tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68256006612412629192024-03-12T18:21:30.801-05:00Artes de la RosaYo Soy Artes de la Rosa...and so are you.Artes de la Rosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077260090769431036noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825600661241262919.post-88337693183687004172016-07-15T14:00:00.002-05:002016-07-15T14:02:02.804-05:00#ADLRInsider with Ladies Man Ivan played by James Worley<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zodiac Sign</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Sagittarius</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Audition Song</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Microphone - a song that was cut from the show when it moved from Broadway to London</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First Play/Musical You Ever Saw</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Thoroughly Modern Millie</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Something you’re REALLY bad at</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Feeling Sexy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Must See TV Show</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Orange is The New Black </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why you work in theatre</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: I love it and it brings me to life. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First Theatre Role</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Schroeder in “You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Favorite Play</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Next to Normal</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Previous stage work in DFW</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Lots</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most challenging role you’ve played: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jekyll & Hyde</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First Stage Kiss: </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Into The Woods <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MAC or PC</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: MAC!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Worst Costume Ever: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spandex unitard… 5lbs of sausage in a 1lb bag</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Favorite Post Show Meal</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Sushi or Cheesecake Factory</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Favorite ice cream</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> : Rocky Road</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Most challenging role you’ve played: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This one is a no-brainer- Lanie in <i>Two Rooms</i>. It was the first show I ever did with Adam (Artes de la Rosa's Artistic Director) and to this day is the show that has impacted me most past the walls of the theatre. That show made me a better actress, wife, and overall human being. I was really thankful that it only ran two weekends though. I swear I didn’t cry for 6 months after doing that show because I had no more tears left! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Biggest On Stage Mishap</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: During <i>Big: The Musical</i> I had a quick change before our Act 1 finale number. It was super dark backstage and somehow when I went to bend down to grab my dress I whacked my nose on the Zoltar machine and thought for sure I broke my nose! </span></div>
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<b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.2px;">Education</b><span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.2px;">: Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Vocal Performance from Oklahoma City University </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">First Play/Musical You Ever Saw</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">: no idea. The first show I ever saw on Broadway was <i>Cats</i>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">Did you have any particular mentors or inspirations when first starting out</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">?: My elementary music teacher, Mrs. Gilliam; my piano teacher, Meredith Milam; my middle school voice teacher, Vicki Gelona and my high school voice teacher Charlotte Hudgins. My current voice guru, Renee French. Celebrity inspirations? Bette Midler (we share the same birthday!), Carol Burnett, and Barbra Streisand.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">Must See TV Show</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">: really don't watch much TV, but I DVR <i>The Dead Files</i>. I also enjoy <i>Mysteries at the Museum</i> and stuff like that!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">Why you work in theatre</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">:</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;"> This is where I've always felt I was suppose to be.</span></span><br />
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<b style="line-height: 25.2px;">Favorite Musicals I've Music Directed: </b><i style="line-height: 25.2px;">In the Heights, Big Fish, Fellowship! </i><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 25.2px;">and </span><i style="line-height: 25.2px;">Xanadu</i><br />
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<b style="line-height: 25.2px;">Favorite Musicals I've Been in: </b><i style="line-height: 25.2px;">Hello, Dolly!, Lucky Stiff, Sweeney Todd</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">Previous stage work in DFW</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">: Artes de la Rosa, Onstage in Bedford, Stolen Shakespeare Guild, Lyric Stage, Garland Summer Musicals, Runway, Plaza Theatre Co., OhLook Performing Arts, Grand Prairie Arts Council, Greater Lewisville Community Theater</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;">Most fun I've had onstage: </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 21.6px;">Rona Lisa Peretti next to Lon Barrera's VP Douglas Panch in Onstage in Bedford's <i>The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee</i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">Special Skills</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">: color guard (like flags yo!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">Any Theatre Superstitions</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">:</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;"> I respect other people's, but I don't think I have any.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kristin in a staged reading of Charlie<br />
David's <b><i>Mulligans</i></b>, with Zak Reynolds</td></tr>
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<span style="line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">Last Good Movie You Saw</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">: I can't remember the last time I had time to go to the movies! I like comedies (like <i>The Heat</i> was HILLARIOUS!) and of course the <i>Pitch Perfect </i>movies. I'm also a <i>Star Trek</i>, <i>Lord of the Rings</i>, <i>Harry Potter</i>, <i>Night at the Museum</i>, <i>National Treasure</i> kinda gal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">Dream Role</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">: hmmm. I never really have an answer for this!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">Something you are incredibly proud of</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">: my sons, Brendan and Nicholas, my voice students, and myself for pursuing my dreams in a way that helps others find wellness and abundance</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">Three things you can't live without</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">: dental floss, tissues, and my Young Living Essential Oils</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">Best </span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">thing </span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">about Fort Worth</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">or</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;"> the North Side</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">:</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;"> there are so many different things going on all the time. You can go to the stockyards, drive over to 7th street and get some great food, walk the beautiful Sundance Square...I really love FW!</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.2px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">Why people will love </span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;">Women on the Verge</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 16.8px;"><span style="line-height: 25.2px;"><b>: </b>the music is beautiful and energetic and catchy, the actors are great storytellers, and who doesn't want to follow some women on the verge of a nervous breakdown! LoL</span></span><br />
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WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN: The Musical begins
performances Friday July 22 with official opening night Saturday July 23.
Performances are Thursdays 7:30 pm, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 pm. There
will be a single Sunday Matinee on August 7 at 3:00 pm. General Admission tickets are $16 for adults
and $13 for students, teachers, & seniors. Opening Night Tickets are $20
and include a party with the cast and crew following the performances. Tickets
will go on sale on Wednesday June 22. For tickets or more information, call the
Rose Marine Theater Box Office at (817) 624-8333. Special ticket prices are available for
groups of 10 or more. Tickets can be purchased online at <a href="http://www.artesdelarosa.org/">www.artesdelarosa.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown<br />
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<b>ACTOR NAME:</b> Rachael Blizzard<br />
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<b>Character Name: </b>Paulina<br />
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<b> Born & Raised: </b>Austin, TX<br />
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<b> Education: </b>BA Theatre, M.Ed in Education<br />
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<b> Zodiac Sign:</b> Pieces<br />
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<b> First Play/Musical You Ever Saw:</b> 42 nd Street<br />
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<b> Something you’re REALLY bad at: </b>Fashion<br />
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<b> Must See TV Show: </b>Grey’s Anatomy<br />
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<b> Why you work in theatre: </b>Because I enjoy learning to better my craft<br />
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<b> First Theatre Role:</b> Gay Wellington in <i>You Can’t Take it With You</i><br />
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<b> Previous stage work in DFW: </b>Lyric Stage, GPAC, Theatre Arlington<br />
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<b> Most challenging role you’ve played:</b> Fiona in <i>Shrek </i>being a lead in a show making sure to not let anyone down including myself<br />
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<b> Pop Culture Guilty Pleasure: </b><i>Law and Order</i> and <i>Grey’s Anatomy</i><br />
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<b> Pre Show Rituals: </b>Vocally warming up and spending like 2 hours on my makeup<br />
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<b> Special Skills</b>: Breathing? No, seriously being a character actor<br />
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<b> MAC or PC:</b> PC but I love Apple phones and the Apple TV<br />
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<b> Worst Costume Ever: </b>The queen in <i>My Fair Lady</i>. It was a purple curtain.<br />
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<b> Favorite Post Show Meal: </b>Anything!<br />
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<b> Favorite liquid refreshment (adult or other): </b>Strawberry Margarita or water with lemon<br />
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<b> Favorite ice cream : </b>Blue Bell homemade vanilla<br />
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<b> Biggest On Stage Mishap:</b> I ate fruit snacks and drank vitamin water at the same time which caused me to burp while on stage as Fiona in Shrek. Luckily I was silent with it so only the Donkey knew, lol<br />
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<b> Worst job you ever had: </b>Server at Chili’s<br />
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<b> Last Good Movie You Saw: </b>Life of a King<br />
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<b> Dream Role: </b>Being a tree on Broadway<br />
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<b> Something you are incredibly proud of: </b>Of how far I have come despite all the challenges in my life<br />
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<b> Words of advice for aspiring performers: </b>Dream it, do it, be it!<br />
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<b> Career you would want if not a performer:</b> Race car driver<br />
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<b> Three things you can't live without: </b>Food, my 2 cats and 3 dogs, and Law and Order Special Victims Unit<br />
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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown<br />
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<b>ACTOR NAME: </b>Suzann Shultz<br />
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<b>Character Name: </b>Rosalia & Photographer’s Assistant (Ensemble)<br />
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<b> Born & Raised:</b> Born in Franklin, Tennessee. Raised in Temple, Texas.<br />
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<b> Education: </b>University of North Texas<br />
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<b> Degree:</b> BA in Dance, Minor in General Business<br />
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<b> Zodiac Sign: </b>Gemini<br />
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<b> Audition Song: </b>“<i>A Summer in Ohio</i>” from <u><b>The Last Five Years</b></u><br />
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<b> First Play/Musical You Ever Saw: </b><i>Beauty and The Beast</i> at the Austin Bass<br />
Performance Hall.<br />
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<b> Something you’re REALLY bad at:</b> I can’t ride a bike!<br />
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<b> Did you have any particular mentors or inspirations when first starting out? </b>For dance, I really admire Martha Graham, Doug Varone, and Misty Copeland. For theatre, Anna Kendrick, Sutton Foster, John Tartaglia, and Neil Patrick Harris.<br />
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<b> Must See TV Show: </b>Gossip Girl<br />
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<b> Why you work in theatre:</b> For the people that I work with and for those who<br />
watch the shows.<br />
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<b> First Theatre Role: </b>Ensemble/Madam Butterfly in <i>Tarzan</i>.<br />
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<b> Favorite Play:</b> Book of Mormon<br />
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<b> Most challenging role you’ve played: </b>Dean in A Very Potter Sequel, it was<br />
challenging to find a humorous but respectful way to play an incredibly butch<br />
lesbian.<br />
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<b> Pop Culture Guilty Pleasure: </b>Entertainment Tonight<br />
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<b> Favorite sport/team/player:</b> Dallas Stars<br />
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<b> Pre Show Rituals: </b>Texting my family that I’m about to go on. It helps me get out the nerves knowing that my family is cheering me on, even if they’re not at the show.<br />
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<b> Special Skills: </b>Make-up, Voice Impersonations, and Making Babies Laugh.<br />
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<b> MAC or PC:</b> PC<br />
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<b> Any Theatre Superstitions: </b>Never ever whistle backstage!<br />
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<b> Worst Costume Ever: </b>15lbs of fringe sewn onto the thickest fabric to make us look like gorillas.<br />
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<b> Favorite Post Show Meal:</b> It’s a tie between chicken and waffles, and Italian food.<br />
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<b> Favorite liquid refreshment (adult or other): </b>Coconut Water<br />
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<b> Favorite ice cream:</b> Rocky Road<br />
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<b> Biggest On Stage Mishap: </b>I was supposed to wave a net around to act frantic and confused, and the net flew off and hit a woman in the front row.<br />
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<b> Worst job you ever had:</b> Retail worker at Charming Charlie.<br />
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<b> Last Good Movie You Saw: </b><i>Finding Dory</i>!<br />
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<b> Dream Role:</b> Fiona in <i>Shrek </i>the Musical.<br />
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<b> Something you are incredibly proud of:</b> My performance ability.<br />
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<b> Words of advice for aspiring performers:</b> Breathe! Don’t stress out, just enjoy the ride.<br />
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<b> Career you would want if not a performer: </b>Cinematic Make-Up Artist<br />
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<b> Three things you can't live without: </b>My cat Shiva, my family, and performing.<br />
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<b> Why people will love Women on the Verge:</b> Because everyone will find something to relate to, and because the entire cast is a powerhouse of talent and<br />
energy!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915670368295739915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825600661241262919.post-24646789874796547792016-07-07T15:44:00.001-05:002016-07-08T13:12:09.808-05:00#ADLRInsider with Haven IsomADLR Insider<br />
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown<br />
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<b>ACTOR NAME: </b>Haven Isom<br />
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<b>Character Name:</b> Ensemble<br />
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<b>● Born & Raised: </b>Born in OKC, Raised in Carrollton, TX<br />
