Corina From Lap Dance to Sundance at Santa Monica Playhouse

Corina, From Lap Dance to Sundance recounts the journey of how Corina Calderon went from working as a stripper in Austin, Texas, to being cast as the lead in a feature film that was nominated for the Grand Jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival. From hiding the truth from her judgmental, Mexican-American Catholic family, to finding support and friendship in the strip club. The show retells her upbringing, her newfound confidence as a woman and an artist using various forms of dance: Cumbia, Salsa, and Merengue, multiple characters and multimedia to showcase her life and follow a narrative of perseverance to fulfill her dream of coming to Hollywood, no matter the cost. Directed and developed by Jessica Lynne Johnson.