eSe Teatro Presents Electricidad at ACT 5/20-21

eSe Teatro: Seattle Latinos Take Stage, and The Central Heating Lab at ACT present a staged reading of Electricidad by Luis Alfaro, directed by Rose Cano, May 20 and 21, 2011 at the Bullitt Cabaret at A Contemporary Theatre (ACT).

A Chicano take on the Greek tragedy Electra, Luís Alfaro's Electricidad is a brutally modern adaptation of the classic revenge saga set within the gang culture of "el barrio". Luís Alfaro's eye-opening rendition situates the iconic characters in the present-day world of the "Cholo" where the South Side Locos are Kings, and Spanglish rules.

About the play
Electricidad is mourning her father's body in her front yard, much to the dismay of the vecinos (neighbors) and her mother Clemencia, who was rumored to have plotted his murder in order to establish her power in the gang hierarchy. Clemencia has already banished her son Orestes to Las Vegas to prevent any retaliation. Electricidad defies her mother by her public mourning and calls for her brother Orestes to avenge their Papa's death.

"El Chisme", the comical, bilingual chorus, gossips and tries to save their barrio from the inevitable cycle of violence.

Suitable for ages 12+ (subject matter, strong language). Presented in Spanglish.

$10 at door, or pre-purchase tickets at http://www.acttheatre.org/Shows/OnStage/Electricidad

Cast: Luz Garcia, Meg Savlov, Angela Maestas, Leticia Jaramillo, Ryan Dominguez, Alex Balderrama, Ana Maria Campoy, Nataly Garcia.

About Luís Alfaro
Luís Alfaro is a critically acclaimed writer/performer who works in poetry, plays, short stories, performance and journalism. Chicano born and raised in the Pico-Union district of downtown Los Angeles, he is the recipient, among other awards, of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (Genius Award) and a NEA/TCG residenCy Grant. In 2002 he was awarded the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays twice, for his plays Electricidad and Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. His Chicano adaptation of another Greek tragedy, Oedipus El Rey, garnered him a LA Drama Circle Critics nomination for Adaptation (Writing) in 2011, and a Glickman Playwright Award, 2011.

About Rose Cano
Rose Cano, founding member of eSe Teatro, is a Peruvian-born Seattleite who has been performing, writing and directing since graduating from Cornish. She has presented her one-woman shows Self Portrait and Tierra Sin Mal (Land Without Malice) in New York, Minneapolis, Mexico City, Perú, Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, Spain and Portugal. Since 1994 she has brought over 50 artists to Seattle from Latin America through her cultural exchange project North-South ConeXions, and The AFrican ConeXion Project, uniting Latino and African American artists through theater, dance and music.

*Special community presentation on May 26th 6:30pm at South Park Community Center, presented in conjunction with the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative. For details email: info@eseteatro.org

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