THE ROCHESTER LATINO THEATRE COMPANY

Sombras de Nuestros Rostros /Shadows of our Faces

A collection of monologues written by Latino actors and directed by Nydia Rivera is a compilation of life experiences and intentionally remains a work in progress. These monologues infuse into a dramatic presentation that will provide the audience with a window into the life of the Latino perspective. Cast members are Jose Casado, Elena Goldfeder, Elizabeth Maniero, Eileen Monserrate Garcia, Annette Ramos, John Rodriguez, Harry Roldan, with Stephanie Paredes as Stage Manager & Set Design by Hector Arguinzoni.

The Rochester Latino Theatre Company (RLTC): a group of Rochester Artists who with one voice connect, collaborate & excite with pride the Latino prospective on American Culture through theatrical productions; educating the general public on the Latino experience with bilingual, professional performances; supports emerging and established Latino artists who contribute towards the diversity of American theater, adding a clear & positive voice to our Latino American identity.

The Mission of the RLTC is to raise awareness of the Latino experience through Bilingual theatrical performances & Workshops. Our Vision is; to celebrate, promote & support emerging & established Latino theater artist, to contribute to the diversity of the American theater by bringing forth the voice of the Latino American experiences & identity, to conduct theatre Arts workshops, to increase Latino interest in, participation in, and attendance at performing arts & theater productions.

Our performances are: Fri, Sat and Sun at 7:00PM,  & Sun 2:00 PM

tickets are $10.00 Advance Purchase, $12.00 at the door.

Saturday May 17th, 5:30 to 6:30pm RLTC VIP Meet & Greet Reception tickets are $25.00 Advance Purchase, $30.00 at the door (includes wine & appetizer)

The Rochester Latino Theatre Company (RLTC): a group of Rochester Artists who with one voice connect, collaborate & excite with pride the Latino prospective on American Culture through theatrical productions; educating the general public on the Latino experience with bilingual professional performances; supports emerging and established Latino Artists; who contribute towards the diversity of American theater adding a clear & positive voice to our Latino American identity.

The nascent Latino Theatre Company strives to bring our collective experiences to life in a creative and provocative manner. Look for our upcoming production and lend your support. The RLTC will be performing at MUCCC May 17th, 18th & 19th, 2013, “Sombras de Nuestros Rostros / Shadow of our Faces. Join us on Facebook for details. Go to the MUCCC website to purchase tickets.

Cast members: Elizabeth Maneiro, Eileen Monserrate Garcia, Annette Ramos,

Elena Goldfeder, Harry Roldan, Jose Casado, John Rodriguez

Mission:

Create & establish the first bilingual (English/Spanish) Rochester Latino Theatre Company in the Rochester Community to fill the void that exists in our performing Arts Community.

Vision:

• Provide performance opportunities to bilingual-intergenerational[1]  audiences in Rochester.
• Collaborate & network with current performing arts organizations to form partnerships, developing & supporting original, professional theater productions.
• Present Theater Arts Workshops[2]
• Coach & develop the talents of Latino Theater Performing Artists
• Increase Latino attendance to performing arts venues

Friday, May 17th Friday 7pm Show $10 Tickets in advance, $12 at the door.

Saturday May 18th 5:30pm Pre-show VIP Meet & Greet Reception @ $25 Tickets, $30 at the door. Includes 7pm show with wine & appetizers.

Sunday May 19th, 2 pm matinee $10 in advance, $12 at the door.

Sunday May 19th 7pm evening show, $10 in advance, $12 at the door.

Students from Eastman School of Music present…

TALK/RADIO

Friday, May 24th at 8pm

Don’t touch that dial! This is radio like you’ve never heard it before.

Original. Irreverent. One night only. LIVE AND IN PERSON.

No station breaks. No thirty second delays.

This evening of music/theatre is free and open to the public. Please visit our Kickstarter campaign for more information, preview videos, and for priority seating reservations. Donations will also be accepted at the door.

Website: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hidethemoon/talk-radio

pay-what-you-wish

Limelight Productions presents Barrymore by William Luce

David C. Woodworth portrays the acclaimed actor John Barrymore in this work by the master of one character biographies for the stage. Each act begins with a stunning entrance onto a stage that the 60 year old legendary actor has rented to prepare for a comeback performance of Richard III. Barrymore  spars with an offstage prompter, reminisces about better times and does delicious imitations of his siblings Lionel and Ethel.

ShakeCo: The Shakespeare Company presents “‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore” by John Ford.  It is directed by ShakeCo Artistic Director and MuCCC Artist-in-Residence Philip R. Frey. “’Tis Pity She’s a Whore” will be presented June 13 – 16, 2013 at MuCCC, the Multi-use Community Cultural Center, 142 Atlantic Avenue, Rochester. Tickets are $10.00 in advance at www.MuCCC.org or $15.00 at the door.

