
“Quien Yo Soy” by Andres "Chulisi" Rodriguez A mother and her two daughters find out why they are different and the same. Only to find that one common thread joins them - Secrets.
“Huelga Bachatera” by
Court Wayne
Sunday December 7th: 5PM
“Between Hallways” by Deidania Pena
“Geneva” by
AB Lugo Two prisoners jailed for their beliefs and the two soldiers assigned to watch them.
The Spanish Week:
Wednesday December 10th: 8PM
“Geneva” by AB Lugo
“Quien Yo Soy” by Andres "Chulisi" Rodriguez
Thursday December 11th: 8PM
“Huelga Bachatera” by
Court Wayne
“The Jedi Papi Chulo and the Power Pansa” by Vanessa Benitez & Ura Yoana Sanchez
Friday December 12th: 8PM
“Life could be un Sueno” by Lina Sarrello
“Revelaciones” by Juan Diego Ramirez
Saturday December 13th: 8PM
“Between Hallways” by Deidania Pena
“Revelacions” by Juan Diego Ramirez (presented in English)
Sunday December 14th: 5PM
Closing Ceremony, Awards Presentation and Performance by the 1st place winning Company
Please join us for our first reading from MultiStages 2008 Script Development Series. This Free event features a stellar cast, an exciting new opera libretto, and a talk-back with the artists.
President of Jurukan Inc. Ruben is a certified Public Access TV Producer with two series on cable since 2006. He is a member of Teatro LaTEA since 2005. In theater, he produced Deportada del Paraiso & The Lord of the Flies. Ruben also produced, directed, composed and performed in a bi-lingual musical version of The Wizard of OZ. Ruben is in pre-production negotiations for a documentary with PBS and HBO Latino.
A Caicedo Productions and Latino College Expo
presentation of:
Closer
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 through Saturday, February 02, 2008
Come and experience "Closer" with the passion and emotion that only an "all-Latino" cast can evoke with their innate infusion of eroticism and sexual desire. It will illuminate the synergy between love and attraction, lust and trust.
Director and producer Veronica Caicedo have given Patrick Marbers acclaimed stage drama about the romantic interactions of four people. Dan (Ricardo Hinoa) is a writer in London who wants to finish a novel, but in the meantime supports himself by writing obituaries. One day he chances upon Alice (Carissa Jocett Toro), a beautiful young American expatriate, working as a stripper, when he sees her get hit by a car. Alice immediately falls for Dan, and gives him her love without reservation. Dan is initially enchanted with Alice, and returns her affection, but while she inspires him to write his novel (based on her life), her neediness begins to wear on him.
Anna (Sol Marina Crespo) is a photographer who is hired to take a portrait of Dan for the dust jacket of his book; Dan is attracted to her easy confidence, and while the two of them flirt, Anna soon (inadvertently through Dan's playful machinations) meets Larry (Antonio Aponte), a dermatologist, and marries him. Dan can't get Anna out of his mind even though she's married, and the two become lovers, but Dan is frustrated by the fact that Anna is reluctant to leave Larry for him.
Teatro LaTEA & Teatro SEA Present
Teatro LA TEA and Latin American Theater Ensemble present
"Coser y Cantar"
Teatro La Tea& Caicedo Productions
present
L.A. Weekly Theater Award Nominee!
MASTERING SEX & TORTILLAS!
Written and performed by ADELINA ANTHONY
Teatro LA TEA:
Wednesday - Saturdays: SEPTEMBER 5 - 29 @ 8 p.m.
New York, September 25, 2007 Mastering Sex & Tortillas, a very sexy and erotic comedy, tackles sexuality, race, gender and immigration through a queer Chicana lens.
Writer/performer Adelina Anthony solo show was a hit in its Los Angeles debut at The Theatre District last year. Now Mastering Sex & Tortillas comes to NY at Teatro LA TEA Lower East Side. Armed with a nomination for Best Solo Performance from the LA Weekly newest incarnation will run at 8 p.m. every Wednesday through Saturday night from
September 5 through September 29, 2007.
Mastering Sex & Tortillas! has played to sold-out houses and standing ovations at BRAVA! (San Francisco), Cara Mia Theatre Company (Dallas), La toured a national circuit of universities that included Princeton University, University of Texas at El Paso, Stanford University, UC Santa Cruz, DePauw University and Smith College, among many others. In it, Anthony plays La Profesora Mama Chocha, a high-femme and high-drama seminar instructor who more than educates her audience on Lesbianism 101 from a tortillera point of view. After the intermission, she returns as debonair FBI agent Papi Duro, who has plenty of work to do
The Dallas Morning News said of Mastering Sex & Tortillas!, is not the PC, Birkenstocky, close-cropped lesbian culture some folks may expect. Ms. Anthony seems determined to shake up audiences of every stripe. But likely to leave them shaking with laughter.
Teatro La Tea & Caicedo Productions in association with SloWriter Productions present
The Winners of the 2007 ONE Festival!