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<b>● Education: </b>Junior in High School/Homeschooled<br />
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<b>● Zodiac Sign: </b>Virgo<br />
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<b>● Audition Song:</b> <i>Fly into the Future </i>from <u><b>Vanities</b></u><br />
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<b>● First Play/Musical You Ever Saw:</b> Beauty and the Beast<br />
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<b>● Something you’re REALLY bad at: </b>Math :(<br />
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<b>● Why you work in theatre: </b>I couldn’t imagine doing anything else<br />
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<b>● First Theatre Role: </b>Baby Angel in “The Mighty Messengers” at church at age 3<br />
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<b>● Favorite Play: </b>Midsummer’s Night Dream<br />
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<b>● Most challenging role you’ve played: </b>Elizabeth Proctor in <b><u>The Crucible</u></b><br />
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<b>● Pop Culture Guilty Pleasure:</b> Social Media and Green Day<br />
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<b>● Favorite sport/team/player: </b>If I answered this, I would be lying...<br />
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<b>● First Stage Kiss: </b>As Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible thus why it was my hardest role.<br />
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<b>● Pre Show Rituals: </b>My mom kisses my nose, says, “I love you...do good!”<br />
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<b>● Special Skills: I </b>can beatbox and form my tongue into a seashell<br />
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<b>● MAC or PC: </b>computers are computers<br />
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<b>● "I'll never understand why...”:</b> you need to know advanced algebra<br />
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<b>● Any Theatre Superstitions:</b> MCBTH!<br />
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<b>● Worst Costume Ever:</b> a gray and yellow polyester suit<br />
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<b>● Favorite Post Show Meal:</b> FRENCH FRIES!!!<br />
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<b>● Favorite liquid refreshment: </b>sweet tea or sprite<br />
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<b>● Favorite ice cream: </b>Pistachio or apple pie gelato<br />
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<b>● Biggest On Stage Mishap: </b>a wall fell on me<br />
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<b>● Last Good Movie You Saw:</b> The Fundamentals of Caring<br />
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<b>● Dream Role: </b>This week it is Roxy in Chicago. This changes often but really any classic vintage dits is a dream role.<br />
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<b>● Words of advice for aspiring performers:</b> audition as many times as possible and work with as many directors your can to gain their wisdom.<br />
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<b>● Career you would want if not a performer: </b>Makeup Artist<br />
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<b>● Three things you can't live without: </b>My Chihuahua, Stella, my mom and my phone<br />
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<b>● Best thing about Fort Worth or the North Side:</b> The Rose Marine Theater of course!!<br />
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<b>● Why people will love Women on the Verge:</b>It is the perfect combination of relatable and unrelatable.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915670368295739915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825600661241262919.post-32172681976934614652016-07-07T14:40:00.003-05:002016-07-19T09:53:07.670-05:00#ADLRInsider with Trey CardonaADLR Insider<br />
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<b>ACTOR NAME: </b>Trey Cardona<br />
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<b>Character Name:</b> Ensemble<br />
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<b>● Born & Raised: </b>Born in Ft. Worth, TX Raised in Saginaw,TX<br />
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<b>● Education:</b> Currently a Senior Pursuing a BA in Theatre at Texas Wesleyan<br />
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University<br />
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<b>● Zodiac Sign: </b>Aquarius<br />
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<b>● Audition Song: </b><i>Lost in the Wilderness </i>from <u><b>Children of Eden</b></u><br />
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<b>● Something you’re REALLY bad at: </b>Basketball<br />
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<b>● Must See TV Show: </b>Game of Thrones<br />
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<b>● Favorite Play: </b>Hamlet<br />
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<b>● Previous stage work in DFW:<i> </i></b><i>Helo Dolly!</i> at GPAC, <i>Jerry Springer the Opera</i> & <i>American Idiot! </i>at Ohlook Performing arts center, Festival of the kid <i>Dora the Explorer</i> at ADLR, <i>Nevermore </i>at Runway Theatre<br />
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Stage West, <br />
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<b>● Most challenging role you’ve played: </b>Snake in School for Scandal<br />
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<b>● Pop Culture Guilty Pleasure: </b>Doctor Who<br />
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<b>● First Stage Kiss: </b>Student Directed show called T<i>he Loveliest Afternoon of the</i><br />
<i>Year</i> with Crystal Salazar<br />
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<b>● Pre Show Rituals:</b> a special handshake<br />
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<b>● Special Skills: </b>walk with stilts<br />
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<b>● Any Theatre Superstitions: </b>When somebody says the “M” word<br />
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<b>● Favorite Post Show Meal: </b>Buffalo Wild Wings<br />
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<b>● Favorite liquid refreshment (adult or other):</b> Dr. Pepper<br />
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<b>● Favorite ice cream : </b>Orange Sherbert<br />
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<b>● Biggest On Stage Mishap: </b>During a production I jumped from a platform and landed on a piece of broken glass. I felt a stinging sensation in my foot, but I continued my number. Once I exited the stage i noticed a pool of blood where I was performing.<br />
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<b>● Worst Costume Ever: </b>Pirate Piggy that nose was irritating<br />
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<b>● Worst job you ever had: </b>Being a waiter at The Spot<br />
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<b>● Last Good Movie You Saw: </b>Captain America Civil War<br />
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<b>● Dream Role: </b>Willy Wonka<br />
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<b>● Career you would want if not a performer:</b> theatre teacher<br />
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<b>● Three things you can't live without:</b> pokemon, internet, my friends/family<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915670368295739915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825600661241262919.post-21690074310728664452016-07-07T14:14:00.003-05:002016-07-07T14:14:45.563-05:00#ADLRInsider with Taxi Driver Jason Solis<b>ADLR INSIDER!</b><br />
<b>Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown</b><br />
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<b>ACTOR NAME: </b>Jason Philip Solís<br />
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<b>CHARACTER: </b>Taxi Driver<br />
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●<b> Born & Raised: </b>Irving, TX<br />
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● <b>Education: </b>Bachelor’s of Music Education, Southern Methodist University<br />
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● <b>Zodiac Sign: </b>Gemini<br />
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● <b>Audition Song: </b><i>My Girlfriend Who Lives in Canad</i>a from <b><u>Avenue Q.</u></b><br />
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●<b> Something you’re REALLY bad at:</b> Responding to texts. I answer them in my head but never really get to type them out.<br />
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<b>● Did you have any particular mentors or inspirations when first starting out? </b>I was a real home body during school so my mentors and inspirations come from my family. My Mom is so strong and full of wisdom and my Dad is one of the hardest workers I’ve ever met.<br />
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● <b>Must See TV Show: </b>Right now I’m obsessed with Pretty Little Liars… but that’s just a summer fancy. Must see TV shows: Friends, The Office, 30 Rock, RuPaul’s Drag Race, anything by Shonda Rhymes, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.<br />
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●<b> Why you work in theatre:</b> I do it for the rush! It’s exhilarating to be on stage and act, sing, dance your heart out.<br />
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● <b>First Theatre Role:</b> I think I was an elephant in a play in the second grade: Typecasting. First role in highschool: I was Ensemble in Les Miserables. I was the old man that got pinned by the cart with an 8 measure solo... as a freshman. Not too shabby!<br />
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● <b>Favorite Musical: </b>All time favorite: Little Shop of Horrors.<br />
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● <b>Previous stage work in DFW:</b> Grand Prairie Arts Council, Mainstage Irving-Las Colinas, Family Music Theater, Runway Theatre, and Oh Look! in Grapevine.<br />
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●<b> Most challenging role you’ve played: </b>My role in Artes de la Rosa's Man of La Mancha was tough. Having to be totally immersed inside of a crazy person night after night wore me out.<br />
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● <b>Pop Culture Guilty Pleasure:</b> Pokemon & Netflix. yeah.<br />
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<b>● Pre Show Rituals: </b>Get there early. Chug a Red Bull. Warm-up. Mic Check. Laugh.<br />
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● <b>Special Skills:</b> I’m like a sight-reading beast and I have a smile that lights up the room.<br />
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● <b>Any Theatre Superstitions: </b>I don’t clean my makeup brushes during a show... Is that a thing?<br />
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● <i>Worst Costume Ever: </i>I was a sailor in HMS Pinnafore and I ripped my pants every other night… so that was cool.<br />
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● <b>Favorite Post Show Meal: </b>Something greasy. But, I for sure have to get a large<br />
water.<br />
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<b>● Favorite ice cream :</b> Cookies and Cream, FTW!<br />
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<b>● Biggest On Stage Mishap: </b>I’m clumsy and I fall all the time. There was this one time I invited all of my friends to watch me in Wizard of Oz; I was the lion. I fell so hard that I took down half of the set. Ugh. I’ll never live that one down.<br />
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<b>● Worst job you ever had: </b>Waiting tables. That is, for sure, not my ministry.<br />
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<b>● Last Good Movie You Saw:</b> I watch a lot of Netflix (I use it like white noise in the background) and I especially love to watch scary movies. Hush was a pretty unnerving movie: super suspenseful and kept me on the edge of my seat. Two thumbs up.<br />
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<b>● Dream Role:</b> Elphaba... jk. but seriously, Audrey II (The Plant in Little Shop of Horrors) is a dream role. Look, you get to act and sing AND sit your butt down in the pit all while being on book. Mama, sign me up!<br />
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<b>● Something you are incredibly proud of: </b>My students. I love teaching those little boogers.<br />
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<b>● Words of advice for aspiring performers: </b>I have to constantly say this to myself, “don’t be scared to audition, ‘no’ is the worst that could happen”.<br />
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<b>● Career you would want if not a performer: </b>Well, I teach Middle School Choir and I love it! I’m glad that I can do things that I am passionate about all while getting paid.<br />
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<b>● Three things you can't live without: </b>Internet, Computer, Dr. Pepper.<br />
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<b>● Best thing about Fort Worth or the North Side:</b> Los Paisano’s Taqueria next door to the Rose Marine. I’m like a freakin’ advertisement for those guys. I think I single handedly kept them in business during <i>Man of La Mancha</i>.<br />
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<b>● Why people will love Women on the Verge: </b>The music and the book. It’s such a funny show and the music fits in so well. I love that it’s not a show with random filler songs; Each song is so purposeful and moves the story along. Plus, this cast, y’all!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915670368295739915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825600661241262919.post-2803338036931901892016-06-30T11:00:00.000-05:002016-06-30T14:29:58.898-05:00Long time Artes de la Rosa Artistic Director is stepping down<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Artes de la Rosa Board of Directors President, Tanisia Castillo-Queppet, today announced the departure of Artistic Director Adam Adolfo who will step down this fall from the 17 year old non-profit. He joined Fort Worth’s only Latino arts organization late in 2009 serving first as Executive Director and eventually being named Artistic Director.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“We all knew one day Adam might make the difficult decision
to continue his artistic journey and explore new opportunities. It is hard to
say goodbye, but we are grateful for the exciting work he has brought to Artes
de la Rosa’s gallery and theatre. He will be a hard act to follow and we wish
him nothing but the best in all his future artistic endeavors,” said Tanisia
Queppet, Artes de la Rosa’s first female Board President.</div>
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During his time, Adolfo has
overseen 7 seasons of programming featuring film, festivals, and of course
theatre. Some of his directing credits
at Artes de la Rosa include, <i>In the
Heights</i>, <i>The Fifth Sun</i>, <i>Twelfth Night</i>, <i>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</i>, <i>Kiss
of the Spiderwoman</i>, <i>Romeo &
Juliet</i>, <i>A View From the Bridge</i>, <i>Man of La Mancha</i>, and the Tango Opera, <i>Maria de Buenos Aires</i>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Winner of <i>Fort Worth Weekly</i>’s Visionary Award, Adam Adolfo even appeared on
the Rose Marine Theater stage serving as the Narrator in the wildly reimagined
‘theatrical’ staging of Stephen Sondheim’s <i>Into
the Woods</i>. Prior to Artes de la Rosa, Adolfo served as Executive Artistic
Director for The Living Opera, General Manager for Ohio’s Weathervane
Playhouse, and was a Production Associate at the Arizona Theatre Company. His
work as a director has been seen throughout North Texas including productions
for QLive, Runway Theatre, Grand Prairie Arts Council, Onstage in Bedford, and
The Stolen Shakespeare Guild. Adolfo previously studied with the Texas
Shakespeare Festival and holds his theatre degree from Stephen F. Austin
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“I have been fortunate enough to
be able to work in the arts community and be a part of Fort Worth’s theatre
scene because of Artes de la Rosa. I am proud to have made my home here for the
last 7 years,” said Adolfo. “My focus when I arrived was innovation, artistically,
but also within what we perceived as “Latino” art. We have challenged our
audiences by exploring new worlds and energizing old genres - and I’m proud of
that.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Adam Adolfo’s final day will be
Friday September 30<sup>th</sup>. Adolfo
will next stage the Regional Premiere of the musical, <i>Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown</i> adapted from Spanish
Filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s film. The production’s opening night is Saturday
July 23<sup>rd</sup>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Artes de la Rosa Board of
Directors will begin a search for an Executive Director in the coming months. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Artes de la Rosa is proud
to announce principle casting for the REGIONAL PREMIERE of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown</i> receiving its first North
Texas staging this July. The musical comedy features a book by Jeffrey Lane,
with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and is adapted from the Academy Award
Nominated cult film of the same name by Pedro Almadovar. The cast of 18 features
5 Artes de la Rosa debuts at the historic Rose Marine Theater. This regional
premiere will utilize the full West End production orchestration. </div>
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Set in late 80’s Madrid, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown</i>
tells the story of the intertwining lives of a group of women whose
relationships with men lead to a tumultuous 48 hours of love, confusion, and
passion. Originally based by Almodóvar on Jean Cocteau’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Human Voice</i>, the show follows Pepa, Candela and Lucia
struggling for power over their own lives. The production is adapted from the
Spanish Pedro Almodovar film which will receive a screening at The Rose Marine
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Leading the cast is Artes de la
Rosa veteran Alden Bowers Price in the role of Pepa, a woman whose life has
been turned upside down by a man. You may remember Alden from her moving and
powerful performance as The Baker’s Wife in Artes de la Rosa’s critically
acclaimed production of Stephen Sondheim’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Into
the Woods</i>. Playing the role of Lucia, originated on Broadway by Patti
Lupone, is Kristin Spires, last seen on the Rose Marine stage in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Twelfth Night: A Musical Comedy Carnival</i>.
