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"Translating Selena" a new play by Richard Montoya for Campo Santo
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Living Word Project Presents in association with Campo Santo: "Translating Selena" a new play by Richard Montoya for Campo Santo, one week only at Brava Theatre Center- Cabaret. See the beginning of this new piece featuring Montoya, Marga Gomez, Per Sia and more Brown all stars, Brian M. Rivera, Jordan Don and Guillermo Yiyo Ornelas.
With design dream team: Alejandro Acosta, Dr. Juan Berumen, Tanya Orellana, Joan Osato, Brittany White, Kyo Yohena
Presented in the intimacy of Brava Theatre Center's Cabaret Space
for One Week Only
January 29 - February 02, 2020
Translating Selena is an examination of many things, a by the book procedural in drag. Which book we refer to will stay purposely blurred: the Selena Song Book or the Selena Murder Book?, says Playwright Richard Montoya. "With Campo Santo, we obliterate the walls of conformity and gender norms for fun and deadly seriousness. How else can we grapple with a superstar who pushed boundaries of musical styles and her own sexuality?"
Legendary Playwright, Richard Montoya's "Translating Selena" is a measurement of things, of long highways and distances between motel rooms and motel lobbies where heroines bleed out following senseless murders, and a haunting assessments of why we kill the things we love. The show is a measure of loss and yearning of a talent cut down in South Texas by yet another senseless act involving gun violence, examining the warmth and artistic relationship between the Tejana popstar and the Transgender community who took to Selena and saw in her something of themselves.
"Translating Selena" makes its theatrical debut January 29th - February 2nd at San Franciscos Brava Cabaret Theater, produced by The Living Word Project in association with famed theater group Campo Santo. Directed by Sean San José, the show features Richard Montoya, Marga Gomez, Brian Rivera, and Per Sia. The performances are earnest, playful and striking featuring a supportive cast of young SF actors (Jordan Maria Don and Guillermo Yiyo Ornelas). The production features video design by Joan Osato; scenic design by Tanya Orellana; sound and score by Christopher Sauceda, costume design by Kyo Yohena; lighting design by Alejandro Acosta; and properties design by Brittany White. Collaborative Design team includes: Dr. J Berumen, Logan Moody, Ashley Smiley.
"Translating Selena" is a retelling of life in Corpus Cristi, Texas, where in the same week that Selenas life was taken, homicides of a cisgender woman and Transwoman stained this small, working class suburb. Montoya attempts to draw a line between the lives of these three women; measuring the weight of the lives lived and stories brought to an unceremonious end, of defiant dignity and glory. The result is unique storytelling at its finest, an invitation to consider the weight of loss of those left behind, loving, yearning and measuring space.
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LocationBrava Theater (Cabaret) (View)
2773 24th St
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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