Showtimes are as follows:
June 13 – 8:00 pm
June 14 – 8:00 pm
June 15 – 8:00 pm
June 16 – 2:00 pm

About the play:
The main action of the play deals with Giovanni, son of a wealthy Italian aristocrat.  He finds himself sexually attracted to his sister, Annabella, despite the warnings of his mentor, Friar Bonaventura.  Encouraged by her tutoress, Annabella gives in to Giovanni’s advances and their scandalous relationship brings disaster to all involved.  The play features a strong, emotional story, plenty of humor and even some dancing!

About the playwright:
John Ford (1586 – ca. 1639) was a prominent English playwright in the years after Shakespeare’s retirement.  His first published work appeared in 1606, but his dramatic offerings would not begin to appear until the 1620s.  His first play, “The Witch of Edmonton” was written in collaboration with Thomas Dekker and William Rowley.  “‘Tis Pity…” was produced circa 1630 and was published in 1633.  It’s major theme of incest courted controversy from the first and for many years it was either published under euphemisms (“Brother and Sister”, “Giovanni and Annabella”) or omitted from collections entirely.

About the Company:
ShakeCo: The Shakespeare Company of Greater Rochester is a locally based small-scale production company devoted primarily to the performance of Shakespeare’s works throughout the Greater Rochester area. The Company put on its first production, “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”, in August of 2000 and produced nine shows over the next five years. Returning from an extended hiatus with 2010’s production of “R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)”, the “Shakespeare for Young Audiences” program was re-launched later that year with “Young Prince Hal”.  ShakeCo also produces “ShakeCo Radio Theater”, a series of live “old time radio” dramas.

For more information and to see an archive of past productions, find us on facebook or visit www.ShakeCo.com.

John W. Borek PresentsA Eugene Ionesco Double Bill  The Lesson&The Bald SopranoDirected by Michael H. Arve Special preview June 19th 7:30pm $ 5.00 for all between 18 and 25 (at door only) June 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 & 29th @ 7:30 June 23 @ 2:00 pm Ticket Prices:$10.00 in advance $20.00 at Door $15.00 for students and seniors. The Lesson The play takes place in the office and dining room of a small French flat. The Professor, a man of about 50 to 60, is expecting a new Pupil (aged 18). The Professor’s Maid, a stout, red-faced woman of about 40 to 50, worries about the Professor’s health. As the absurd and nonsensical lesson progresses, the Professor grows more and more angry with (what he perceives as) the Pupil’s ignorance, and the Pupil becomes more and more quiet and meek. Even her health begins to deteriorate, and what starts as a toothache develops into her entire body aching. At the climax of the play, the Pupil is stabbed and murdered by the Professor, after a long bout of non sequiturs (which are frequently used in Ionesco’s plays). The play ends with the Maid greeting a new Pupil, taking the play full circle, back to the beginning. “The Lesson,”  could easily be seen by the politically minded as a grim cautionary tale for today. Beneath the preposterous comic surfaces, Ionesco makes unsettling connections between the corruption of means of communication and the unleashing of man’s basest, most violent instincts. He seems to suggest that the destruction of language leads inexorably to the destruction of life.”The New York Times The Bald Soprano The Smiths are a traditional couple from London who have invited another couple, the Martins, over for a visit. They are joined later by the Smiths’ maid, Mary, and the local fire chief, who is also Mary’s lover. The two families engage in meaningless banter, telling stories and relating nonsensical poems. At one point, Mrs. Martin converses with her husband as if he were a stranger she just met. As the fire chief turns to leave, he mentions “the bald soprano” in passing, which has a very unsettling effect on the others. Mrs. Smith replies that “she always wears her hair in the same style.” After the Fire Chief’s exit, the play devolves into a series of complete non-sequiturs, with no resemblance to normal conversation. It ends with the two couples shouting in unison “It’s not that way. It’s over here!,” right before a blackout occurs. When the lights come back on, the scene starts from the beginning with the Martins reciting the Smiths’ lines from the beginning of the play for a while before the curtain closes. In “The Bald Soprano” words have all but lost their ability to convey sense, and no one seems to care, or indeed to notice. Mr. and Mrs. Smith sit placidly in their comfortable parlor, rendered here as a riot of chintz by the set designer Loy Arcenas, exchanging casual postprandial chatter about their dinner, the news of the day and a funny family who all happen to share the name of Bobby Watson. The increasing inanity of their conversation – “Yogurt is excellent for the stomach, the kidneys, appendicitis and apotheosis,” Mrs. Smith observes – ruffles neither of them. The NY Times

listen to the Fickle 93.3, ZONE@94.1, Warm101.3 radio interview with Michael Arve, Kevin Sweeney and John W Borek HERE  

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John W. Borek presents Slow Parade: an evening of short plays by Louie Podlaski

Pay-what-you-will  $6 donation suggested

An old time television icon gets his due, A terminally ill doctor sees the medical profession from the other side, A couple during a storm reluctantly spend the night in a strangers house, A passenger on a plane sinks her loquacious teeth into her seat-mate, Death-row prison guards question their own morality, A man and a woman years apart find a way to speak in the afterlife, and a band of Superheroes faces their ultimate demise.

