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Elisa Marina Alvarado
Elisa Marina Alvarado is an American director, actress, educator, social worker, practitioner of traditional Mexican medicine, and dancer. Born in San Jose, California, Elisa Alvarado is a director and community organizer of Purépecha and Cuban descent. She is perhaps best known as the founder and long-time Artistic Director of the San Jose-based Chicano Teatro Visión theater company. Teatro Visión is a leading Chicano theater company in the Latino theater scene, known especially for adapting classic Mexican novels and films for the stage to increase cultural awareness. She is currently invested in two theater programs ''Codices'' and the ''Instituto de Teatro'', which produce new works by Latino playwrights and offer comprehensive training in culture-based theater. Personal life and career Elisa Alvarado was born in San Jose, California, to Blanca Alvarado and Jose J. Alvarado. Her parents gave her access to books and the arts, and instilled values of social justice, spu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Jose, California
San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 population of 1,013,240, it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area, San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area, which contain 7.7 million and 9.7 million people respectively, the List of largest California cities by population, third-most populous city in California (after Los Angeles and San Diego and ahead of San Francisco), and the List of United States cities by population, tenth-most populous in the United States. Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of . San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County, California, Santa Clara County and the main component of the San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavio Solis
Octavio Solis (born 1958) is an American playwright and director whose plays have been produced and show theaters and small companies across the United States. He has written over 25 plays, including his most famous works: ''Lydia'', ''Santos & Santos'' and ''Man of the Flesh''. His works have earned numerous awards and grants. Life and career Born in El Paso, Texas, to Mexican parents,Breslauer, Jan. "In Reality, Octavio Solis Mines a New Vein." ''Los Angeles Times''. Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2009. Web. 28 Nov. 2015. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-octavio-solis12-2009apr12-story.html Solis started his career in theater by joining his high school, Riverside High School's (El Paso, TX) theater group when he was fourteen.Wilson, Emily. "The Rumpus Interview with Octavio Solis." ''The Rumpus''. 1 Feb. 2013. Web. 28 Nov. 2015. http://therumpus.net/2013/02/the-rumpus-interview-with-octavio-solis/ He received a BFA at Trinity University and went on to earn his MFA at Trin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Puig
Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990), commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author. Among his best-known novels are '' La traición de Rita Hayworth'' (''Betrayed by Rita Hayworth'', 1968), ''Boquitas pintadas'' ('' Heartbreak Tango'', 1969), and ''El beso de la mujer araña'' ('' Kiss of the Spider Woman'', 1976) which was adapted into the film released in 1985, directed by the Argentine-Brazilian director Héctor Babenco; and a Broadway musical in 1993. Early life, education and early career Puig was born in General Villegas, Buenos Aires Province. Since there was no high school in General Villegas, his parents sent him to Buenos Aires in 1946. Puig attended Colegio Ward in Villa Sarmiento ( Morón County). This is when he began to read systematically, beginning with a collection of texts by Nobel Prize winners. A classmate named Horacio, in whose home Puig rented accommodation when he first moved to Buenos Aires introduced him to readin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherríe Moraga
Cherríe Moraga (born September 25, 1952) is a Chicana writer, feminist activist, poet, essayist, and playwright. She is part of the faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the Department of English. Moraga is also a founding member of the social justice activist group La Red Chicana Indígena which is an organization of Chicanas fighting for education, culture rights, and Indigenous Rights. Early life Moraga was born on September 25, 1952 in Los Angeles County, California. In her article "La Guera" Moraga wrote of her experiences growing up as a child of a white man and a Mexican woman, stating that "it is frightening to acknowledge that I have internalized a racism and classism, where the object of oppression not only someone outside of my skin, but the someone inside my skin." Moraga has cited her mother as her main inspiration to become a writer, stating that she was an eminent storyteller. She attended Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles, gaining a gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Irene Fornés
María Irene Fornés (May 14, 1930 – October 30, 2018) was a Cuban-American playwright, theater director, and teacher who worked in off-Broadway and experimental theater venues in the last four decades of the twentieth century. Her plays range widely in subject-matter, but often depict characters with aspirations that belie their disadvantages. Fornés, who went by the name "Irene", received nine Obie Theatre Awards in various categories and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for 1990. ''New Yorker'' critic Hilton Als wrote in 2010 that she had done "more than her fair share in terms of changing the face of theatre". He added: "No matter how hard Fornés's subjects can be, her work sits in the ear like luxurious reason." In a 2013 interview, Tony Kushner said: "She had terrifyingly high standards and was terribly blunt about what others did with her work. Her productions were unforgettable. She was really a magical maker of theater." Biography Early years Forné ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Mayer
