COLLABORATIONS
UNAM -Sala Julián Carrillo-
Teatro Gótico
Luisa Josefina Hernández -Centro Cultural del Bosque -INBA_
Las Sillas de Eugenio Ionesco
Eduardo Ruiz Saviñón -director- Cora Cardona, Rodrigo Mendoza, Sergio Rüed
New Village Press - The Wild Detectives - University of North Texas
Conversations with Diego Rivera/The Monster in His Labyrinth
by Alfredo Cardona Peña- Translated by Álvaro Cardona-Hines
Stage Reading: Omar Padilla & Armando Monivais
-Directed by Cora Cardona-
THE 17TH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
Production
Pizzicato Porno
by DGDG (The Danielle Georgiou Dance Group)
Dallas
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About the Play
A mixed media performance piece that explores the disintegration of a relationship through dance, video, live music, and text.is about a young Puerto Rican girl trying to fit in as an "American" and her grandmother who wants to hang on to her linguistic and cutural traditions.
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Production
Caracol y Colibrí
(Snail & Hummingbird)
by Sabrina Berman
Performed by Laboratorio de la Máscara & Idiotas Teatro
Mexico
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An imaginative children's production about finding our own voice.
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Production
Otro Día de Fiesta
(Another Day Partying)
by Marco Petriz
Perfomed by Grupo Tehuantepec
Tehuantepec, Oaxaca
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A friendship between Amanda, a gay man, & Concha, a woman with daughters. Concha and Amanda keep a dense, emotional, rancorous relationship that also involves solidarity and tenderness in a complex cultural background of the region of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca.
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Production
Parting Memories
by Violeta Luna
A wordless piece
San Francisco
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The story of those who are forced to leave their home, overwhelmed by violent political, economical and social processes.
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ACAL DE MEXICO
Production
MAGGIE MAGALITA
Playwright:
Wendy Kesselman
Produced & Directed:
Cora Cardona
Performers:
Sara Ellis
Cora Cardona
Maria Arita
Todd Terry
Paloma Ellis
Production Crew
Techical Director & Light design: Jeff Hurts
Set Design : Fritz Kelley
Light Operator : Shelly Waters
Sound: Barton D. Henley
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MAGGIE MAGALITA is about a young Puerto Rican girl trying to fit in as an "American" and her grandmother who wants to hang on to her linguistic and cutural traditions.
Production
FRON THE LAND OF THE FEATHERED SERPET
Complied & Adapted by
Alice Willson
Produced & Directed:
Cora Cardona
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Cast:
Dolores Godinez
Alfredo Granja
Henry Goodrich
Tomas Jardon
Errol McLendon
Sonya Morales
Lenka Pichilikova
Designers
Lighting: Jeff Hurst
Set: George Mecca
House Manager: Doug Parker
Light & SoundOperator:
Bob Golibart
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This play is made up of myths and legends from México, a land with a long and varied cultural history of Indian, Spanish and European influences. Quetzalcoatl, the flaming feathered serpent is as old as the land itself, originating with the Olmecs, the first civilization of México, and know to the Mayans as Kukulcán.
The Diary of Frida Kahlo
About the life & Work of Frida Kahlo
by Cora Cardona & Quigley Provost-Inspired from texts by Hyden Herrera
Directed by Abraham Oceransky
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Production
FLASHBACK
Playwright:
by Alice Wilson
Produced & Directed by
Cora Cardona
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Cast:
Paul Feeser
Gina Piranio
Cora Cardona
Jerry Capa
Quigley Provost
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This play is a humorous and perceptive look at common situations we all learn to cope with as we grow up. This unique production with a Texas flair and flavor is performed in a combination of English and Spanish.
Production
EL GESTICULADOR
(Secret Faces)
Playwright:
by Rodolfo Usigli
Directed by
Cora Cardona
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Cast:
Doug Stewart
Cora Cardona
Chris Carlos
Dolores Godinez
Randolph McKee
Richard Rollin
Carlos Salinas
George Grant
Frank Peña
Rudy Seppy
Everett Sifuentes
Roger Alan Gorton
Darryl Jackson
Danny Wilcox
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A remarkable drama by the leading 20th century dramatist of Mexico that fearlessly examines the dynamics of politics, family, tradition and power in a fascinating story of one man's tragic surrender to temptation.
