HOPELESS Set for Planet Connections Theatre Festivity

By: Jun. 16, 2015
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The Dare Tactic announces the premiere of HOPELESS, written and directed by Vinny Eden Ortega, as part of the 6th Annual Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, June 15th through July 12th at the Paradise Factory. "With HOPELESS I strive to unchain the suppressed voices of inner city youth and give awareness to the issues they're facing today," says author/director Vinny Eden Ortega. Inspired by true stories, HOPELESS explores the untold stories of inner city youth as siblings Ren and Van are thrust into the inner-city kingdom of Wonderland. Through this incisive narrative, HOPELESS gives voices to the untold stories of our nation's adolescents surviving, struggling, and ruling the inner-city.

The Dare Tactic is theatre company dedicated to reshaping the modern day theatrical culture. Formed with the intention to create new daring work in an ever changing, ever growing theatre community; The Dare Tactic produces new works and reimagines classics through various mediums of art, performance, and discussion. The Dare Tactic gives a fresh perspective to stories past, present, realistic, and fantasy.

Vinny Eden Ortega is a Brooklyn based theatre artist from Clearwater, Florida. He is currently a Directing major at the School of Performing Arts at Pace University under the International Performance Ensemble. Credits include Agnes of God (Studio@620), The Marvelous Wonderettes (Pinellas County Center for the Arts), and A Memory, A Monologue... (Pace University). In New York he wrote and directed More Than Just Skin featured at the Poetic License Festival, assistant directed for Red Shirt Entertainment's production of The Remembrance Project: Bosnia, and assistant directed Dancing at the Shame Prom for Co-Op Theatre East at the EstroGenius Festival. Recently Ortega co-directed Gathering Sparks with Generation Why for it's international tour to Bangkok, Thailand for the Exploriment Festival. He is a founding member and Artistic Director of The Dare Tactic (https://www.facebook.com/daretactic).



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