Oliver Mayer is an American playwright, professor, author, essayist and screenwriter currently residing in Los Angeles, California with his wife, the actress Marlene Forte. He is currently employed with the USC School of Dramatic Arts, University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts as a tenured professor of dramatic writing as well as an Associate Dean of Faculty and Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives. Some of his written works include the plays ''Blade to the Heat,'' ''Members Only'' and ''Yerma in the Desert'' along with several other works which have brought him attention in part for their regular addressing of issues of sexuality and gender rights. As librettist, his collaborations with composers David Conte and Jenni Brandon have led to numerous operas and other sung pieces performed internationally. In addition to his theatrical productions, Oliver Mayer is also a published poet and the co-author of a short, illustrated children's book, ''Big Dog on Campus'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Santeiro
Luis Santeiro is a Cuban-American television screenwriter and playwright born in Havana, Cuba, in 1947. Biography Santeiro left the island with his family at the age of twelve for Miami, Florida. He later obtained a degree in sociology from Villanova University. Santeiro first worked as a television writer for ''Carrascolendas'', a bilingual children's television show that debuted in 1970 on the Austin, Texas, KLRN public television station. In 1976 he became head writer of the bilingual sitcom '' ¿Qué Pasa, USA?'', produced by Miami's public television station WPBT. ''¿Qué Pasa, USA?'' was a half-hour bilingual sitcom set in Miami's Cuban exile community that traced the lives of three generations of Cubans trying to make it in their new homeland. Running for five years, the show received six regional Emmys and nine special awards from the Association of Critics and Commentators on the Arts for its producers, directors, writers, and cast. Santeiro wrote a total of thirty-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josefina López
Josefina López (born 1969, San Luis Potosí, Mexico) is a Chicana playwright, perhaps best known as the author of the play (and co-author of the screenplay) ''Real Women Have Curves (play), Real Women Have Curves''. López is also the Founding Artistic Director of the CASA 0101 theater located in Boyle Heights, California, which began in 2000. Early life López was born in 1969, in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, and at age five emigrated with her family to the United States, where they settled in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts before obtaining a BA in film and screenwriting from Columbia College Chicago, and an MFA in screenwriting from the School of Theater, Film and Television at UCLA. She also graduated with a Supreme Diploma from Le Cordon Bleu. López was undocumented for 13 years before she received amnesty in 1987 and eventually became a U.S. Citizen in 1995. López is the recipient of a number of other awards and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolores Prida
Dolores Prida (September 5, 1943Remeseira, Claudio Iván.Dolores Prida, beloved columnist and playwright, dies at 69." ''NBC Latino''. January 21, 2013. Retrieved on January 22, 2013. – January 20, 2013Hernandez, Lee.Legendary Playwright and Columnist Dolores Prida Dies" ''Latina''. January 20, 2013. Retrieved on January 22, 2013. '"We live three blocks apart," added Junco. "And she went home and on the way home, she didn't feel good, so she called her sister and they took her to Mount Sinai. it's not known if she died of a heart attack or stroke. The family has requested an autopsy," she said.') was a Cuban-American columnist and playwright. Catherine E. Shoichet of ''CNN'' said that she was a "Latina Dear Abby".Shoichet, Catherine E.Dolores Prida, Latina 'Dear Abby,' dies" ''CNN''. Monday January 21, 2013. Retrieved on January 22, 2013. She wrote for a weekly column of the ''El Diario La Prensa''. She also contributed to ''Latina'' magazine and the ''New York Daily News''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Sigüenza
Herbert Siguenza (born January 26, 1959) is an American actor, writer, visual artist, and performer based in California. He is best known for co-founding the theater performance group Culture Clash, which is still active since its founding in 1984, more than thirty years later. He is currently the playwright-in-residence at the San Diego Rep and has continued to pursue many solo ventures in addition to his group work. Early life Sigüenza was born in San Francisco, California on January 23, 1959. He is of Salvadoran descent and spent a portion of his life living in El Salvador with his family before returning to California as a teenager due to civil unrest taking place in the country at the time. Upon his return, he attended the California College of Art and Crafts as a first-generation student and received a BFA in printmaking. At this point, the theater was not something that he knew he had an interest in pursuing. Career Herbert was originally trained as an artist and prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Machado
Eduardo Oscar Machado (born June 11, 1953) is a Cuban playwright living in the United States. Notable plays by Machado include ''Broken Eggs'', ''Havana is Waiting'' and ''The Cook''. Many of his plays are autobiographical or deal with Cuba in some way.Navarro, Mireya.Theater; A Return to Cuba, A Search for Himself" ''New York Times''. 2001-10-21. Retrieved on 2007-10-15. Machado teaches playwriting at New York University. He has served as the Artistic Director of the INTAR (International Arts Relations, Inc.), INTAR Theatre in New York City since 2004. ." American Theatre Wing. February 2005. Retrieved on: October 15, 2007. He is coming out, openly gay. Biography Eduardo Machado was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1953. He is the son of Othon (an accou ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milcha Sanchez-Scott
Milcha Sanchez-Scott (born 1953) is an American playwright of Indonesian, Chinese, Dutch, and Colombian heritage.Peterson, Jane T.; Bennett, Suzanne (1997)"Milcha Sanchez-Scott (1953-): Biography" ''Women Playwrights of Diversity: A Bio-bibliographical Sourcebook''. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. pp. 293-296. . She spent her early years in Colombia, Mexico, and London, attended Catholic school in La Jolla, California, and graduated from the University of San Diego, where she studied literature, philosophy, and theatre. When Sanchez-Scott moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, she was discouraged by the paucity of roles portraying Hispanics and became a playwright. Her first play, ''Latina'' (1980), was based on her experiences working as a receptionist in a maids' agency in Beverly Hills. Sanchez-Scott's most produced play to date is ''Roosters'' (1987). In this work, the cast explores relationships in a rural Southwestern household through a style of magical realism inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