"Latin American Evening" Produced & Directed by Cora Cardona
Production
BILL
By Sabrina Berman
Cast
René Gatica
Quigley Provost
Danny de León
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"Bill", about a Vietnam vet who shows up at the home of a Mexican middle class couple; his presence makes them revaluate their lives.
Production
The White Apron
By Sergio Vondavic
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Cast
Sonya Morales
Quigley Provost
Jesse Chariez
Danny de León
Paloma Ellis Cardona
René Gatica
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"The White Apron", a wonderful and humorous tableaux about classism
Production
Don Juan Tenorio
by Jose Zorrilla
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Cast
Sa'Mi Chester
Elaine Erback
Costa Cagiage
Victor Lara
Everett Sifuentes
Frank Peña
Alonzo Garza
Carlos Salinas
Jesse Chairez
Carlos Salinas
Jesse Chairez
Danny de León
Quigley Provost
Cora Cardona
Sara Margarita Ellis
Marie Yen
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Set Design: George Mecca
Lighting Design: Jeff Hurst
Production Crew
Assistant Director: Elaine Erback
Sound Designer: Barton D. Henley
Audio Technician: Douglas Parker
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This is a two act bilingual adaptation of "Don Juan Tenorio" written by José Zorrilla of Spain in 1844. Zorrilla based his play (written entirely in verse) on the original version of Don Juan's legend, "El Buraldor de Sevilla/"The Trickster of Seville" written by Tirso de Molina around 1610 during Spain's golden era. He brought his play to México in the mid 1800's, and since then the staging of "Don Juan Tenorio" has become a tradition throughout the Spanish speaking world, especially in México, where the play's elements of feast, ghosts, death, retribution and redemption, mirrors the Indian rituals observed during All Souls Week's celebrations in México; "Los Días de Muertos"/The Days of the Dead".
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Production
SHEPHERDS OF THE CITY
First Pastorela, play staged in Dallas 1986
by Emilio Carballido
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Cast
Carlos Salinas
Rudy Seppy
Linwod
Quigley Provost
Randolph Mckee
Cora Cardona
Joe Tafalla
Paloma Ellis Costa Caglage
Elaine Erback
Tamara Sibley
Frank Peña
Alonzo Garza
Rosalind Huffman
Alvaro Aguilar
Production Crew
Light Board Operator: Valerie Borgan
Stage Manager: Sheri Heard
Set: George Mecca
Audio: Donna Henley
Lighting: Jeff Hurst
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Shephards of the City follows the structure of a traditional pastorela. A pastorela is a style of theatre or coloquial form of folk literature used in Spain and other European countries since medieval times. The theme of the play is the Nativity, centering on some shepherds who learn (usually from an angel) that Jesus is to be born in Bethlehem. They all set out together to adore him and bring him gifts, after overcoming various obstacles set up by the devil.
In the Americas, the Pastorela came into use as a way to convert indians to Catholicism. In México it became popular in the 16th century, during the colonial period. Many scripts have been written since then usually in verse form.
Carballido's Pastorela, written in 1958, approaches the story from a contemporary perspective, presenting its characters as everyday people, the inhabitants of a poor barrio in the heart of the city.
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Production
Roosters
by Milcha Sánchez Scott
Directed by Abraham Ocernasky
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Cast
Alberto González
Joe Cantú
Cora Cardona
Chris Long
Sonya Reyna
Diana Freedenburg
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The crux of the play is the battle for supremacy between the father, who wants to exploit the fighting cock which his son has been looking after for him, and Hector, who argues that they should sell the animal and use the proceeds for family needs. Drawn into the dispute are Hector's sister, Angela, an otherworldly creature who wears angel wings and blots out unpleasant reality by hiding under the front porch; his lusty, profane aunt, Chata, whose overt sexuality is both fascinating and disturbing to her impressionable nephew; and his long-suffering mother, Juana, who wishes that her family would stop bickering and live in peace
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