Por Amor / For Love – Chandler Hispanic Heritage Festival

Photos are available for the Por Amor / For Love show, performed by New Carpa Theater at the Chandler Hispanic Heritage Festival on September 19, 2009.

For actors and staff, you may access your photo gallery here (password required).  If you have not received a password, please contact me.

A gallery of sample images may be found by selecting the photo to the right of this post.

A Mother’s Will at the Pandora Festival

A staged reading of A Mother’s Will will be held at The Pandora Festival

May 15, 16, 17, 2009 at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.

A Mother’s Will be performed at 7pm on Sunday, May 17.

Pandora Festival

What: Staged readings of full-length and 10-minute plays by Arizona women playwrights. Seven lab readings also are scheduled.

When: Friday, Saturday, Sunday. See Web site for plays and showtimes. Lab readings will be 10 a.m. to noon Saturday and Sunday.

Where: Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. Second St.

Admission: $12 per play. No charge for lab readings.

Information: www.azwtc.org, www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org or 480-994-2787.

Cast and crew — photos be will online a few days after the performance.

The Highest Heaven at SMCC

SMCC Theatre Department Presents Spring Student Play, The Highest Heaven, April 23-25

The Highest Heaven, by José Cruz González, is a Depression-era story of a young Mexican-American boy, separated from his mother and family, who meets a mysterious old man in a butterfly-filled forest.  The play is intended for a family audience, and is appropriate for children ages 6 and older.

The performances will take place in the SMCC Performance Hall, 7050 S. 24th Street in Phoenix (just north of Baseline Road.)  Each performance will be preceded by a storyteller from the SMCC Storytelling Institute, sharing a tale of heroes and personal journeys.

Performance schedule is as follows:

  • Thursday, April 23, 7:00 p.m.
  • Friday, April 24, 7:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, April 25, 7:00 p.m.

General admission tickets for adults are $10 per person; admission for children 12 and younger will be $5.  All students with a valid ID from a Maricopa Community College will be admitted free of charge. Tickets are available online at www.showup.com, and at the door.

For more information, call 602.243.8353.

South Mountain Community College is one of the ten Maricopa Community Colleges.  For more information about SMCC, visit www.southmountaincc.edu.

Cast and crew — photos be will online a few days after the performance. Check your email for the gallery password, or feel free to contact me for access.

Voices of Valor – ONE WEEKEND ONLY

Opening Thursday, April 16 – Voices of Valor – ONE WEEKEND ONLY

For cast and crew — the photos from this show will be online a few days after the show is over.  For the rest of my readers, here is the show announcement for this wonderful performance:

Friends of Rice Audio Production and Charles Dee Rice Photography

I want to invite you to a theatre show that I think you would sincerely enjoy and never forget.  I have worked on many shows, in many different capacities.  When I think back over my theatrical accomplishments in the capacity of actor, photographer, sound designer or any other role — THIS show is one of which I am most proud.  To me, it represents the culmination of every element in theatre — supurb writing, wonderful directing, breathtaking lighting, striking visuals and (of course) 😉 incredible sound.

Honestly, this show has it all, and I urge you with all my heart — COME SEE THIS SHOW.

Please note this show runs for THIS WEEKEND and is up for ONE WEEKEND ONLY.  If you miss it, it’s gone.  That would honestly be a shame — you won’t have the opportunity to laugh, cry and completely lose yourself in really good theatre like this for a long, long time again.

Life’s too short for bad theatre.”  This is good theatre.  This is GREAT theatre.  Don’t miss it.

New Carpa Theater Co. presents

Voices of Valor

WHEN:  April 16-19, 2009

Performances dates and times:
April 16, 7:30 p.m.
April 17, 7:30 p.m.
April 18, 7:30 p.m.
April 19, 2 p.m.

WHERE:  Playhouse on the Park – Phoenix, Arizona

1851 N. Central Ave. (near the intersection of Palm and Central)
In the lobby of the Viad Building.

Written by James E. Garcia

Directed by Pamela Sterling

Inspired by the oral histories of Hispanic WWII veterans, their families and friends, as collected by the U.S. Latinos and Latinas World War II Oral History Project” created by Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez at UT Austin and our American Latino veterans.

For information about the WWII project at UT Austin visit http://www.lib.utexas.edu/ww2latinos/

Tickets on sale at http://www.newcarpa.org/ or by calling 602-254-2151, ext. 4

Tickets Prices:
$16 general admission
$14 students/seniors/military with i.d.
$14 general admission for matinee performance
$12 for groups of 8.
Group tickets must be purchased in advance by calling the box office  at 602-254-2151, ext. 4

About the Show:
The play recounts how American Latinos lived, fought and died during the global struggle for democracy, despite a legacy of discrimination in the United States . “Voices of Valor” recalls in vivid detail how the war served as a catalyst for the Hispanic community’s struggle for civil rights and social recognition in our nation. Inspired by the “U.S. Latinos and Latinas World War II Oral History Project” created by Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez at UT Austin and our American Latino veterans.

For information about the WWII project at UT Austin visit http://www.lib.utexas.edu/ww2latinos/

NOTE:
This play is funded in part by the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture and the Arizona Commission on the Arts

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Read a review of “Voices of Valor” by Kyle Lawson
Premier of “Voices of Valor” puts end to myths By Kyle Lawson of the Arizona Republic
http://hispanic6.com/premiere_of_%27valor%27_puts_end_to_myths.htm
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Read pervious news articles about the play “Voices of Valor”
Who They Are and What They Deserve By Belinda Acosta of the Austin Chronicle
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A347975
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Play Give Voice to Latino WWII Vets ByJuan Castillo of the Austin American-Statesman
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/ww2latinos/press/articles/AAS-3-24-06.pdf
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Latino WWII Vets Share Their Stories by Yvonne Wingettof the Arizona Republic
http://azbilingualed.org/News_2006/latino_vets_of_wwii_share_stories.htm
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Read an excerpt from the play, Voices of Valor, about Arizona native Hector Santa Ana (a descendent of Gen. Antonio de Santa Ana (the guy who won at the Alamo ).
Hector Santa Ana , Miami , AZ , pilot, U.S. Army Corps
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A347977

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Mr. Ambassador

For cast and crew — the photos from this show will be online a few days after the show is over.

Mr. Ambassador – The Life & Times of Raul H. Castro

Directed by Terry Earp

Experience the story of a living legend.  Born in 1916 during the Mexican Revolution, Raul Castro has been a farm worker, boxer and hobo, going on to make history by becoming the Arizona’s first and only Latino governor and U.S. Ambassador to three nations.

One of my mottos in life has always been, I’ve never wanted to be loved, never loved, I’ve wanted to be respected.” – Raul H. Castro

1851 N. Central Ave (near the intersection of Palm and Central)

Runs November 7 -16

Opens November 7th at Playhouse on the Park

For tickets, visit www.newcarpa.org

For information, call 602-460-1374 or contact [email protected]

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