Rounding out the female principle cast are Rachael Blizzard as Paulina and Louis
Zapata Resident Acting Company members Emma Leigh Montes and Elizabeth Thresher
as distractible model Candela and no-nonsense Marissa, both seen in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Welcome to Arroyo’s</i>. James Worley and
Jordan Justice play father and son Yvan and Carlos respectively with former
Louis Zapata Resident Company member Jason Solis acting as the narrating Taxi
Cab Driver. <span style="background: white;">The<span> </span><i>Women on the Verge</i><span> </span>ensemble will include<span> Trey Cardona, Loagan Vince Hudson, Haven
Isom, Mindamora Rocha, Suzann Schultz, Bo Sickling, Celeste Spangler, Kyle R.
Trentham, Fidencio Vazquez, and Samantha Whitbeck.</span></span></div>
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The production is directed by
Artes de la Rosa Artistic Director Adam Adolfo who is also serving as Costume
Designer. Frequent collaborator and Column Award winner Kristin Spires serves
as Music Director with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Welcome to
Arroyo’s</i> dancer Nathan Scott as Choreographer. Bradley Gray who designed
Artes de la Rosa’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Twelfth Night, Welcome
to Arroyo’s,</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Man of La Mancha</i>
serves as Scenic Designer with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big Fish:
12 Chairs </i>Lighting Design is by Kyle Harris with Sound Design by Mark
Howard. Production begins July 22 with a single preview and opening night July
23 at the Rose Marine Theater in Fort Worth for a strictly limited 3 week
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<b>ABOUT WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN</b></div>
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Both touching and hilarious,
Women On The Verge is 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. Along with
Pepa, there's her missing (possibly philandering) 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 proportion. Mayhem and comic madness abound,
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN: The Musical begins
performances Friday July 22 with official opening night Saturday July 23.
Performances are Thursdays 7:30 pm, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 pm. There
will be a single Sunday Matinee on August 7 at 3:00 pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>General Admission tickets are $16 for adults
and $13 for students, teachers, & seniors. Opening Night Tickets are $20
and include a party with the cast and crew following the performances. Tickets
will go on sale on Wednesday June 22. For tickets or more information, call the
Rose Marine Theater Box Office at (817) 624-8333.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Special ticket prices are available for
groups of 10 or more. Tickets can be purchased online at </span><a href="http://www.artesdelarosa.org/"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">www.artesdelarosa.org</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ABOUT ARTES DE LA ROSA CULTURAL CENTER FOR THE ARTS</b></div>
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Artes de la Rosa is dedicated to
preserving, promoting, and interpreting the art, lives, and history of Latino
culture for all.</div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Artes de la Rosa is proud to announce principle casting for the Artes de la Rosa Regional Premiere production of <i>Welcome To Arroyo’s</i> by Pulitzer Prize Nominee Kristoffer Diaz. In it, two DJ’s emcee four lives looping together for an entertaining mix tape in this thinking man’s romantic comedy that explores family identity through a hip hop kaleidoscope. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">“Set in 2004, there is an elaborate theatricality to this youthful and energetic show,” offers Artistic Director Adam Adolfo. “I’m so excited to be bringing this play to the Rose Marine Theater as a Regional Premiere. Kristoffer Diaz’s show is a cross-generational, multicultural romantic comedy that is party hip hop mystery, slick and cool, but unafraid to be goofy! With humor and heart, this first play by Diaz shows how 7 years later he would be a contender for the Pulitzer Prize.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">Leading the cast is Kyle R. Trentham as Alejandro Arryo. Kyle , an actor, producer, and founder of QLive! has been seen in Artes de la Rosa’s productions of The Fifth Sun and Romeo & Juliet. Joining Mr. Trentham are Artes de la Rosa Louis Zapata Resident Acting Company Members Elizabeth Thresher as nerdy Hip Hop historian Lelly Santiago, Emma Leigh Montes as Amalia Arroyo, Alejandro’s artist sister, and Matthew Perry Smith as Officer Derek. DJ Rapper’s Trip Goldstein and Nelson Cardel are played by Jordan Justice and Magdiel Carmon, both making their Artes de la Rosa debut. A crew of Hip Hop Dancers round out the cast with Nathan Scott, Samantha Cobb, Loagan Vince Hudson, Mindamora Rocha, Alexander Sauceda, Celeste Spangler, and Fidencio Vasquez. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">The production is directed by Artes de la Rosa Artistic Director Adam Adolfo who is also serving as Costume Designer. Serving as Associate Director and Choreographer is Austin Ray Beck whose work was last seen at the Rose Marine Theatre, in <i>Big Fish</i>. Frequent collaborator Bradley Gray who designed Artes de la Rosa’s <i>Twelfth Night</i> and <i>Man of La Mancha</i> serves as Scenic Designer and Technical Director. Lighting Design is by Kyle Harris with Sound Design by Mark Howard. Production begins May 20 at the Rose Marine Theater in Fort Worth for a strictly limited 3 week engagement. </span></span></div>
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Artes de la Rosa would like to introduce to the actors of the Second Season of the Louis Zapata Resident Acting Company. The five actors chosen by Fort Worth Weekly Visionary Award Winner Adam Adolfo represent a cross cultural blend of actors who specialize in Musical Theatre, Comedy, and Bilingual Theater. The actors include <b>Emma Leigh Montes</b>, <b>Domanick Anton Hubbard</b>, <b>Matthew Perry Smith</b>, <b>Elizabeth Thresher</b>, and <b>Emily Warwick</b>. All five actors will be making their Artes de la Rosa debut this season in productions of <i>Big Fish The Musical 12 Chairs Version</i> by Andrew Lippa and John August, <i>Welcome to Arroyo’s </i>by Pulitzer Prize Nominee Kristoffer Diaz, David Yazbeck’s <i>Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown</i> and a bilingual production of Eve Ensler’s <i>The Vagina Monologues</i>. </div>
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Artistic Director Adam Adolfo explains Artes is celebrating Fort Worth’s rich diversity with this season’s Louis Zapata Company members. "These individuals represent the best, the brightest, and the changing artistic makeup of the arts community. We’re happy to have them part of the Artes de la Rosa Family over the next year."</div>
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The Louis Zapata Resident Acting Company is an essential component of the artistry and uniqueness of Artes de la Rosa’s seasons. The ensemble enhances the work of the company through its ability to develop complex and ambitious productions over time; plan seasons to utilize the unique strengths of an ensemble of actors; and undertake large cast productions on a regular basis, consistently achieving inspired performances in both large and small roles. In many ways, Louis Zapata is the father of The Rose Marine Theater, the home and creative heart of Fort Worth’s Northside community. Mr. Zapata was the first Latino elected to City Council and helped spearhead the renovation of the Historic Rose Marine Theater. His fierce commitment to the Rose Marine Theater continued till the end of his life where he made a friend promise that “nothing would happen to the theater.” Mr. Zapata passed away shortly following that promise and to honor his many contributions Artistic Director Adam Adolfo named the Resident Acting Company in his honor. </div>
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<b>Domanick Hubbard </b>is so excited to be a part of this year’s Louis Zapata resident company. Domanick Hubbard started his performer career at the age of 15, where he played Zeke in High School Musical. That's where he fell in love for the stage and performing. From there he went on to be in more productions, some of his favorite roles he has played have been: (Angel) Rent!, (Genie) Aladdin, and (Mungojerrie and Skimbkeshanks) CATS! All were performed at North Central Texas College. After all that excitement Domanick went to college at Southeastern Oklahoma State University were he got his BA in Musical Theatre with a minor in dance. While in college Domanick had the opprotuinty of working with the Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival for 3 summers. He served as a performer, was also a instructor for the teen and children's Theatre. His favorite roles performed in college were: (Tobias Ragg) Sweeney Todd, (Buddy) The Diviners, and (Billy Flynn) Chicago! Since graduation Domanick has performed at Six Flags Over Texas for the past 2 years singing and dancing for his life. When he is not performing he is working as a choreographer, working with kids and inspiring the youth to do what they love. He is very excited to be getting back into the Theatre world and looks forward to what this Company has in store for him. </div>
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<b>Matthew Perry Smith </b>is thrilled to be starting his career in Texas as a member of the Louis Zapata Resident Acting Company! Matthew is a recent graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he studied Theater and Political Science. Some of his favorite roles while at IUP include Doug in Gruesome Playground Injuries, Noel in The Optimist, and Beatty in Fahrenheit 451. Matthew also spent a summer performing with Keystone Repertory Theater, appearing as Mike Ferris in Hands on a Hardbody and Jim O’Conner in The Glass Menagerie. After graduation Matthew spent the summer performing at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire as Bartold Von Holtz. Besides acting, Matthew has extensive training in stage combat, holding the rank of Advanced Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors, as well as being an Apprentice Instructor with Dueling Arts International. Matthew has also choreographed fights for several productions, including Oleanna, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sweeney Todd, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Moon Over Buffalo, and Soldier’s Heart. One of the highlights of Matthew’s journey in stage combat was accompanying his teacher to China in 2014 to assist teaching a four day unarmed stage combat workshop for students at the Nanjing University of the Arts. Outside of theater, Matthew enjoys stand-up comedy, slam poetry, and being a huge nerd, particularly when it comes to Captain America. Matthew would like to thank his friends and family for all of their support, without which it wouldn’t be possible to pursue his dream.</div>
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<b>Elizabeth Thresher:</b> It was the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty six when maw and paw got that brown chicken brown cow feeling. The following year, the earth welcomed Elizabeth Thresher into its orbit and stationed her in Dallas, TX. A few soccer games here, a few rounds of competitive theatre there and couple bowls of pretzels later, Elizabeth found herself at the University of North Texas where she chose to work socially among the publics. Once she secured a social work degree, she traversed to Cincinnati to work with AmeriCorps and then to Chicago to see where music could take her. As fate would have it, her journey to the Windy City took her to Wrigley Field where she sang the National Anthem and led her to her life-long teammate, Steve. They have been making music and magic together ever since; Steve is an audio engineer, producer, vocalist and all-around stellar feller. After joining forces and enduring multiple Chicago winters, Steve and Elizabeth opted to move (back) to the warmer Dallas climate. Being back home gave Elizabeth the confidence to take her acting talents from in front of the bathroom mirror to a real stage. She has appeared in Young Frankenstein at the Grand Prairie Arts Council, Footloose at Art Centre Theatre Plano and now the Louis Zapata Resident Acting Company at Artes de la Rosa. Elizabeth appreciates all of the support and inspiration she has received from her family and friends and hopes to pay it forward continually.</div>
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<b>Emily Warwick </b>is a Fort Worth native, but she currently lives in Granbury, TX. She works with the Granbury Theatre Company as the resident Costume Designer and Properties Master. Emily appreciates being able to work on the technical side, but her real passion for the theatre is performing. Her passion started early but it took off full force when she was 12 years old and she has been on a stage ever since. She has performed with the Casa Manana Apprentice Program in Secret Garden (Ayah). Some of her favorite past shows include Guys and Dolls (Sarah Brown), Seussical (Mrs. Mayor), Little Shop of Horrors (Chiffon), Bye Bye Birdie (Doris MacAfee) at Plaza Theatre in Cleburne, TX, Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), Sweeney Todd (Mrs. Lovett), Legally Blonde (Paulette Bonafonte), Ghost: The Musical (Oda Mae Brown), Lucky Stiff (Rita LaPorta), Fiddler on the Roof (Golde), Mary Poppins (Mrs. Brill) with Granbury Theatre Company, Peter Pan, Children of Eden, and Beehive: The 60's Musical with Theatreworks Community Players in Martinsville, VA. Emily is looking forward to this next chapter with the Louis Zapata Resident Acting Company, Adam Adolfo and Artes De La Rosa. She is blessed with family and friends behind her every step of the journey. "Do it with passion, or not at all."</div>
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<b>Emma Leigh Montes </b>is a local actor in the DFW area. She is excited to be making her debut on the Artes de la Rosa stage in this upcoming season and is even more excited to be a member in the Louis Zapata Resident Acting Company. Emma was most recently seen in Nevermore! Edgar Allan Poe The Final Mystery at Runway Theatre, where she played the Voice of the Raven. Before that, she was seen as Shelley Parker in Bat Boy at OhLook Performing Arts Center. At OhLook, she was also given the opportunity to be a part of Evil Dead the Musical and the world premiere of the musical Dula. Some of her favorite past credits include Endgame (Nell), Henry V (Nym/Bates) , A Christmas Carol (Belle/Laundress) , A Mile Away From Paradise (Sarah), Magnolia Day (Lisa) , Extracurricular (Julia), Jinxed (Jessica "Meatloaf") , and The Closet (Twinkles) . She would like to thank Adam for always encouraging her and pushing her to achieve more than she thought she could. Emma is also extremely blessed to have the most rockin' group of people behind her. She would like to thank her best friend, Kolby for his love and encouragement, her awesome boyfriend, Jordan, for his constant support in everything she does, her Papa Bill and Grandma Lucy for all of their love, encouragement and support and most importantly her parents, who's amazing advice, love, encouragement and constant support is what helps her keep moving forward. Ph. 4:13.</div>
