GOYA Foods presents the 15th annual La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin A Los Angeles holiday tradition starring renowned opera singer Suzanna Guzman as the Virgin and featuring over 100 actors, singers and indigenous Aztec dancers as well as children and seniors from the community, the City's largest theatrical holiday production celebrates its Quincea era in 2017. Join the tens of thousands who have become transfixed by the story of Juan Diego, a simple peasant to whom the Virgin Mary appeared on four occasions in the mountains of Tepeyac near Mexico City in 1531. Adapted for the stage from the mid-16th century text The Nican Mopohua by LTC resident playwright Evelina Fern ndez and performed in Spanish with English subtitles, this site-specific epic event is produced by the Latino Theater Company at downtown's Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
Bursting with laughs, more laughs, music and escandalo (scandal!), The Latina Christmas Special, written and performed by acclaimed comedians Diana Yanez, Maria Russell and Sandra Valls, returns to The Los Angeles Theatre Center for a third year of holiday joy. Directed by Geoffrey Rivas, the Latino Theater Company production runs Dec. 1 though Jan. 7, with one low-priced preview on Nov. 30.
A woman finds her calling while volunteering for an underground political newspaper during the early years of the United Farm Workers movement. Written and directed by Obie Award winnerDiane Rodriguez, the world premiere of The Sweetheart Deal opens May 12 at The Los Angeles Theatre Center,presented by The Latino Theater Company in association with El Teatro Campesino. Low-priced previews begin May 4.
Continuing its commitment to bring new plays to Los Angeles, IAMA THEATRE COMPANY presents a workshop production of Jonathan Caren's new play THE HOUSE THAT JAKE BUILT, directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt (who most recently served as assistant director onBroadway's Dear Evan Hansen). A work in progress by the writer of the Ovation Award-winning hit, The Recommendation (with IAMA Theatre Company), Mr. Caren's new play is about a young liberal couple that hires a Latino immigrant to help improve their property and what follows after will not only test the couples' morality, but also the very foundation on which their relationship is built.
Continuing its commitment to bring new plays to Los Angeles, IAMA THEATRE COMPANY presents a workshop production of Jonathan Caren's new play THE HOUSE THAT JAKE BUILT, directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt (who most recently served as assistant director onBroadway's Dear Evan Hansen). A work in progress by the writer of the Ovation Award-winning hit, The Recommendation (with IAMA Theatre Company), Mr. Caren's new play is about a young liberal couple that hires a Latino immigrant to help improve their property and what follows after will not only test the couples' morality, but also the very foundation on which their relationship is built.
Bursting with laughs, more laughs, music and escandalo (scandal!), The Latina Christmas Special, written and performed by acclaimed comedians Diana Yanez, Maria Russell and Sandra Valls, returns to The Los Angeles Theatre Center this holiday season. Directed by Geoffrey Rivas, the Latino Theater Company production runs Nov. 19 though Dec. 18, with two low-priced previews on Nov. 17 and Nov. 18.
The essence of Latino Theatre Company's monumental production of A MEXICAN TRILOGY: An American Story is beautifully captured in the simple photograph above. In this starry night scene, a family poised on the edge of major change looks to the infinite sky with hope. Quietly, in these few moments of silence, we as audience members know exactly how they feel. For what parent has not dreamed of providing a better life for his or her children and what child has not longed for a future where dreams come true?
An epic, theatrical event! For the first time, Evelina Fernandez's award-winning trilogy, 'Faith,' 'Hope' and 'Charity,' will be presented in its entirety as one unforgettable tour de force. The first production in the Latino Theater Company's fall programming celebrating the company's 30th anniversary and its 10th year operating the Los Angeles Theatre Center, audiences can choose to enjoy this adventure over the course of two evenings - or as one thrilling, all-day immersive experience (box dinners available for purchase).
An epic, theatrical event! For the first time, Evelina Fernandez's award-winning trilogy, 'Faith,' 'Hope' and 'Charity,' will be presented in its entirety as one unforgettable tour de force. The first production in the Latino Theater Company's fall programming celebrating the company's 30th anniversary and its 10th year operating the Los Angeles Theatre Center, audiences can choose to enjoy this adventure over the course of two evenings - or as one thrilling, all-day immersive experience (box dinners available for purchase).
An epic, theatrical event! For the first time, Evelina Fernandez's award-winning trilogy, 'Faith,' 'Hope' and 'Charity,' will be presented in its entirety as one unforgettable tour de force. The first production in the Latino Theater Company's fall programming celebrating the company's 30th anniversary and its 10th year operating the Los Angeles Theatre Center, audiences can choose to enjoy this adventure over the course of two evenings - or as one thrilling, all-day immersive experience (box dinners available for purchase).
It's a hit! Geoffrey Rivas, director of as the Latino Theater Company's current production of The Latina Christmas Special created by Diana Yanez, written by and starring Latina comediennes Diana Yanez, Sandra Valls and Maria Russell, will be extended. Rivas said, "Due to critical acclaim and popular demand The Latina Christmas Special will be extended for one week, January 7, 8, 9 and 10, 2016 in observance the Feast of Three Kings or The Epiphany. Our three queens, Diana Yanez, Sandra Valls and Maria Russell will be back at the beginning of the new year to continue bringing holiday joy to audiences two weeks after the conclusion of our original five-run, which ends this Sunday, December 20, 2015."
Deck the halls with guacamole! Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! 'Tis the season to be jolly! If you think your holidays with relatives were dramatic, then fasten your seat belts for a new holiday entertainment coming your way! Family Christmas stories of holidays past will come to life as the Latino Theater Company (LTC), operators of the Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC) present THE LATINA CHRISTMAS SPECIAL created by Diana Yanez, written by and starring critically acclaimed Latina comediennes Diana Yanez, Sandra Valls and Maria Russell under the direction of Geoffrey Rivas, to be presented at the Los Angeles Theater Center, 514 South Spring Street (between West Fifth Street and West Sixth Street - Historic Core/Downtown LA), Los Angeles, CA 90013. Discounted previews will be presented tonight and tomorrow, November 19 and 20, 2015. The play will have a Five-Week from November 21 (Press Opening Night) - December 20, 2015. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the stars below!
Family Christmas stories of holidays past will come to life as the Latino Theater Company (LTC), operators of the Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC) present THE LATINA CHRISTMAS SPECIAL created by Diana Yanez, written by and starring critically acclaimed Latina comediennes Diana Yanez, Sandra Valls and Maria Russell under the direction of Geoffrey Rivas, to be presented at the Los Angeles Theater Center, 514 South Spring Street (between West Fifth Street and West Sixth Street - Historic Core/Downtown LA), Los Angeles, CA 90013. Discounted previews will be presented on Thursday and Friday, November 19 and 20, 2015. The play will have a Five-Week from November 21 (Press Opening Night) - December 20, 2015. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the stars below!
Carlos Gomez, an original cast member of Broadway's IN THE HEIGHTS, recently replaced Geoffrey Rivas as 'Ernesto del Rio' in the world premiere of Karen Zacarias' DESTINY OF DESIRE. The production runs tonight, September 11, through October 18, 2015 at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater.
BroadwayWorld has just learned that Carlos Gomez, an original cast member of Broadway's IN THE HEIGHTS, has replaced Geoffrey Rivas as 'Ernesto del Rio' in the world premiere of Karen Zacarias' DESTINY OF DESIRE, running September 11-October 18, 2015 at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater.
Karen Zacarias' new telenovela-inspired comedy Destiny of Desire receives its world premiere at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, kicking off the company's 66th season with dramatic storytelling and comic flair. Zacarias, an inaugural resident playwright of the theater's American Voices New Play Institute whose previous credits include The Book Club Play and Legacy of Light, collaborates with renowned director Jose Luis Valenzuela, Artistic Director of the Latino Theater Company, to bring the Latin-American telenovela genre to life on stage. Destiny of Desire runs September 11-October 18, 2015 in the Kreeger Theater.
The William & Eva Fox Foundation and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, have announced the eighth round of Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship recipients. The program is designed to support actors' professional and artistic development, to enrich relationships between actors and nonprofit theatres and to ensure continued professional commitment to live theatre. Funded by the Fox Foundation and administered by TCG, the fellowship is one of only a few programs of its kind for actors in the country.
'Faith: Part One of a Mexican Trilogy,' a World Premiere engagement of a new play by Evelina Fernandez, will be directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela and presented by The Latino Theater Company at the Los Angeles Theatre Center (in Theatre 3, 514 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, Calif.). The production opens Friday, October 19, 2012 at 8 p.m., runs through Sunday, November 11.