Sleep Tight Mick
By Halley Bondy
Directed by Robert Dominguez
and
Delivery Boy
By Eduardo Leanez
Directed by Mercedes Ilarraza
June 27 - July 1 at Teatro La Tea
Teatro La Tea and Sonadores Inc. Presents:
OtHELLo
May 2nd 2007 through May 20th 2007
Teatro La Tea answers Iago's question, Are you a Man?
Othello is the tragic story of the mercenary general, who murders his/her new bride, when he/she is driven into a jealous rage, by his/her close friend, Iago. Language, text, and subtext are put to the test this year as Othello is presented with both a male and female in the lead without any changes made to written language of the play.
Teatro LaTEA Presents: The ONE Festival
The One Festival
Monday, April 09, 2007 through Sunday, April 22, 2007
Come see and vote for your favorite solo performer in "The ONE Festival." Length: 2 hrs Intermission: Yes Seating: General Admission
You choose your seats when you get to the theater.
Teatro LaTEA Presents:
In commemoration of Puerto Rican Heritage Month
Teatro La Tea proudly presents,
King of Dominoes by playwright Bil Vargas.
A powerful account of the intergenerational conflicts of a family torn by the politics that embroils their island nation.
It is a story of an idealistic father and his son's quest for freedom for the country they love.
Directed by acclaimed screenwriter Michael J. Narvaez, with renowned credits as a poet and writer. Narvaez takes on the challenge of an emotional task-he too is Puerto Rican.
The cast is comprised by the talent of: Jason Flores, Indio Melendez, Michael Philip Del Rio, and Teresa Yenque all with numerous stage and film credits.
Teatro LA TEA
in association with Sonadores Productions ... HAMLET
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Jose Esquea
with:
Marc Abbott, Elena Adames, Lydia Caesar,Paul Canos, Tito Dudley, David Elyha*, Cheryl D. Hescott, Laniece Jenkins, Kristian Leavy, Jaime Luce, A.B. Lugo, Jen Makholm, Gary Maxwell, Ernell McClenon, Chester Poon, Martha Prosper, Melissa Rivera, Allegra Riggo, Gil Ron*, Rudy Smith, Fidel Vicioso*.
Scenic Design: Yanko Bakulic, Lighting Design: James Mojica
Costume Design: Helen Lorenzo, Makeup: Ingrid Okola
Fight Choreography: Omi Hill-Oliveira, John Michael Leccia
Publicity: Pedro Lebrn Graphic Design: Christopher Washington
Production Coordinator: Gabe Hakvaag Stage Management: Dara K. Marsh
Director Jose Esquea brings Shakespeare's Hamlet to life in this edgy and modern production of the classic by placing the Dane in a present day cosmopolitan kingdom called The State.The cast reflects the eclectic and cosmopolitan reality of our modern multicultural world while still paying homage to the original text by minimally altering Shakespeare's words.
* Equity-Approved Showcase. An asterisk indicates a member of Actors Equity Association
Teatro LA TEA & BombaBoricua presents...Afro-Puerto Rican Roots
Bomba Dance Workshops for Women with Nyree Feliciano & live drumming
Teatro LA TEA and Caicedo Productions presents... "The ONE Festival"
TEATRO LA TEA and CAICEDO PRODUCTIONS proudly present "THE ONE FESTIVAL!" the first of an exciting annual event showcasing new theatrical works by solo performers.
Featuring multi-talented playwrights and performance artists from across the U.S., "THE ONE FESTIVAL!" will have a two-week theatrical run from April 10-23 at Teatro LA TEA,located at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center on New York City's vibrant Lower East Side.
"THE ONE FESTIVAL" will showcase 10 original, non-published theatrical works, both full-length and shorts. Each work will be performed three times during the festival.
THE ONE
Shows performed at this years festival are: Lela by Diana Blain, JUGGS by
Yasmin Bowe-Woods, In My Mamas Closet by Julie Estrada Evans,
Suicide Bomber by Manuel Huth, Frida Vice-Versa by Marian Licha,
A Sportswriter in Paradise (The Early Years) by Stephen Medwid,
Manchild Dilemma by Indio Melendez, Dance with Me Abuelita by Terry Nicholetti,Phoolan Is In All of Us: In Memory of Phoolan Devi by Angelina Llongueras, and Encounter
by Jacque Robinson and Daniel Cardona.
"Four Cats And A Wolf"
Written and directed by: Frank Craven
Teatro LA TEA presents...
a salad of emotions and laughter to stimulate your appetite..
Performances in Spanish with visual English translation.
Teatro LA TEA presents...
What if Ponce de Leon really did find it?Written and performed by Noemi de la Puente.
Directed by: Mulato
News:
The ONE Festival is accepting entries Click here to enter
COMING SOON!
Teatro LATEApresents "Lo Nuestro es Puro Teatro"
Two Monoloques, one city... New York.
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A One Woman Show Written & Performed by:
