In its ongoing mission to bring Latin art & culture to the
North Texas Community,
Artes de la Rosa is proud to bring you a season of
storytelling that embraces the simple idea that love makes your crazy! Whether
it be the love you have for your parents, your brothers & sisters, or that
special someone who makes you weak in the knees, there is a single universal
truth…Love makes you do crazy things.
Artes
de la Rosa Artistic Director Adam Adolfo has aptly named his season of theatre,
film, and events “Crazy Love” announcing the season formally Monday October
26.The season, comprised of 4 theatre productions (2 regional premiers), 5
films, 2 community festivals, and a holiday concert,
Adam
Adolfo will be celebrating his 6th anniversary with the Latino
organization and is eager to reinvent himself with this season. “Artes de la
Rosa continues to produce powerful and conceptual theatre with performance
celebrating new ways of looking at classic themes. That’s been our motivation
for years and this season still maintains that artistic vision but is
attempting to reflect on more dynamic character driven stories,” says Adolfo.
“Big
Fish”, the first show of theatre season, “is a great example of that” offers
the Artistic Director. “We’re excited to be working on a new script by the
original Broadway team that focuses more squarely on the character dynamics of
father and son. This version of the show has a new song and also a reinstated
number that was cut right before the Broadway opening.” Joining Adolfo on the
production is long time musical collaborator Kristin Spires who will music
direct the production. Choreography will be by Austin Ray Beck who provided
choreography for Adolfo’s Cuban Romeo & Juliet and the family favorite,
Dora The Explorer Live.
With
hip hop making such powerful waves currently in the theatre community across
the country, Adolfo will stage 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist Kristoffer Diaz’s
early work, Welcome to Arroyo’s. In
it a Greek chorus of two hip hop DJs spin the tale of a brother and sister’s
search for their respective places in the world after the death of their
mother. Alejandro is desperate to make
Arroyo’s the hottest lounge in New York to honor the memory of his mother,
while Molly’s desire to make her “mark” as a talented graffiti artist is at
odds with her new infatuation with a rookie cop. Their struggle to move forward is made even
more uncertain as they discover what might be a secret about their mother that
could change the very foundation of their lives and, possibly, the history of
hip hop music.
Artes
de la Rosa will follow up with the regional premiere of Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown, a musical based on Pedro
Almodóvar's classic film. With music and lyrics by David Yazbek, best known for
his Dirty Rotten Scoundrells adaptation, the production features a book by
Jeffrey Lane. The pair have taken Almodóvar's tale and infused it with their
own wry, comic style and an irresistible Spanish beat. Both touching and
hilarious, it's a story about women and the men who pursue them... finding
them, losing them, needing them, and rejecting them. At the center is Pepa,
whose friends and lovers are blazing a trail through 1980s Madrid.
Eve
Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues will close out the 2016 season. After a Sold-Out Run in 2011, this epic work of feminine
strength returns to the Rose Marine Theatre with a new bilingual
English/Spanish staging. This Obie Award-winning whirlwind tour of a forbidden
zone introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices, including a
six-year-old girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a woman who witnesses the birth
of her granddaughter, and a feminist happy to have found a man who "liked to
look at it."
The
2016 Season will again feature The Louis Zapata Resident Acting Company. Named
for former City Councilman Louis Zapata who was instrumental in securing funds
to bring the Rose Marine Theater back to its former glory, The Resident Acting
Company will be featured in performances throughout the year.
Artes
de la Rosa’s 2016 season will be presented at the historic Rose Marine Theater,
1440 North Main Street in Fort Worth. For more information on the season or to
purchase a 2016 season membership please visit www.ArtesDeLaRosa.org
The 2016 Theatre
Line Up
BIG FISH
Twelve Chairs Version
Music and Lyrics by ANDREW LIPPA; Book by JOHN AUGUST
Based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the Tim Burton film by
Columbia Motion Pictures
March 4 – 20
Press Opening Saturday March 5, 8:00 pm
BIG FISH centers on Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman who lives
life to its fullest… and then some! Edward's incredible, larger-than-life
stories thrill everyone around him. But his son Will, about to have a child of
his own, is determined to find the truth behind his father’s epic tales.
Overflowing with heart, humor and spectacular stagecraft, BIG FISH is an
extraordinary new musical that reminds us why we love going to the theatre –
for an experience that's richer, funnier and BIGGER than life itself.
Welcome to Arroyo’s
By Kristoffer Diaz
May 20 – June 5
Press Opening Saturday May 21, 8:00 pm
Two DJs and an army of Greek chorus hip hop dancers spin the
coming-of-age story of Alejandro Arroyo, who owns the newest lounge on NYC’s
Lower East Side who’s sister, Molly, has a nasty habit of writing graffiti on
the back of the local police precinct. Along the way, their friend Lelly
discovers their mother was one of the founders of hip-hop.