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receiving its first North Texas staging this March. The cast features 11 Artes
de la Rosa stage debuts for this new musical based on the novel by Daniel
Wallace and the Columbia Motion Picture directed by Tim Burton. “This is
terribly thrilling for our company to have so many new faces on stage as part
of the Artes family,” said Artistic Director Adam Adolfo. He and Kristin Spires,
who previously collaborated on the North Texas premiere of <i>In the Heights</i>, as well as productions of <i>Into the Woods</i> and <i>Man of La
Mancha</i> reunite as Producer/Director and Musical Director, respectively. Serving
as Choreographer is Austin Ray Beck whose work was last seen at the Rose Marine
Theatre, Artes de la Rosa’s home, in Shakespeare’s <i>Romeo & Juliet</i>. <o:p></o:p><br />
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the cast is Artes de la Rosa veteran Joshua Sherman in the role of Edward
Bloom, a man whose stories spring forth from his imagination and color the
lives of his friends and family. You may remember Joshua from his turns on the
Rose Marine stage in starring roles in <i>The
Fifth Sun (The Colornel)</i>, <i>In the
Heights (Benny)</i>, <i>Into the Woods (The
Baker)</i>, and <i>Twelfth Night (Sir Toby)</i>.
Joshua, a former member of The Louis Zapata Resident Acting Company, has been
seen throughout North Texas with Casa Manana, Lyric Stage, and Theatre
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> “The production team and I are so
excited to have Joshua back on our stage leading this infectiously joyful score
with a cast full of charismatic company debuts. Joshua brings a beautiful and
dramatic musical voice and spirit to the stage that has thrilled audiences for
years at the Rose Marine Theatre. His
passion, skill, and charm are what will make <i>his</i> Edward Bloom the living breathing larger than life storyteller
that has captured audiences hearts on Broadway and film.” offers Artistic
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Joining
Mr. Sherman on the Rose Marine stage are 11 Artes de la Rosa debuts including Lauren
Kane as his wife Sandra, Jonathan Hardin as their son, Will, and Emma Leigh
Montes as Will’s wife, Josephine. Populating the colorful cast of characters is
Emily Warwick as the witch, Domanick Hubbard as Carl the Giant, and Todd Camp
as Circus owner Amos. The cast also includes Matthew Smith (Dr. Bennett), Dusty
Farmer & Jakeb Lowery (the Price Brothers), Fatima Rodriguez (Jenny Hill),
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<span style="color: #191919; font-size: 11.0pt;">BIG FISH 12 Chairs is the new, intimate version of the Broadway
musical featuring music and lyrics by Tony nominee Andrew Lippa (<i>The Addams Family, The Wild Party</i>) and a
new book by esteemed screenwriter John August (<i>Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</i>). Based on the
celebrated novel by Daniel Wallace and the acclaimed film directed by Tim
Burton, 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 – most of all, his devoted wife Sandra. But their
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 Broadway musical that reminds us
why we love going to the theatre – for an experience that's richer, funnier and
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">BIG FISH runs Friday March 4 and
plays Thursdays 7:30 pm, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 pm. There will be a
single Sunday Matinee on March 20 at 3:00 pm.
General Admission tickets are $16 for adults and $12 for students,
teachers, & seniors. Tickets will go on sale on February 4. For tickets or
more information, call the Rose Marine Theater Box Office at (817)
624-8333. Special ticket prices are
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EZgHZz3hh9c/Vo7IgGaDb_I/AAAAAAAACj8/xRA8Z7yLav8/s1600/Joshua%2BSherman%2B-%2BPurple.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EZgHZz3hh9c/Vo7IgGaDb_I/AAAAAAAACj8/xRA8Z7yLav8/s320/Joshua%2BSherman%2B-%2BPurple.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joshua Sherman stars as Edward Bloom in the Artes de la Rosa production of <br />
BIG FISH 12 Chairs Version this March at the Rose Marine Theater.</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">ABOUT ARTES DE LA ROSA CULTURAL CENTER
FOR THE ARTS</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Artes
de la Rosa is dedicated to preserving, promoting, and interpreting the art, lives,
and history of Latino culture for all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915670368295739915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825600661241262919.post-28847653766434577672015-11-16T18:13:00.001-06:002015-11-16T18:13:59.415-06:00Searching For Production Team for BIG FISH: 12 Chairs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KIlmx35r8MY/VkpxKGesHtI/AAAAAAAACes/8WIiv8OFUc4/s1600/Bigfish.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KIlmx35r8MY/VkpxKGesHtI/AAAAAAAACes/8WIiv8OFUc4/s320/Bigfish.png" width="203" /></a></div>
<h2>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Artes de la Rosa Cultural Center for the Arts is
searching for qualified technical theatre artists to fill the </span>listed technical
positions in costuming, properties, scenic construction and stage management
for BIG FISH: 12 Chairs.</span></h2>
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Contracts for
technical positions vary based on commitment and experience and range from $500
to $1200. Although the technical crews are asked to do a tremendous amount of
work, Artes de la Rosa attempts to create an environment that is both nurturing
and fun while creating a spirit of trust, collaboration, and mutual respect. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>ALL
APPLICATIONS MUST CONTAIN A CURRENT E-MAIL ADDRESS, TWO REFERENCES, IN ORDER TO
BE CONSIDERED.</strong> To apply send a résumé with telephone
number, and Email address and references to Artistic Director Adam Adolfo: <a href="mailto:Adam.Adolfo@ArtesDeLaRosa.org"><span style="color: blue;">Adam.Adolfo@ArtesDeLaRosa.org</span></a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>Materials should be
received by December 1st; Interviews to begin immediately and continue till
filled. </strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="AssistantStageManager"></a><strong>Assistant Stage Manager / Stage Management
Intern<o:p></o:p></strong></div>
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To serve
Assistant Stage Manager for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big Fish: 12
Chairs Version</i>. Will assist the Stage Manager in the running and
organization of daily rehearsals; will assist in the scheduling and posting
rehearsal and production calls and any other stage management duties that are
deemed necessary and appropriate; responsible for backstage organization during
the productions; and will attend all schedule rehearsals, paper techs, dry
techs, and technical rehearsals.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="CostumeCutterDraper"></a><strong><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">Costume
Designer<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span class="style491"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">To serve as one of costume designers
for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big Fish: 12 Chairs Version</i>. </span></span>The
ideal candidate will have experience (either educational or professional),
outstanding collaboration and communication skills, and a pleasant work ethic. Applicants
must display leadership qualities, excellent interpersonal skills and posses
the ability to troubleshoot complex problems. The ideal candidate must
demonstrate experience working within a wide range of budgets and staffing
resources. A degree in theatre is a plus; however, comparable experience will
be considered. The candidate must be a team player and have a positive and
professional attitude. The obligations of the Designer include attendance of
Production Meetings & 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> Rehearsal, supplying the Theatre with
conceptual drawings and ideas by equally agreed upon dates; supplying the
Theatre with a fully-executed costume design, including colored renderings,
costume list, labeled swatch cards, and costume plot (if needed), by equally
agreed upon dates. The ideal candidate must demonstrate experience working
within a wide range of budgets and staffing resources.<b><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<strong>Lighting Designer<o:p></o:p></strong></div>
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To serve as the designer &
master electrician for either productions of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big Fish: 12 Chairs Version</i> or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Welcome
to Arroyo’s</i>. We are seeking artists who possess imagination, flexibility
and the desire to work in a creatively charged and artistically demanding, yet
nurturing environment. Applicants must be prepared to work within a strong
creative team, and to work quickly towards the end goal, while still giving
focus to the artistic process. The ideal candidate must demonstrate experience
working within a wide range of budgets and staffing resources. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong>Technical Director <o:p></o:p></strong></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #141823; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Under the guidance of the
Artistic Director, will be responsible for managing the Scenic operations of
the productions. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and
the ability to work on large-scale shows in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities
include but are not limited to: Consult with the Artistic Director (and Scenic
Designer) on the technical and budgetary feasibility of designs. Collaborate
with artistic director and Scenic Designer to realize the production design
within budget and on time. Manage all aspects in the planning, build, load-in,
tech, and maintenance of scenery. Supervise the installation and strike of each
set including any rigging and mechanical devices. Insure proper function,
installation and safety of all scenic elements. Create time and material
estimates, schedules and other documentation as required. Coordinate build
schedule and load-in with theatre administration. Maintain the high quality and
standards of Artes de la Rosa. Ensure a safe and workable environment for staff
and performers.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="PropertiesIntern"></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong>Properties Artisan & Carpenter<o:p></o:p></strong></div>
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Will work closely with the
director of one of the four theatre productions, working within the parameters
of the budget and production schedule; will organize and maintain the
properties budget, build and deadline schedule; responsible for the
construction of all scenic and hand properties; will assist in the acquisition
of all properties for the production and crew.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915670368295739915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825600661241262919.post-79836922001212765942015-11-09T19:40:00.001-06:002015-11-09T19:40:15.781-06:00Artes de la Rosa Nabs 28 Nominations at the BroadwayWorld Awards!<div>
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<span style="color: black;">Did you catch Artes de la Rosa's productions of <strong>TWELFTH NIGHT</strong> or <strong>MAN OF LA MANCHA</strong>? Well audiences loved it - and it shows in nominations for the </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="color: black;">BroadwayWorld Dallas & Fort Worth</span></a><span style="color: black;"> Award Nominations! Why not help Artes de la Rosa and take the time to go and vote for our great shows! A complete list of our nominations is below!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twelfth Night: A Musical Comedy Carnival</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/dallas/vote2015region.cfm" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO VOTE! </a></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black;">BEST ACTOR</span></strong></div>
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David Goza - Man of La Mancha</div>
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Joshua Sherman - Twelfth Night: A Musical Comedy Carnival</div>
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Jonathan Flippo - Twelfth Night: A Musical Comedy Carnival</div>
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Martin Antonio Guerra - Man of La Mancha</div>
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<strong>BEST ACTRESS</strong></div>
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Erin Hardy - Twelfth Night: A Musical Comedy Carnival</div>
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Sarah Powell - Man of La Mancha</div>
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Brittany Adelstein - Twelfth Night: A Musical Comedy Carnival</div>
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<strong>BEST ENSEMBLE </strong></div>
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Man of La Mancha</div>
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<strong>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR</strong></div>
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Jason Solis - Man of La Mancha</div>
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Nathan Scott - Man of La Mancha</div>
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Adrian Godinez - Man of La Mancha</div>
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Adrian Godinez - Twelfth Night: A Musical Comedy Carnival</div>
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Mitchel Stephens - Twelfth Night: A Musical Comedy Carnival</div>
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<strong>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS</strong></div>
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Brittany Adelstein - Man of La Mancha</div>
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Aigner Mathis - Twelfth Night: A Musical Comedy Carnival</div>
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<strong>BEST MUSICAL</strong></div>
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Twelfth Night: A Musical Comedy Carnival</div>
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Man of La Mancha</div>
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<strong>BEST CHOREOGRAPHY</strong></div>
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Maegan Marie Stewart - Man of La Mancha</div>
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<strong>BEST COSTUMES</strong></div>
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Joshua Sherman - Twelfth Night: A Musical Comedy Carnival</div>
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Adam Adolfo - Man of La Mancha</div>
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<strong>BEST DIRECTION</strong></div>
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Adam Adolfo - Twelfth Night: A Musical Comedy Carnival</div>
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Adam Adolfo - Man of La Mancha</div>
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<strong>BEST LIGHTING DESIGN</strong></div>
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Lisa Miller - Man of La Mancha</div>
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<strong>BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION</strong></div>
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Kristin Spires - Man of La Mancha</div>
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<strong>BEST SCENIC DESIGN</strong></div>
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Bradley Gray - Twelfth Night: A Musical Comedy Carnival</div>
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Bradley Gray - Man of La Mancha</div>
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<strong>BEST SOUND DESIGN</strong></div>
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Mark Howard - Man of La Mancha</div>
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<strong>BEST VENUE</strong></div>
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Artes de la Rosa at the Rose Marine Theater</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Cast & Crew of Man of La Mancha</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915670368295739915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825600661241262919.post-27017822891178839582015-10-26T12:30:00.002-05:002015-10-26T12:30:47.417-05:002016 Crazy Love Season<div style="text-align: center;">
<strong><span lang="ES-MX" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES-MX; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Artes de la Rosa
Announces the 2016 </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #141823; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Crazy Love Season</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In its ongoing mission to bring Latin art & culture to the
North Texas Community, </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gL6lf4hQJ34/Vi5iTyIi-7I/AAAAAAAACZc/gfxpwUwE6-0/s1600/ADLR%2BSeason%2BSquare.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gL6lf4hQJ34/Vi5iTyIi-7I/AAAAAAAACZc/gfxpwUwE6-0/s320/ADLR%2BSeason%2BSquare.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">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, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Adam
Adolfo will be celebrating his 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> 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. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">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, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Welcome to Arroyo’s</i>. 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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Artes
de la Rosa will follow up with the regional premiere of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown</i>, 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. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Eve
Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues will close out the 2016 season. <span style="color: #191919;">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."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">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. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">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 <a href="http://www.artesdelarosa.org/"><span style="color: blue;">www.ArtesDeLaRosa.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The 2016 Theatre
Line Up<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BIG FISH<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Twelve Chairs Version<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Music and Lyrics by ANDREW LIPPA; Book by JOHN AUGUST<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the Tim Burton film by
Columbia Motion Pictures<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">March 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></sup>– 20<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Press Opening Saturday March 5, 8:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Welcome to Arroyo’s<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">By Kristoffer Diaz<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">May 20 – June 5 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Press Opening Saturday May 21, 8:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">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. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Women on the Verge of
a Nervous Breakdown<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek; Book by Jeffrey Lane<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Based on the film by
Pedro Almodóvar<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">July 22 – August 7 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Press Opening Saturday July 23, 8:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Both touching and hilarious, <strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Women On The Verge…</span></i></strong> 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!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The Vagina Monologues<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">By Eve Ensler</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">September 16 – 25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Press Opening Saturday September 17, 8:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">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."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The Complete 2016
Line Up<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The Year My Parents
Went on Vacation<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Film Screening –
February 20; 7:30pm <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>Rated PG.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BIG FISH<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Twelve Chairs Version<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Music and Lyrics by ANDREW LIPPA; Book by JOHN AUGUST<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the Tim Burton film by Columbia
Motion Pictures<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Musical – March 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></sup>– 20<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gp3eWkxzNIg/Vi5ilCGfMaI/AAAAAAAACZs/2y4OMEnufKE/s1600/Dia%2Bde%2Blos%2BNinos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="106" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gp3eWkxzNIg/Vi5ilCGfMaI/AAAAAAAACZs/2y4OMEnufKE/s320/Dia%2Bde%2Blos%2BNinos.jpg" width="320" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Dia De Los Ninos<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Festival – April 28 – 30 <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">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.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Welcome to Arroyo’s<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">By Kristoffer Diaz<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Play with Music – May 20 – June 5 <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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a Nervous Breakdown<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Film Screening – June 18<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">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 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">new</i> 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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.
</i>Rated PG-13<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Women on the Verge of
a Nervous Breakdown<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek; Book by Jeffrey Lane<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Based on the film by
Pedro Almodóvar<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The Musical – July 22 – August 7 <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Film Screening – August 20 <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">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.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The Vagina Monologues<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">By Eve Ensler</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Bilingual Play – September 16 – 25<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Dia de los Muertos 5K
Race, Fun Run, & Festival<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">October 29<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span class="A4"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">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. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Cantinflas<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Film Screening - November 12; 7:30 pm <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Official submission
of Mexico to the best foreign language film category of the 87th Academy Awards
2015. </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. </i>Rated PG.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">N</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">othing Like the
Holiday’s <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Film Screening - December 3; 7:30 pm <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It's the Christmas season, and the Rodriguez
grown children converge on their parents' Brother Jesse <span class="dgc">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! </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">English<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. </i></span><span class="dgc"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">R</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ated PG-13<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Mariachi Christmas<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Concert – December 16<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> & 17<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>; 7:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In what has become a sellout Holiday Tradition, we bring to you
the sounds of the season to your family and friends at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes de la Rosa’s Mariachi Christmas</i>. 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! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: ES-US;">About Artes de la Rosa<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Artes de la Rosa is dedicated to preserving, promoting, and
interpreting the art, lives, and history of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Latino culture for all.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915670368295739915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825600661241262919.post-52555097953100289362015-05-28T18:48:00.004-05:002015-05-28T18:48:59.125-05:00Earning Your Tags, The tradition of #War<h2 style="text-align: center;">
Earning Your Tags, The tradition of #War<o:p></o:p></h2>
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Or Why Doing an Adam Adolfo Show </h2>
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is Like Going to War<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">By Adam Adolfo </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Much has been said about the powerful dogtag image being used to
market the Artes de la Rosa production of <strong><em>Man of La Mancha</em></strong>. It is
simultaneously iconic, edgy, and elegant. It also is part of a greater story that
only actors, designers, and musicians who have worked with me before know. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ask any actor who’s done one of my shows what it’s like and they won’t
flinch as they respond proudly, WAR. What began as a bit of a joke has
transitioned into something that is both inspirational and a source of pride
for theatre artists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>In the Heights</em> actress and Tony Award winner, Karen Olivo, famously
called the process of rehearsal and performance, “Battle”. She says, “My desire
to share my experience, my heart, and my pain became a need. Every evening I
would call our show 'going into battle'. My cast-mates would laugh or sometimes
agree depending on their level of fatigue or illness. However, I meant it. I
was at war with myself.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The phrase actors in my shows use is, “Doing an Adam Adolfo show is
like going to war…” it even spawned an unofficial rehearsal hashtag (#war). One
snarky actor went further by saying “…specifically the Vietnam war, because it’s
all conflict, there’s no resolution, but you know without a doubt something
important has happened.” The metaphor for the rehearsal process is oddly
appropriate. Tensions are high, and demands are higher. There is a constant
struggle to achieve better and produce stronger, and yet the drive behind it
continues. While it is not life and death like a solider, the commitment
and pride it can elicit are quite similar. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A moment from </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stolen Shakespeare Guild's <em>HENRY V</em></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Several years ago, I directed a production of Shakespeare’s <em>HENRY V</em>
for Fort Worth’s Stolen Shakespeare Guild, which I set in a fictional world
that combined imagery from World War II with Elizabethan costuming. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The effect was a fairly elegant image of
war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On opening night, I gave the cast a
‘Good Show Gift’, they were dog tags. On the tag was the name of the show, and a
line from the script, “How sweet a thing it is to wear a crown.” To say they
liked it was an understatement, they flipped out and asked if they could wear
them under their costumes… and thus a tradition was born.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Everyone who works on an Adam Adolfo show must earn their dog tag and
they receive their tags on opening night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It has become something that actors who have been through multiple ‘wars’
look forward to, this opening night tradition that signifies accomplishment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Adrian Godinez, member of Artes de la Rosa’s Resident Acting Company,
and currently scarring audiences as The Captain of the Inquisition in <em>Man of La
Mancha</em> says, “T<span class="uficommentbody"><span lang="EN" style="color: #141823; mso-ansi-language: EN;">he dog tags bring back the memories of the show. Dog tags
must be earned after weeks of work and dedication.” Adrian is now on his 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
or 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> tag. Faith Hope who received her first dogtag with <em>Man of La
Mancha</em> offers, “When you join the military you know full well you are setting
yourself up for exhaustion and pain. You know in the end there will always be
two camps the ones who love and the ones who oppress but you do it anyway
because of the Love you have for this </span></span><span data-reactid=".1ht.1:4:1:$comment718057284982835_718064441648786:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3"><span data-reactid=".1ht.1:4:1:$comment718057284982835_718064441648786:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".1ht.1:4:1:$comment718057284982835_718064441648786:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$text0:0">great
country. It is no different in an Adam Adolfo show. You WILL suffer, you will
suffer tears and pain and sometimes even blood but in the end it's worth it all
for the craft we love so dear! We won't always agree with the road taken to the
final product but all roads lead to a group of virtual strangers united under
the same flag of joy and passion for this art.</span></span></span>”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Earning your tags, just another way that our artists say, “YO SOY
ARTES DE LA ROSA”. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Three chances left to see Artes de la Rosa’s Man of La Mancha this
weekend! And while here, pick up your souvenir dogtags!<strong> #LaManchaFW</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br />Final week this week through May 31st <br />Friday-Saturday at 8:00, and Sunday at 3:00 pm<br /><br />For information and to purchase tickets, go to www.artesdelarosa.org <br />or call 817-624-8333.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915670368295739915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825600661241262919.post-82165412970959833942014-12-09T10:00:00.000-06:002014-12-09T10:00:09.980-06:00Artes de la Rosa tours Latin American Countries with 2015 Season dedicated to the Rhythm of Latin America
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de la Rosa <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Cultivates the 2015 Season of Cultural Events With<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">RITMO:
Rhythm of the People</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In
its ongoing mission to bring Latin art & culture to the North Texas
Community, Artes de la Rosa’s Artistic Director Adam Adolfo has designed a
season to bring to the Rose Marine Theater for the 2015 calendar a season
programs that he calls “RITMO: Rhythm of the People.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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When you stop to consider Latin people on the whole, we are an extremely
musical and vibrant community. If you’ve ever talked to a “Spanish Mom” you
know we don’t just talk with our voices, we sing! Simple conversation turns
into dueling arias, not only with words but our hands, and certainly our
hearts. The common denominator amongst the diverse Latin cultures of the world
is music!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Twelfth Night</i> is Shakespeare’s most
musical play and I’m anxious to provide it the excitement of the Samba beat,”
says Adam Adolfo. Inspired by Baz Lurhman’s film <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Moulin Rouge</i> and the musical episode of tv’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grey’s Anatomy</i>, Adolfo notes that he’s venturing into new
territory. “It’s exciting to do something new and different. As theatre makers,
if we are not ambitiously trying to break new ground, we might as well just
give up.” New and different is certainly the Artistic Directors style and he’s
promising that with creative reimagining of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Man
of La Mancha</i>. “I’m not ready to let the cat out of the bag yet on that
show, but I will say that I was inspired by Dallas Theatre Center’s production
of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Les Miserables</i>. It was daring,
provocative, and inspiring… it inspired me to look for another musical that
should be seen with fresh eyes. So I dug deep into Man of La Mancha’s book and
found a new way to look at the material that excites me to no end. It will
definitely be like no production you’ve seen before.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">TWELFTH NIGHT<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A Musical Comedy
Carnival<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">February 13th –
March 1st <o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Adapted from
Shakespeare and Directed by Adam Adolfo<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Musical
Director: Kristin Spires<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Choreographer:
Maegan Marie Stewart<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">What
do Gloria Estefan, Enrique Iglesias, Shakira, and Shakespeare have in common?
Twelfth Night! Amid the costumes, confetti, and chaos of Rio’s carnival, 4
young lovers unlock the secrets of their hearts while donning disguises,
exchanging kisses, and surrendering to the rhythm of carnival’s samba beat.
Transport yourself to the golden sunlight of Rio’s beaches as you holiday by
the sea in this deliriously romantic comedy filled with, sun and sand,
melancholy and madness,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>comedy and
chaos… all over flowing with a feast of songs that will leave your heart lighter
and your family closer. Adapted by Artistic Director Adam Adolfo, the
combination of Latin flavor and Shakespeare’s words mean that “The Rhythm is
gonna get ya!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">PERUVIAN FILM
FESTIVAL<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In collaboration
with the Consulate General of Peru<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">TENTATIVE: March
20th – 22nd <o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Artes
de la Rosa in collaboration with the Consulate General of Peru in Dallas to
bring a three day film festival celebrating contemporary Peruvian Filmmaking.
All four films are in Spanish with English subtitles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">DIA DE LOS NINOS<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In collaboration
with the Artes Academy Parents Guild<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">April 25th <o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Artes
de la Rosa and Artes Academy Parent’s Guild present this festival to give
families a free, bilingual event that join everyone together in a day of
learning, interactive activities designed to stimulate creativity while
bringing joy. Join us for performances, crafts, face painters, food and so much
more at our afternoon event! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">MAN OF LA MANCHA<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The Musical<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">May 15th – 31st <o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Written by Dale Wasserman<br />
Music by Mitch Leigh & Lyrics by Joe Darion<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Directed by Adam Adolfo<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Musical
Director: Kristin Spires<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Choreographer:
Maegan Marie Stewart<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A
thrilling new production of one of the best loved musicals<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, Man of La Mancha</i> vividly imagines Don Quixote through the life of
the great Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes. The musical moves seamlessly
between realities and Cervantes’s own outsized imagination, where his noble
idealism finds expression in his great literary creation, Don Quixote.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a heartfelt score that includes the
worldwide hit “The Impossible Dream” – Man of La Mancha is a testament to the
triumph of the human spirit. His dream is Everyman’s dream. His tilting at
windmills is Everyman’s great adventure. Somehow, the footlights disappear,
time is telescoped and the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Man of La
Mancha</i> speaks for humankind remaining with your soul well after the shows
final bow. Dare to dream the impossible!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">GOLDEN AGE OF
MEXICAN CINEMA<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In collaboration
with the Consulate General of Mexico<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">September 18th –
20th <o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Celebrating
our roots as a movie house, Artes de la Rosa proudly screens films from the
history of the Rose Marine Theater. In conjunction with the Mexican Consulate,
Artes de la Rosa screens films from the Mexican Golden Age of Cinema featuring
Spanish speaking stars Pedro Infante, Dolores Del Rio, Maria Felix, and
Cantinflas! Check out the art gallery while you’re here and experience a piece
of the Rose Marine Theater’s fantastic history!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-US;">DIA DE LOS MUERTOS<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">October</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="ES-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-US;"> 31st <o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Celebrate
Dia de los Muertos with our annual celebration featuring a drum and puppet
procession from Marine Park to the Rose Marine Theater Plaza. Complete with
music, dancing, face painting and pan de muerto, this family event is a perfect
way to celebrate the rich Mexican culture. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">MARIACHI
CHRISTMAS<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Friday December
11th <o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The
traditions continue at Artes de la Rosa with the sounds of the season! Get into
the true spirit of the holiday season this year with your family with A
MARIACHI CHRISMAST at the Rose Marine Theater on Friday December 11th. With the
sounds of traditional mariachis you can ring in Christmas and the New Year with
a certain Latin flair.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-US;">About Artes de la Rosa<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Artes
de la Rosa is dedicated to preserving, promoting, and interpreting the art,
lives, and history of Latino culture for all.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915670368295739915noreply@blogger.com0Fort Worth, TX, USA32.7554883 -97.330765831.901301300000004 -98.62165929999999 33.609675300000006 -96.0398723tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825600661241262919.post-36668705688778143212014-11-17T16:22:00.002-06:002014-11-17T16:22:11.760-06:00Artes de la Rosa Partners with Constable Ruben Garcia for A Constable Christmas!
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Artes de la Rosa has
partnered with Precinct #5 Constable Ruben Garcia to host “A Constable
Christmas Holiday Toy Drive” to distribute toys and books to low income
children of Fort Worth. Starting Tuesday November 18<sup>th</sup> – December 18<sup>th</sup>
individuals will be able to drop off new unwrapped toys and books for children
age infant to 12 years old at the Rose Marine Theater Administrative Offices
and other community partner locations. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On
Thursday December 18<sup>th</sup> Artes de la Rosa will host a curbside Toy
Drop Off Event from 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm at the Rose Marine Theater, 1440 North
Main Street, Fort Worth Texas 76164, patrons will not need to even get out of
their car as volunteers will be on hand to accept your donations. Applications
for families will be available beginning Tuesday November 18<sup>th</sup> at
the Rose Marine Theater. Other application intake locations and times will be
forthcoming. Toy distribution will occur Monday</span>, December 22<sup>nd</sup>
from 12pm - 8pm. Eligible applicants will need to secure an application and meet
eligibility requirements including, Picture ID of applicant/head of household
(must be 18 or older), children between birth and 12 years of age, have limited
income, live in Fort Worth City Limits (proof of address), proof of age for
children 12 and under (birth certificate, shot records, etc.).<o:p></o:p></div>
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A host of
organizations have joined with Artes de la Rosa as Community Partners to help
make A Constable Christmas a rousing success. Amongst the partnerships are Fort
Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, <span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">El Asadero</span>, Como Community Center,
Straight Edge by Virginia, Justice of the Peace Sergio De Leon, Texas State
Representative Ramon Ramero, City Councilman & Mayor Pro Tem Sal Espino, Fort
Worth ISD District 1 Trustee Jacinto Ramos, Fort Worth ISD District 9 Ashly
Paz, MANO – Men Advancing New Opportunities, HWNT - The Hispanic Women’s
Network, & Tarrant County College Trinity River.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Artes
de la Rosa Administrative Offices: </span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">1442 North Main St. (Next to the Rose Marine Theater)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">: </span><span style="color: #222222;">1327 N Main St.</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Courts Building – Precinct #5 Office</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">: 300 W. Belknap<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">El Asadero</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">: </span>1535 N Main St.<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Como
Community Center</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">:
</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">4900 Horne St.</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Edge by Virigina</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">:
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915670368295739915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825600661241262919.post-28632010000961310112014-11-07T12:57:00.007-06:002014-11-07T12:57:59.558-06:00A New Era with Louis Zapata's Acting Company<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Artes de la Rosa Cultural Center for the Arts, in
anticipation for its 2015 season has announced a change in its producing style.
</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For its 2015 season, Artes de la Rosa will be attempting something
different; something ground-breaking for the midsize organization. Later this
month, Artes de la Rosa will be holding auditions for its first resident acting
company<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 125%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Resident Acting Company is an
essential component of the artistry and uniqueness of Artes de la Rosa’s 2015
season. The need for this ensemble enhances the work of the company through its
ability to continue to develop complex and ambitious productions over time;
plan seasons to utilize the unique strengths of an ensemble of actors; and
undertake large cast productions on a regular basis, consistently achieving
inspired performances with its actors in both large and small roles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“It was
important to name the company after Mr. Louis Zapata,” says Adolfo. “In<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artistic Director announcing the formation of the Louis Zapata<br />
Resident Acting Company at the Community Memorial Service<br />
Artes de la Rosa held at the Rose Marine Theater.</td></tr>
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many
ways, ‘Big Lou’, as he was known to his friends, is the father of The Rose
Marine Theater, the home and creative heart of Fort Worth’s Northside
community.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Zapata was the first
Latino elected to City Council and helped spearhead the renovation of the
Historic Rose Marine Theater. His fierce commitment to the Rose Marine
continued till the end of his life this past April where he made a friend
promise that “nothing would happen to the theater.” Mr. Zapata passed away
shortly following that promise and to honor his many contributions Artistic
Director Adam Adolfo named the Resident Acting Company in his honor. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Those
selected for the resident company will receive perks such as new headshots,
training and workshops, and paid rehearsals. Artes de la Rosa previously only
paid small stipends for performances. Adolfo explained that the Latino arts
organization is celebrating its 12th year of producing seasons. "This is
just a new model for our theatre interests. In many ways it is a big experiment
that we owe to ourselves and our patrons. We have to see if this model will
help us to continue to dream big and conquer new artistic ambitions."</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span> </div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Adam Adolfo took time out for a short interview to discuss how these changes will affect artists who work on the Rose Marine Theater Stage.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael Alonzo Diego with Rebekah Ruiz<br />
& Austin Ray Beck in Artes de la Rosa's<br />
production of Romeo & Juliet!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><strong><span style="color: #0070c0;">Adam Adolfo: </span></strong></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Artes will be presenting 3 shows in its 2015
season. Each show will have its own audition date approximately 8 weeks prior
to the show dates. However, before any of that, ARTS will have auditions to be
in the resident acting company. At these auditions, you will need to prepare a 2
monologues (one contemporary, one classical – Shakespeare or Marlowe preferred),
32 bars of a song, and have an interview with the resident directors for the
season including Artistic Director Adam Adolfo, Music Director Kristin Spires,
and Choreographer Maegan Marie Stewart. </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">
</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Each
audition will take approximately 15 minutes. Those interested in auditioning
should email </span></span><a href="mailto:info@artesdelarosa.org"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">info@artesdelarosa.org</span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> or call 817-624-8333to get a
timeslot reserved on either available audition day. A secondary dance call will
be requested for some. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><strong><span style="color: #0070c0;">Adam Adolfo: </span></strong>What happens is what always happens - actors 'wait' to find out. LOL. After the audition and interview days are
over, the directors will meet to discuss all applicants, and offers will be
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What’s the heck is that?</span></span></b></div>
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(3) roles in the season.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><b><span lang="EN" style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What else do
I get if I’m a company member?</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><strong><span style="color: #0070c0;">Adam Adolfo: </span></strong></span>Not only do you get to work on all shows
for the season, but there is a<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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photo of The Taming of the Shrew</td></tr>
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financial perk. For the first time, Artes de la
Rosa will being paying for rehearsal time in addition to performances. </span></span></div>
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</span></span><b><span lang="EN" style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What else do
actors in the resident company get?</span></span></b></div>
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company will receive free admittance to any Artes de la Rosa event for his or
her year in residence. Company members will have a featured profile on the Artes
de la Rosa website, Facebook page, Instagram and in the lobby of Artes de la
Rosa for his or her year in residence. As an added bonus, members of the
resident acting company will also receive discount show shirts for all of the
productions they are involved in, as well as a free Resident Acting Company
shirt.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><strong><span style="color: #0070c0;">Adam Adolfo: </span></strong></span>Well in additional to the three shows they
are cast in, some company members will be asked to perform at gallery
events, fundraisers, and serve as an ambassador for the organization at
public events when opportunities arise. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><b><span lang="EN" style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If an actor is not cast in the company, can I still audition for individual shows? Will there be
roles left?</span></span></b></div>
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company is to have people dedicated to Artes de la Rosa for a year’s time,
while offering them something in return for their time and talents. All roles not filled by
resident acting company members will be available to the public at large. That being said, we are going to be casting our first two shows at the same time this year. Following a "Season Audition" model, just so we can lock in our talent. </span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So what if I
don’t like the offer I’m given?</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><strong><span style="color: #0070c0;">Adam Adolfo: </span></strong></span>The Artes de la Rosa staff will only make
one offer. If you don’t like what is offered - no harm, no foul. We thank you
for your time, wish you well and hope to see you at the auditions for
each show as they arrive.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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auditions are for all 3 shows in the Artes de la Rosa season. The offers will
be made after consideration of conflicts, your audition and your interview. The
directors will create your offer based on how you can best serve the Artes de
la Rosa season. As previously stated, you will be offered 3 roles. If you turn
down the offer, you would be turning down not only that, but also the rest of
the benefits of being a company member.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><b><span lang="EN" style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If I'm a
company member, can I still audition for other shows at other theatres?</span></span></b></div>
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conflict with your responsibilities at Artes de la Rosa.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Louis Zapata is the
father of The Rose Marine Theater, the home and creative heart of Fort Worth’s
Northside community. Mr. Zapata was the first Latino elected to City Council
and helped spearhead the renovation of the Historic Rose Marine Theater. His
fierce commitment to the Rose Marine Theater continued till the end of his life
where he made a friend promise that “nothing would happen to the theater.” Mr.
Zapata passed away shortly following that promise and to honor his many
contributions Artistic Director Adam Adolfo named the Resident Acting Company
in his honor. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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that we must aspire to something greater. By having a resident acting company, Artes
de la Rosa continues to grow, forming a community of talented, dedicated,
hard-working artisans, striving for the best possible theatre we can create.
Together.<br />
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first big step. We realize it can sound daunting, but we hope, more than
anything, that is sounds exciting. We hope that you want to join us on the
ground floor. This is the first of many seasons at Artes. </span></span></div>
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Press Photo for Artes de la Rosa's IN THE HEIGHTS</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915670368295739915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825600661241262919.post-56407338723374864712014-02-18T01:46:00.000-06:002014-02-18T01:46:41.593-06:00It's all in the Hair! A look at the classical fairy tale of Rapunzel<span lang=""><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YrIdwDJSxs8/UZEyvopLcZI/AAAAAAAAAYA/ktAQU5rdqRc/s1600/Sarah+Maria+Dickerson+-+Vanessa2+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YrIdwDJSxs8/UZEyvopLcZI/AAAAAAAAAYA/ktAQU5rdqRc/s1600/Sarah+Maria+Dickerson+-+Vanessa2+%25282%2529.jpg" height="145" width="200" /></a><strong>Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah….<em>j/k (if you don’t get this joke, come see the show!)</em></strong><br />
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Okay…I have a confession. I knew NOTHING of <em>Into The Woods</em> at all when I auditioned for it at Artes de la Rosa! (I kind of have a bad habit with doing that… I did the same thing when I auditioned for <em>In The Heights</em>!) I always sort of avoided this musical because I’m a fairytale/ Disney / Princess /Mermaid /Unicorn FREAK and didn’t want anything messing with my beloved fairytales. But the day would of course come when I would need to give it a chance, and I’m so glad I did. Not only is ITW truer to the actual Grimm’s Fairytales than any Disney movie could ever be, but it teaches a much deeper lesson – everything you’ve ever wished for may not be what you actually want. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em><strong>So then which do you pick:<br />
Where you're safe, out of sight,<br />
And yourself, </strong></em></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;"><em>but where everything's wrong?<br />
Or where everything's right</em></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><em>
And you know that you'll never belong?</em></span></strong></div>
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Can you imagine your entire LIFE being alone in a high tower with no one to accompany you except a witch that claims to be your mother popping by to climb your insanely long hair every so often? It would be blissful ignorance to an extent, but the want for knowing what else is out there in the world would have to be so great. Rapunzel has one thing in the show that no one else has – she is The Witch’s one weakness. Rapunzel is The Witch’s world. She is the only one with the innocence to see her as nothing more than her mother – not a witch, not an evil villain, but the one person in the world who even exists to her. To have that when all the rest of the world shuns her is something she cannot lose. Hence, why Rapunzel is locked away from when she was a baby and can never leave the tower – if she left, she would learn the "evil" of the world –her mother is a witch, someone to fear. She lets Rapunzel believe that she needs nothing else in the world but her. </div>
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But of course, The Witch’s over-protectiveness and control gives Rapunzel no life skills or way to cope with the outside world. If she ever left the tower, what would happen to her? The version of Rapunzel that most people know is very lighthearted - everything works out in the end, the magic hair OMG etc...but if you want to know the not-so-Disney outcome of Rapunzel’s life (and everyone else’s as well!) you may want to come see our production of <em>Into The Woods</em>. </div>
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I feel incredibly blessed to be given this opportunity to bring a new view of Rapunzel to the audiences of Artes de la Rosa and our beloved DFW theatre community. I hope to see you here at the show – be sure to come say hi to me afterwards and give me a hug! <em>Much Love, Sarah</em> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><em>Careful the spell you cast<br />
Not just on children<br />
Sometimes a spell may last<br />
Past what you can see</em><br /><em>
And turn against you...</em></strong></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915670368295739915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825600661241262919.post-84192341401558168002014-02-12T15:59:00.000-06:002014-02-12T15:59:09.866-06:00Witches Can Be Right... A Moment in the Woods with Amanda Williams Ware<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xPYul5LJU20/UvvslYXvR3I/AAAAAAAABBI/pZ-ABNPJhf0/s1600/Into+The+Woods+-+Witch.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><strong><em><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xPYul5LJU20/UvvslYXvR3I/AAAAAAAABBI/pZ-ABNPJhf0/s1600/Into+The+Woods+-+Witch.png" height="320" width="206" /></em></strong></a><strong><em>Today we blog with Amanda Williams Ware who stars as the Witch in Artes de la Rosa's staging of INTO THE WOODS which opens in just over a week! Witches can be right…… You'll probably remember Amanda for her scene stealing vocals in last years production of In the Heights where she played the salon diva, Daniella alongside Sarah Maria Dickerson & Natalie Coca. All three return this season in this epic retelling of the Grimm Fairytales. </em></strong></div>
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Witches <em>can</em> be right...<br />
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The role of “The Witch” in <i>Into the Woods</i> is not the stereotypical villain character. She may be what her opposites consider to be evil at times, but like them she is driven and motivated by emotion and need, not by hatred or circumstance as most villains are. She also serves as a constant reality check and bubble-popper for the characters she is in the woods with, even if a cynical one. She comments on their self-absorption and lack of decision-making skills, taking on the role of conscience as well as manipulator. This is not to say she isn't jaded or selfish – she can be. Even though she has, in my opinion, justifiable reasons for being downright nasty, not to mention justifiable reasons for manipulating a desperate couple into doing her bidding, she still gets carried away with her self-pity and lets it be a negative motivator. </div>
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Nevertheless, she is right. She is always right. She is so right, in fact, that she is blinded by her rightness. She is so sure of it that she loses sight of everything around her. She knows she’s right about locking Rapunzel in a tower, but can’t see past it enough to realize what it’s doing to Rapunzel. She knows she’s right about completing her spell, but gives no thought to what it might cost. Most of all, she knows she’s right about human nature. How, in her knowledge, we are selfish and ignorant and capitalizing. She knows we will blame and ruin and kill each other to protect ourselves, and she knows children watch it all and learn those habits only to repeat them, and don’t listen when we say, “Do as I say, and not as I do.”</div>
