Elisa Bocanegra
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Elisa Bocanegra made her film debut in the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize Winner for Best Film, Girlfight (exec prod, John Sayles). Soon after she began a career in independent film working on features which include Spun alongside Mickey Rourke, White Oleander and most recently the indie ...
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Elisa Bocanegra made her film debut in the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize Winner for Best Film, Girlfight (exec prod, John Sayles). Soon after she began a career in independent film working on features which include Spun alongside Mickey Rourke, White Oleander and most recently the indie comedy El Superstar: The Unlikely Rise of Juan Frances (produced by Norman Lear and George Lopez). Her television credits include starring roles in two projects created by Illeana Douglas - Supermarket of the Stars and the web-series Easy to Assemble. Other television credits include "The Gilmore Girls", "Undeclared" by Judd Apatow, "Judging Amy", "Resurrection Blvd.", "The Division", "NYPD Blue", "Touched By An Angel" and "Taina". Elisa began her theatre career at the Williamstown Theatre Festival where she spent two seasons working with actors such as Ethan Hawke and Hope Davis. Soon after came roles at the Mark Taper Forum, Hartford Stage, The Huntington Theatre, South Coast Rep, The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Mabou Mines, INTAR, Cornerstone Theatre, Summer Play Festival NYC, Crossroads Theatre, Ojai Playwrights Conference and Broad Stage in Los Angeles where she was directed by Dustin Hoffman. She trained extensively with both Larry Moss and Patsy Rodenburg, is a graduate of the William Esper Studio where she studied with Bill Esper, and completed a voice program with Shane Ann Younts. Elisa is a native New Yorker who currently lives in Los Angeles.Elisa Bocanegra News

by Stephi Wild - Dec 8, 2022
New York Stage and Film held their 2022 Winter Party on Monday, December 5 at the Empire Rooftop, 44 West 63rd Street. The festive December event will begin at 6:00 PM with libations and food, followed at 7:00 PM by performances from three new musicals workshopped at NYSAF, directed by Ibi Owolabi with music direction by Nick Wilders. Check out exclusive photos here!

by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 4, 2022
Hero Theatre will spotlight the stories of Black women with two new commissions. Phanésia Pharel joins Hero as the newest commission for Nuestro Planeta. Playwright Amina Henry, whose play Troy was commissioned and presented by Hero in 2019, returns to riff on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in a follow-up commission.

by A.A. Cristi - Aug 4, 2022
Hero Theatre presents the world premiere of Rise: An Immersive Exploration of Gun Violence in Schools, an immersive, site-specific piece devised and directed by Director and Game Designer Jack McCarthy.

by Stephi Wild - Jun 27, 2022
New York Stage and Film begins its summer season in Poughkeepsie on Saturday, July 9 and will run for five weeks to Sunday, August 7 for in-person programming that will support more than 35 new stories for theater, film and television.

by A.A. Cristi - Jun 16, 2022
Mabou Mines presents a 50th Anniversary Celebration of Work, reaching back into the company's brimming five-decade history of innovative theater as a launchpad into the next 50 years.

by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 2, 2022
Mabou Mines will present a 50th Anniversary Celebration of Work, reaching back into the company’s brimming five-decade history of innovative theater as a launchpad into the next 50 years (June 23–25; beginning 5pm June 23; 5pm–11 pm June 24; and 12pm–11pm June 25).

by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 5, 2022
New York Stage and Film, will return July 9-August 7 for five weeks of in-person programming in Poughkeepsie for their 2022 Summer Season.

by Stephi Wild - May 5, 2022
New York Stage and Film returns July 9-August 7 for five weeks of in-person programming in Poughkeepsie for their 2022 Summer Season. For 38 years, NYSAF has operated as a vital incubator for artists and their work, a catalyst for stories that continue across the country and around the world. All tickets are $25 and go on sale June 1.

by A.A. Cristi - Dec 13, 2021
Hero Theatre announces Emmy award-nominated composer Brian Quijada as the newest commission for Nuestro Planeta, a ten-year multimedia new works initiative that focuses on educating Latiné film and theater audiences about environmental justice within the Americas. Quijada will create an original piece with music about the effects of the climate crisis, specifically in Central America.

by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 12, 2021
New York Stage and Film announced today that jeremy o’brian is the recipient of the 2021 Founders’ Award. New York Stage and Film has also announced that Elisa Bocanegra has been named the 2021 recipient of the Pfaelzer Award.
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by BroadwayWorld TV - Mar 16, 2017
The plot twists, outrageous circumstances and fast-paced narrative style of the telenovela arrive on the Goodman stage this spring in Destiny of Desire by Karen Zacarias. Click below to watch highlights from the show!