These are the stories of ‘SLOW PARADE’ a collection of seven short plays written by local TANYS award winning playwright Louie Podlaski over an exhaustive marathon for most of 2012, written SPECIFICALLY for this evening, with the directing talents of Jean Gordon-Ryon, Mike Stenzel, Jacqueline Moe, Bonnie Meath-Lang, Karen Tuccio and Kimberly Niles and including many of Rochester, NY’s community theatre acting giants. Please come out and support the world premiere of these works.

Polite Company presents: Summer Camp

ShakeCo: The Shakespeare Company presents “ShakeCo Radio Theater: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – A Scandal in Bohemia & The Red-headed League”.

“ShakeCo Radio Theater” will perform two stories from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes on Friday, July 19, 2013 at 8:00pm. at MuCCC, the Multi-use Community Cultural Center, 142 Atlantic Avenue, Rochester.  “ShakeCo Radio Theater” shows are “Pay What You Will” productions and all proceeds will benefit the MuCCC.  For more information, visit www.MuCCC.org.

About the stories:

Following the success of the first two Sherlock Holmes novels, A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four, Conan Doyle began a long series of short stories featuring his brilliant detective.  These stories were originally published in “The Strand Magazine” and Conan Doyle would write fifty-six by the time he finally retired.

“A Scandal in Bohemia”, the first Holmes short story, details the fallout of a liaison between the King of Bohemia and an American opera singer, Irene Adler.  What seems to be a simple matter of recovering a damning photograph proves to be more challenging than Holmes expects.

“The Red-headed League” is one of the most-adapted of all the Holmes stories. It details the mysterious “Red-headed League”, an enigmatic group whose sole reason for existence seems to be copying the Encyclopedia Brittanica word-for-word.  When the league disbands unexpectedly, Holmes is brought in to explain it all.

About the production:

Hearkening back to the days before television, “ShakeCo Radio Theater” endeavors to recreate the mood and styles that once dominated the airwaves.  Shows range from dramatic readings to more elaborate audio dramas.  “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” will be presented as fully-cast audio dramas.  Anyone who enjoys old-time radio, audio dramas or audiobooks is encouraged to attend.

About the Company:

ShakeCo: The Shakespeare Company of Greater Rochester is a locally based small-scale production company devoted primarily to the performance of Shakespeare’s works throughout the Greater Rochester area. The Company put on it’s first production, “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”, in August of 2000 and produced nine shows over the next five years.  Since 2010, ShakeCo has been based out of the MuCCC, where Artistic Director Philip R. Frey serves as an Artist-in-Residence.

For more information and to see an archive of past productions, find us on facebook or visit www.ShakeCo.com.

DVC Presents:  More Than This, a world premiere musical!

Music and Lyrics by Vanessa Carlton

Book by Mario J. Savastano

More Than This, a new musical featuring the songs of singer/songwriter/musician Vanessa Carlton, tells the story of five teens whose lives are intertwined for one transformative year, until they find themselves pulled apart by love, fate, and dreams both shattered and fulfilled.  Over the next seven years the fallout from the separation shapes their journey to adulthood as they navigate through the intricacies of love, careers, sex, and independence, all the while moving  towards an unexpected, yet inevitable, reunion.  The play explores the complexities of love, loyalty and sacrifice, and the struggle to define success and the self in the modern world, all amid the backdrop of Carlton’s beautiful instrumentals and hauntingly emotional vocals.

DVC is proud to bring the world premiere of More Than This to MuCCC, and is grateful for the support of Vanessa Carlton and Brick Wall Management.

About DVC:

Dream/Visualize/Create, a collection of students and graduates of Wilson Magnet High School’s drama club and local artists, is celebrating its 13^thyear of bringing thought-provoking, challenging productions to audiences.  In keeping with the club’s mission to perform meaningful, socially-conscious theatre, DVC has performed shows such as Stop Kiss, The Shadow Box, No Exit, and a double bill of The Trojan Women and Necessary Targets, and club-developed original projects such as Something to Believe In, Reinvented: A Dracula-Inspired Goth Rock Musical and JUNK: the Musical.

Performance dates:

Thursday, July 25^th   @ 7:30

Friday, July 26^th    @ 7:30

Saturday, July 27^th   @ 2 & 7:30

Tickets $5, free to DVC donors.