Ruth Livier News

Goodman Theatre announces complete casting and creative teams for four Winter/Spring 2017 productions - one world premiere Goodman commission and three Chicago premieres - continuing the 2016/2017 'Essential Goodman' season.

Lovingly skewering the not-so-subtle art of telenovelas, Karen Zacarías' winning play DESTINY OF DESIRE---now being performed at Orange County's South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa through November 13---compresses an entire series' worth of over-the-top melodramatic goodness into a two-act play that, not surprisingly, comes off as an intentionally hilarious comedy.

Destiny of Desire has been called "cheekily charming" (MD Theatre Guide) and "ridiculously funny" (Broadway World) for its fresh take on telenovelas, popular the world over. The latest play by Karen Zacarias, directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela on the Segerstrom Stage, is a co-production with Chicago's Goodman Theatre and is a west coast premiere. Tickets are available now at www.scr.org.

Based on actual events, this play is a great insight into Denver history and the debate of immigration that is still a hot topic not only on a state, but a federal level as well.

On this edition host Eden Lane meets the four actors Yunuen Pardo, Adriana Gaviria, Cynthia Bastidas, and Ruth Livier, who play the young women in 'Just Like Us' a True Denver Story. The play by Karen Zacarias based on the book by Helen Thorpe makes it's world premier at the Denver Center Theatre Company. The sotry follows four latinas in Denver as immigration status begins to erode their opportunities and their friendships.

The World Premiere of JUST LIKE US by Karen Zacarias, based on the book by Helen Thorpe in a Denver Center commission will run tonight, October 4 - November 3 in The Stage Theatre. Opening: Thursday, October 10 at 6:30pm.

The World Premiere of JUST LIKE US by Karen Zacarias, based on the book by Helen Thorpe in a Denver Center commission will run October 4 - November 3 in The Stage Theatre. Opening: Thursday, October 10 at 6:30pm.

La Jolla Playhouse presents Tribes (tonight, June 25 - July 21 in the Mandell Weiss Forum), Sideways (July 16 - August 18 in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre) and Neva (June 26 - 30 in the Theodore and Adele Shank Theatre).

'Neva,' Guillermo Calderon's politically charged play, will open tonight, June 12 as a DouglasPlus event at the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. 'Neva,' which is presented in collaboration with South Coast Repertory and La Jolla Playhouse, will be performed in the theatre's rehearsal room, Upstairs @ KDT, and will play for eight performances only through June 16, 2013.

La Jolla Playhouse has announced the casts and creative teams for its upcoming productions of Tribes (June 25 - July 21 in the Mandell Weiss Forum), Sideways (July 16 - August 18 in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre) and Neva (June 26 - 30 in the Theodore and Adele Shank Theatre).

The internationally acclaimed drama Neva by Chilean writer Guillermo Calderon wraps up the Studio SCR series at South Coast Repertory this month, with a six-performance run, June 19-23. Tickets are $25-35. More information is available online: www.scr.org.

"Neva," Guillermo Calderon's politically charged play, will open Wednesday, June 12 as a DouglasPlus event at the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. "Neva," which is presented in collaboration with South Coast Repertory and La Jolla Playhouse, will be performed in the theatre's rehearsal room, Upstairs @ KDT, and will play for eight performances only through June 16, 2013 (including one preview on June 11).

El Ogrito (The Ogreling) previews Sunday, May 3 at 3pm. The production premieres Saturday, May 9 at 8pm and Sunday, May 10 at 3pm (in Spanish with English supertitles). Performances continue as follows: Saturdays at 8pm (May 23, June 6, 13,); Saturday at 3pm (June 20); Sundays at 3pm (May 10 through June 21, except no performance on May 17 ). *Special English Performances: Saturdays at 1pm (May 16 & 30).

El Ogrito (The Ogreling) previews Sunday, May 3 at 3pm. The production premieres Saturday, May 9 at 8pm and Sunday, May 10 at 3pm (in Spanish with English supertitles). Performances continue as follows: Saturdays at 8pm (May 23, June 6, 13,); Saturday at 3pm (June 20); Sundays at 3pm (May 10 through June 21, except no performance on May 17 ). *Special English Performances: Saturdays at 1pm (May 16 & 30).