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I won’t tell you if “The Witch” is finally overcome by her hubris, or if she gets away in the end, or if she learns her lesson and magically turns into a good person. It’s up to interpretation which of these is true. I will tell you, though, that she will convince you she’s right about at least one thing before the night is over. And we’ll see how you feel about her in the morning. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915670368295739915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825600661241262919.post-92016317899042679702014-02-10T13:50:00.000-06:002014-02-10T13:51:45.802-06:00Nice is Different then Good: A Moment in the Woods with Taylor Wallis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I played Little Red Riding Hood in <em><strong>Into the Woods</strong></em> once before. I was 17-years-old. I remember the director delicately trying to explain to me just exactly WHAT my storyline was really all about. I remember understanding, to a point, but never fully grasping what is REALLY going on here. What 17-year-old me thought was just a story teaching us the importance of not “straying from the path,” has turned into a story that 25-year-old me can really learn from.</div>
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Little Red Riding Hood starts out with a child-like innocence and naivety that is almost endearing, if not a little annoying. She encounters people and situations that force her to look at herself in a new way and therefore have a new attitude and way of living. Some of the things she experiences (I’ll let you come see the show to find out just what I’m talking about…) she enjoys (perhaps a little too much) and they help her grow positively into the young woman she becomes. But then some things she has to deal with (death, loneliness, fear) she doesn’t enjoy as much. </div>
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This is where I started to find the story interesting and relatable. A LOT of the things that happen to her and every other character in this musical are awful and unthinkable. But each character comes out at the end pretty scarred, but ok; and has a lot more knowledge than they did before. I have heard people refer to life as a “journey” and every event that happens to you, good or bad, is a piece of your journey. You are ultimately headed to where you are supposed to be. Each piece of the journey is getting you there; and though you may not realize it at the time, sometimes the worst parts get you to the best places. You have to learn to trust your journey. I think that shines though in <em><strong>Into the Woods</strong></em>, and I think the idea of finding your way through what can seem like an impossible journey at times, and coming out at the end stronger than before, is what makes this musical so beautiful and one of my absolute favorites.<br />
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Little Red is a lot like all of us growing up. She’s skipping nicely along her path and then BOOM one day 'life' messes everything up. She deals with a lot. She learns a lot. But at the end of the story, she is surrounded by people who love her and has a new sense of who she is. </div>
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I am so excited for the opportunity to take another look at this role and entire show as an adult, especially which such a talented cast around me. This was an intimidating company to step into (I mean, who in DFW DIDN’T hear about <em><strong>In the Heights</strong></em>??), but it was also an exciting new step. As Little Red says, “scary IS exciting!” And I’m very glad for this piece of my journey. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915670368295739915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825600661241262919.post-39910243367622001352014-02-05T16:19:00.000-06:002014-02-05T16:20:19.230-06:00Mother Knows Best: A moment in the woods with Pamela Garcia Langton<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8eA59E6K8Lk/UvK4HYpdi2I/AAAAAAAAA_I/RyP_pK8q-ds/s1600/Pamela+Langton+-+Camila.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8eA59E6K8Lk/UvK4HYpdi2I/AAAAAAAAA_I/RyP_pK8q-ds/s1600/Pamela+Langton+-+Camila.jpg" height="320" width="256" /></a><strong><em>Today we spend a moment in the woods with Pamela Garcia Langton! Many will remember Pamela from her performance as the fiery Camila in last years <u>In the Heights</u>. This year she plays a very different type of mother - one she was surprised to find she had more in common with then she previously had thought. </em></strong></div>
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When I auditioned for this show I knew who my favorite
characters were and that out of all the characters, I probably would not want
to be Jack's Mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She's not
attractive, she is a nag, she's grouchy and well, no one really ever likes
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guess what, I got Jack's Mother.</div>
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Now, I have seen <em>Into the Woods</em> about a million times, no
exaggeration, but it wasn't until I started working with Adam that I am seeing
Jack's Mother in a different light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
it is scary!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of this time I never
thought of her as real person with real feelings and problems, just some fairy
tale old lady who yells a lot and wears bad clothes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But she is and worse, she is a little too
much like me!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now let me explain, I am not too bad looking, I am not a nag
or grouchy all of the time and I think people like me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, she and I have had similar experiences
that have made us the people we are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Like Jack's Mother, I too was a single mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After reviewing the show again, this time
with a different eye, I imagine she has gone through similar things as me and
is the way she is because of those things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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For instance, maybe she fell in love with the bad boy of the
neighborhood, followed her heart, made some bad choices and became
pregnant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Upon finding out she was with
child, he left her to deal with the problem. She may have been made to believe
that it was shameful to have a child without a husband.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was terribly hurt that she lost most of
her friends because they were disappointed in her. She might have been
humiliated by the fact that she was not allowed to have a baby shower because
unwed mothers didn't deserve to celebrate the birth of their child, so she had
to dress her baby in hand me downs and thrift store clothes and use old
strollers and yard sale items for her nursery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her siblings may have expressed to her what a loser she was and that she
was never going to amount to anything because she was stupid enough to get
pregnant at age 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eventually, she may
have even felt it was the biggest mistake of her life to have a child and so
after a while she started resenting Jack and took to alcohol and other things
to be able to cope.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I did experience all of those things, luckily, the latter
didn’t. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I fought hard to prove to
everyone I was going to become something, I could raise my child alone and I
survived slightly wounded by my experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Without going through any more detail, let me just say it was the
roughest time in my life and I apologize to my beautiful daughter, Kelly, if I
ever made her feel like I resented her or didn't want to be a mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love her with all of my heart and soul and
wouldn't give up being her mother for anything in this world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it wasn't for her I wouldn't be the woman
that I am today, she is so very special and I owe her my life!!</div>
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Jack's Mother however has yet to learn to cope with all of
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has never gotten over the fact
that she had little support from family and friends, especially not Jack's
Father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She hasn't gotten past the
humiliation and shame and has become sad, powerless and unable to truly see the
beauty in having a child and being a mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It isn't until she thinks she is going to lose him that she realizes how
lucky she is to have this child and her love for him is stronger and worth more
than Golden Eggs or Singing Harps.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We can all learn a great lesson from this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When things don’t go how you have planned, don’t
cry about it, fight to survive and know everything happens for a reason. Be
grateful for every day that you are alive and for all of the people in your life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love your family; be there for your children.
Take every experience as a lesson, make the most of everyday and be thankful
for everything God hands you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jeremy Coca, Aigner Mathis, and Pamela Garcia Langton<br />
star in Artes de la Rosa's<br />
INTO THE WOODS</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00915670368295739915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825600661241262919.post-70832553323271261952014-02-03T15:46:00.005-06:002014-02-03T15:46:54.877-06:00I never met a wolf who didn't like to howl! He Said/She Said with Kyle Lester and Georgia Fender<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><strong>Today we
meet a pair of actors who make us howl! Both of them are making their Artes de
la Rosa debut this season with the Stephen Sondheim musical, INTO THE WOODS!
Kyle Lester and Georgia Fender are taking the Little Red Ridinghood fairy tale
and turning it on it’s head with a sizzling and powerful new staging on the
Sondheim classic, “HELLO LITTLE GIRL.” Take a moment and say hello to these
wolves!<o:p></o:p></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><em>Into the
Woods</em> has always been one of my favorite musicals. This is partly because it
was the first musical I did in high school, playing Granny, a role I get to
reprise in this <strong><em><u>very</u></em></strong> different production.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But what I’ve always loved most about this show is that everyone can find
a little bit of themselves in each of the characters, as far fetched and
fantastical as they may seem at first. Even the most outlandish of these
characters have something relatable about them, something human. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">Now that
said, certain characters are much easier to relate to than others. I think most
of us are hesitant to see something of ourselves in the more villainous
characters, such as Kyle and my roles of the Wolves. I know that as thrilled as
I was to be cast, I was immediately aware of what a challenge this role would
be for me. The Wolves are definitely not the first characters I relate to when
I see a production of <em>Into the Woods</em>, but part of that is probably due to the
fact that my part is traditionally played by a man. </span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HJRSSeovYpM/UvAN115jWGI/AAAAAAAAA-M/lkd7UKMZMfk/s1600/Press+Photo+7+-+The+Ladies.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HJRSSeovYpM/UvAN115jWGI/AAAAAAAAA-M/lkd7UKMZMfk/s1600/Press+Photo+7+-+The+Ladies.JPG" height="200" width="198" /></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">However playing a
traditionally male role is not a new challenge for me. Not sure what it is
about me but I’ve been playing male roles since high school. So my challenge as
an actor was to find what I could relate to and appreciate about the “She-Wolf”
as we’ve taken to calling her. As I looked past the violence and raw sexuality,
I began to see qualities I could relate to. I like to think of myself as a
strong, confident woman but it’s not always easy to be strong and confident. I
doubt myself frequently and struggle with a multitude of insecurities, as most
of us do. The Wolf however does not. She is completely secure in her body, in
her sexuality and in who she is as a person. This is a woman who knows exactly
what she wants, goes out and gets it, and doesn’t apologize to anyone. Although
her desires stray pretty far off the beaten path, this drive and confidence is
something I wish I had more of. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">As I
examined the Wolf, I began in a strange way to admire her. Maybe not quite
everything about her, but her unapologetic nature is something I hope to take
with me, if only slightly. In our table work, Adam and I discussed this side of
the Wolf. It is not her desires that make her scary, but refusal to apologize
for them or be ashamed of them. To be secure in one’s sexuality and not be
ashamed or apologetic will get a person, more specifically a woman, labeled all
sorts of insulting and frankly narrow-minded things. But the Wolf doesn’t care.
And while I don’t think we need to follow the example she sets with her other
half and Little Red, perhaps we can all take a little bit away from her. She
teaches us, in a strange and slightly twisted way, to stop apologizing for what
we want and who we are, but instead to go after what we want. And whenever
possible to do so in killer heels.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<strong><em>Deception, Violence, and a Little Red Cape! OH MY! by Kyle Lester</em></strong></span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MmndiLYwPGQ/UvAN1-BCouI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/Hp1PwSHv3YE/s1600/_MG_3495+(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MmndiLYwPGQ/UvAN1-BCouI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/Hp1PwSHv3YE/s1600/_MG_3495+(2).JPG" height="200" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Little Red Riding Hood is one of those stories that I never remembered actually
hearing, but always knew. I mean, who doesn't? It's got a wolf, it's got
deception, it's got terrible violence against a young woman and her
grandmother...<em><strong><u>everything a growing boy needs</u></strong></em>! But if I'm being honest, I don't
think I ever truly understood the point of the story until I was cast as the
male wolf in Artes de la Rosa's production of <em>Into the Woods</em>.<br />
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While reading through the original story and through Sondheim's very
similar interpretation, one question plagued me more than anything: if the wolf
wanted simply to eat Little Red, why all the bother with her Grandmother and
the deception? Why not just get on with eating her right then and there and get
away with it.<br />
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To understand the answer to this question, you have to realize that
the story itself isn't about a little girl being eaten by a wolf. It's about a
child making an adult choice to give in to her desire to deviate from a
carefully navigated path and encountering unintended consequences for both her
and a member of her family. After all, the wolf doesn't force Red to stray from
her path, he merely (strongly) suggests it, and tempts her to do something she
already wanted to do in the first place. It's Red's choice whether or not she
acts on it.<br />
<br />
And therein lies the story's truth: that Red chooses her fate. In a
way, the wolf is nothing more than a representation of Red's unbridled desire
and, therefore, Red is essentially her own villain. That is why this story is
timeless. It simultaneously represents the rapid growth into adulthood as well
as the very real consequences of our choices.<br />
<br />
...but that doesn't mean it's not fun to play the consequence of Red's
decision to stray from her path. The song,<em> Hello Little Girl,</em> is without a doubt, one of
the most fun songs to play out on stage in all of musical theater. The
realization that Red is almost as much to blame for her fate as the wolf has
put the song and the both characters in a new light that makes it all the more
interesting to be a part of. It's a true privilege to perform that story, and I
know the audience will enjoy our take on it.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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