Women on the Verge of
a Nervous Breakdown
Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek; Book by Jeffrey Lane
Based on the film by
Pedro Almodóvar
July 22 – August 7
Press Opening Saturday July 23, 8:00 pm
Both touching and hilarious, Women On The Verge… is a
story about women and the men who pursue them... At the center is Pepa whose
friends and lovers are blazing a trail from one manic lovers spat to the next.
Along with Pepa, there's her missing lover, Ivan; his ex-wife of questionable
sanity, Lucia; their son Carlos; Pepa's friend, Candela, and her terrorist
boyfriend; a power-suited lawyer, and a taxi driver who dispenses tissues,
mints, and advice in equal proportions as they sing and dance through the
streets of 1980’s Madrid!
The Vagina Monologues
By Eve Ensler
September 16 – 25
Press Opening Saturday September 17, 8:00 pm
After a Sold-Out Run in 2011, this epic work of feminine strength
returns to the Rose Marine Theatre! This Obie Award-winning whirlwind tour of a
forbidden zone introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices,
including a six-year-old girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a woman who
witnesses the birth of her granddaughter, and a feminist happy to have found a
man who "liked to look at it."
The Complete 2016
Line Up
The Year My Parents
Went on Vacation
Film Screening –
February 20; 7:30pm
When a boy is left alone with his grandfather in a Jewish
neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen,
the unlikely pair must forge a new definition of what it means to be a family.
Portuguese, Yiddish, & Hebrew With English Subtitles Rated PG.
BIG FISH
Twelve Chairs Version
Music and Lyrics by ANDREW LIPPA; Book by JOHN AUGUST
Based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the Tim Burton film by Columbia
Motion Pictures
Musical – March 4 – 20
Dia De Los Ninos
Festival – April 28 – 30
El Día De Los
Niños (Children's Day) is a celebration of children, families, and reading that
culminates yearly on April 30. Día emphasizes the importance of literacy for
kids of all backgrounds linking them to diverse books and cultures. This year
we partner with the Fort Worth Library and Fort Worth ISD for the fun.
Welcome to Arroyo’s
By Kristoffer Diaz
Play with Music – May 20 – June 5
Women on the Verge of
a Nervous Breakdown
Film Screening – June 18
A woman's sets out to find out why confront her lover has left
encountering his wife and son, who are as clueless as she. Her best friend is
afraid the police are looking for her because of her boyfriend's criminal life.
They talk to a lawyer, who turns out to be the lover's new lover, and everyone's path keeps crossing each other's in a
very complicated and hysterical manner. Join us for this screening and meet
cast members of Artes de la Rosa’s stage production with a sneak peek musical
performance! Spanish with English Subtitles.
Rated PG-13
Women on the Verge of
a Nervous Breakdown
Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek; Book by Jeffrey Lane
Based on the film by
Pedro Almodóvar
The Musical – July 22 – August 7
Little Ashes
Film Screening – August 20
In 1922, Salvador Dali arrives at the university in Madrid, 18
years old and determined to become a great artist. His bizarre blend of shyness
and rampant exhibitionism attracts the attention of Federico Garcia Lorca. The
pair draw closer, sharing their deepest beliefs, inspirations and secrets,
convinced that they have found a kind of friendship not dreamed of by others.
It is more than a meeting of the minds; it’s a fusion of souls. Rated R.
The Vagina Monologues
By Eve Ensler
Bilingual Play – September 16 – 25
Dia de los Muertos 5K
Race, Fun Run, & Festival
October 29
The
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS 5k Race & Fun Run event coincides with Artes de la
Rosa’s annual festival which has become an annual tradition for families and the
North Texas Community featuring artisans, folkloric performances, and a
celebration of the holiday.
Cantinflas
Film Screening - November 12; 7:30 pm
Official submission
of Mexico to the best foreign language film category of the 87th Academy Awards
2015. The
untold story of Mexico's greatest and most beloved comedy film star of all
time, from his humble origins on the small stage to the bright lights of
Hollywood, Cantinflas became famous around the world - one joke at a time.
Relive the laughter that has charmed generations. Spanish & English With
English Subtitles. Rated PG.
Nothing Like the
Holiday’s
Film Screening - December 3; 7:30 pm
It's the Christmas season, and the Rodriguez
grown children converge on their parents' Brother Jesse still
pines for an old flame, eldest brother Mauricio now has a high-powered wife who
is more interested in career than children, and matriarch Anna drops a
bombshell when she announces she’s divorcing her children's father. Find out
the hilarious and heartwarming conclusion to this modern Holiday Classic! English. Rated PG-13
Mariachi Christmas
Concert – December 16th & 17th; 7:30 pm
In what has become a sellout Holiday Tradition, we bring to you
the sounds of the season to your family and friends at Artes de la Rosa’s Mariachi Christmas. With traditional mariachis
and special guests from the Louis Zapata Resident Acting Company, you can ring
in the Christmas season with a New Year Latin Flair!
About Artes de la Rosa
Artes de la Rosa is dedicated to preserving, promoting, and
interpreting the art, lives, and history of Latino culture for all.
