Have You Met Our Newest Associate?

Join us in welcoming Amy Poulson to the staff of Teatro del Pueblo. She is our Development Associate -- writing grant proposals, organizing fundraising events, keeping our stakeholders informed about Teatro's current and upcoming programs, and providing administrative assistance to keep the office running smoothly.

This summer, Amy will also be supervising two interns -- one who will focus on Office Management and another who will focus on Marketing & Educational Development. She looks forward to working with enthusiastic students and/or other individuals who are interested in working in the very special world of not-for-profit fine arts and educational production.

Amy attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, graduating summa cum laude with a BA in Speech Communication and Business. She has 18 years of corporate experience, working primarily as a consultant inTraining and Development, Organizational Development, and Marketing. With an extensive array of volunteer experience, Amy brings her passion for excellence and contribution, a love of the arts, and a renewed commitment to acting (voice and stage) to Teatro del Pueblo.

Welcome to our team Amy!

Touring "Help Wanted"

Our show "Help Wanted", written and directed by Virginia McFerran has been touring to schools and universities with great success. This is one of our most well received shows by teachers and school administrators because it opens a dialog about immgration, diversity, unions, civil and gender rights.

At Drake University, Des Moines IA, on April 5, 2012

The actors in Help Wanted include: Joy Chavarria, Katia Cardenas, Delta Giordano, Silvia Pontaza, Matt Rei. Touring Stage manager Juan Lopez.

On May 9, 2012, The Mankato Diversity Council brought schools from the area together to participate in The Integration Collaborative Program, where Teatro del Pueblo presented "Help Wanted" to four hundred middle school and high school students, who came to Gustavus Adolphus College, where this activity wa being held. At the end of the show, all the students participated in a workshop about diversity, lead by Al Justiniano from Teatro del Pueblo

Sustainability in Theatre

Al Justiniano, Teatro del Pueblo's artistic director was invited to participate as a guest panelist in this year's Minnesota Theater Alliance conference on Sustainability in Theatre. The conference on April 30- May1, 2012 focused on how inspiration, innovation and tangible choices in different parts of the world have made a difference in the way we run our theaters.

The conference was attended by a large number of theater artists from the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota as well as participants from New York and London via Skype.

Al was part of a panel dealing with Sustainable Administrations. He spoke about the intricacies of Teatro del Pueblo's ongoing collaborative effort with Pangea World Theater.  He discussed the challenges and rewards of developing a new type of collaborative framework that is both equitable and that leans itself to capacity building for both companies.


                                                     Al Justiniano from Teatro del Pueblo

Meena Natajaran from Pangea World Theater 

Other participants in the conference included sessions in Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles, connected by Google+. Presenters included Michelle Hensley, Jack Reuler, Hal Cropp, Laura Zabel, Damon Runnals, Theresa Sweetland and Joanna Harmon among others.

The House on Mango Street Reaches New Heights

This weekend (April 26-29) is your last opportunity to see "The House on Mango Street," the latest collaborative production between Teatro del Pueblo and Pangea World Theater. You won't want to miss it! For individual ticket sales, please go to www.brownpapertickets.com. For group sales (10+), call Al at 651-224-8806.

This heartwarming and eye-opening story about a young Mexican-American girl, Esperanza, paints a vivid picture about growing up in "el Barrio." This play, based on the critically acclaimed novel of the same name by Sandra Cisneros, marks the third collaborative production between Teatro del Pueblo and Pangea World Theater.

New milestones achieved during this production?

• The most well-attended collaborative production thus far - expanding our reach into the community
• Seven out of the eight actors were Latino - providing an opportunity to showcase, support and develop an underutilized fine arts resource
• The most well-attended school matinee performances and post-show discussions - reaching over 1200 students

We are honored and grateful to have received such a favorable review by Anna Hoeschen at tcdailyplanet. Please click on the link below for her remarks:

TC Planet Review

And finally, another first: one very special birthday girl was flown to the Twin Cities from Dallas, TX by her boyfriend to see this performance on opening weekend. The House on Mango Street was her favorite novel as a girl, and her boyfriend wanted her to experience the only theatrical production of The House on Mango Street in the nation. Happy Birthday! Thank you for celebrating with us.