What's new for Teatro?

Summer is winding down and along with cooler winds and shorter days come exciting new changes! Here at Teatro del Pueblo, one of those crisp breezes blew in our new AmeriCorp Vista worker, Jonelle Carrera. Jonelle will be joining us for the year as an Educational Coordinator where her main project will be creating our Open Minds program which will target the problem of low education rates for Latino students through theater exercises.

Of course no back-to-school season is complete without the return of Teatro's educational residencies. We have several shows that are appropriate for different age groups from pre-school up through college. If you are interested in collaborating with Teatro this school year, call us at 651-224-8806 and ask for Al.

Our artistic season is gearing up as well as we dive right into the West Side Theater Project's performance, Phantom of the Kitchen. Written by Teatro's Executive Director Al Justiniano, Phantom is a celebration of Latino culture and cooking that takes place right in our own backyard- or at least our neighborhood- St. Paul's West Side. Phantom of the Kitchen is running September 10-12 at the Wellstone Stage at Neighborhood House and tickets are available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/124887 or by calling 1-800-838-3006.

We are also in the process of preparing for our 10th annual Political Theatre Festival which will take place from late February to early March 2011. The PTF will feature a variety of one-act plays that all deal with the theme "Latinos in Transition". We are currently still accepting scripts for the Festival, so if you have a play that runs 15 to 45 minutes long, features no more than three actors and has minimal props/set, we would love to see it. Just e-mail the script, a synopsis and a character breakdown to al@teatrodelpueblo.org as soon as possible and we will check it out!

Stay tuned to the blog, our website or our Facebook page for more updates!

Last weekend for HOBA

This weekend is the LAST WEEKEND for the House of Bernarda Alba!

and this Thursday is a Pay-What-You-Can Night, meaning there are no reserved seats and you pay what you want to/can afford, be it $8, or be it $88!

If you can't make it Thursday, there are still performances on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for $15 general admission and $12 Students and Seniors.

All performances at 7:30 at SteppingStone Theatre, 55 Victoria Street North, St. Paul, MN

For tickets for Fri-Sun, call 1-800-838-3006

or visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/100815.

(Tickets are available for purchase up until four hours before performances. After that, remaining tickets will be sold at the Box Office.

For more information visit our website www.teatrodelpueblo.org

Univision TV Interview

We are featured in a Univision TV Interview on youtube for the House of Bernarda Alba!!
The interview is in Spanish.
We are featured 2 mins in to the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFxW6lRhm_4

HOBA Opening Weekend!

This Friday is opening night of The House of Bernarda Alba!

Teatro del Pueblo and Pangea World Theater are bringing you this classic drama by Federico García Lorca.
Life and passion erupt from the oppressive environment in The House of Bernarda Alba where five adult daughters are kept in mourning for their dead father. Bernarda, an overbearing mother is desirous to deny the outside world to her daughters and shroud any controversy in silence. The youngest daughter Adela, determined to reach for love, disrupts the established order in this 20th century classic.

For Tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/100815.

(Tickets are available for purchase up until four hours before performances. After that, remaining tickets will be sold at the Box Office.

$15 General Admission

$12 Students/Seniors

Parking:

Free parking for weekend performances is available in the William Mithcell College of Law parking lot, one block south of the theatre. The entrance is on Victoria St., just north of Summit Avenue.

Inexpensive paid parking is available at the Victoria Crossing ramp on the corner of Victoria and Grand Avenue. Out of courtesy to the neighbors, on-street parking on residential streets is discouraged. Please respect posted parking restrictions.

We Hope to see you all there!!! And don't forget to bring friends!!!!

The House of Bernarda Alba

So our Political Theatre Festival 2010 has come to a close :( but it has been a great year! Thanks to all the actors, directors, audience members, and everyone involved for making it possible! We are already preparing for next years event!

For our next production, we are teaming up with Pangea World Theater to bring you Federico García Lorca’s classic drama, The House of Bernarda Alba.

Life and passion erupt from the oppressive environment in The House of Bernarda Alba where five adult daughters are kept in mourning for their dead father. Bernarda, an overbearing mother is desirous to deny the outside world to her daughters and shroud any controversy in silence. The youngest daughter Adela, determined to reach for love, disrupts the established order in this 20th century classic.

April 9 - 25, 2010
Thursdays - Sundays at 7:30 pm

SteppingStone Theatre, 55 Victoria Street North, St. Paul, MN

Tickets:

For tickets, call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/100815.

(Tickets are available for purchase up until four hours before performances. After that, remaining tickets will be sold at the Box Office.

$15 General Admission

$12 Students/Seniors

For more information go to our website! www.teatrodelpueblo.org

We hope you all will join us for our next production!!!

Last Weekend for PTF/Rehenes Film

This is the last weekend for the 2010 Political Theatre Festival!

It is Series C, A one man show written and performed by Teo Castellanos called
N.E. 2nd Avenue

It is about several different characters living in Miami

Final Showings are
Tonight! March 12 and Tomorrow March 13
both at 8 pm
at Intermedia Arts

2822 South Lyndale Ave.

Minneapolis, MN 55408

Tickets prices are:

$15 General Admission

$12 Students/Seniors

Also!

This Saturday, March 13 at 2:00pm at Intermedia,

The U.S. Premire of the film
Rehenes (Hostages)

The film, Rehenes, translated as Hostages in English, is a fictional movie surrounding a historic event in 1996, in which more than 500 people were taken hostage by MRTA guerrillas in the Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru. The movie centers around a journalist/theatre director who decides to direct a play on the takeover to uncover political intricacies of the social movement. This movie is recommended for mature audiences only.

Presented in Spanish with English Subtitles

Director Bruno Ortiz, will be available after the show for Q&A!

Tickets $6

Teatro's on Facebook, Al is on YouTube... What's next?!

Are you on Facebook? Make your patronage of Teatro "Facebook official" by becoming a fan. While you're at it, why don't you RSVP to the 2010 Political Theatre Festival and invite your Facebook friends to attend as well?

Also, don't forget to check out Al's YouTube debut: