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Magic Classics Reading Series at Magic Theatre

Dates: 6/2/2025 - 6/30/2025

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The Magic Classics Reading Series, produced by Rainbow Zebra Productions at the Magic Theatre, features staged readings of notable plays that premiered at the venue. Running from June 2 to June 30, 2025, the series includes works by acclaimed playwrights such as Sam Shepard and Wendy MacLeod, with casts featuring talents like Sarah Nina Hayon, Sean San José, and Margo Hall. Each reading will be followed by a brief talkback, providing insights into these significant theatrical pieces and their lasting impact. Artistic Director Andrea Gordon aims to bridge the past with contemporary storytelling through this revival of classic works.

Cast and Creative team for Magic Classics Reading Series at Magic Theatre

Cast

Jenny Nguyen Nelson

Ensemble


Caleb Cabrera

Ensemble


Ogie Zulueta

Ensemble


Gabriela Guadalupe

Ensemble


Daniel Duque-Estrada

Ensemble


Samuel Del Rosario

Ensemble


Donald E. Lacy, Jr.

Ensemble


Chuck Lacson

Ensemble


Chanel Tilgham

Ensemble


Khary L. Moye

Ensemble


Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe

Ensemble


Juan Amador

Ensemble


Sarah Nina Hayon

Ensemble


Sean San José

Ensemble


Catherine Castellanos

Ensemble


Liam Vincent

Ensemble


Margo Hall

Ensemble


Lisa Ramirez

Ensemble


Brian Rivera

Ensemble


Lauren Andrei Garcia

Ensemble


Camille Collaço

Ensemble


Creative Team

Mister Bouncer

Artist


Eiko Yamamoto

Stage Directions


Ashley Smiley

Hybrid Program


Brittany White

Designer


Christopher Sauceda

Designer


Joan Osato

Designer


Tanya Orellana

Designer


Russell Champa

Designer


Jerome Gentes

Resident Producer


Sean San José

Lead Director


Kevin Rolston

Stage Directions


Caleb Cabrera

Stage Directions


Andrea Gordon

Director


Rainbow Zebra Productions LLC

Producer


Andrea Gordon

Artistic Director


Deacon Mark Doox

Artist.


Mark Roman

Artist


Emory Douglas

Artist


Cece Carpio

Artist


Adrian Arias

Artist




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Now celebrating its 55th year of continuous operation, Magic is dedicated to creative risk: we cultivate bold new plays and playwrights to produce explosive, entertaining, and ideologically robust stories that ask substantive questions about our place in humanity. Magic provides a nurturing yet rigorous artistic home where innovative writers can create a body of work. We believe that developing an evolved artistic vocabulary with the playwright at our side, over a long period of time, greatly improves a playwright’s chances to thrive. We believe that, by adding vanguard voices to the canon and expanding access to new theatre-goers, we ensure the future vibrancy of the American theatre.

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