TeatroStageFest program listed below was featured from June 4-18, 2011 at the fifth annual festival. Please check back with us to read all about our upcoming year-round series of shows and events.
TeatroStageFamily nurtures a new generation of theater lovers through the presentation of theater and puppetry shows that touch a chord with children and youth. This popular family series is featured for the first time in Washington Heights, thanks to newly forged collaborations with YM & YWHA, Amistad Dual Language School, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center's Office of Government & Community Affairs and the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance. TeatroStageFamily counts with special support from NYC Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez of District 10 and Media Hosts NY1 and NY1 Noticias.
New York-Dominican Republic
Photo credit: Alexander Royzman
Tickets are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. To guarantee your ticket, e-mail: reservations@teatrostagefest.org.
Include:
- A contact name and mobile number
- Name of show and number of tickets
Tickets will be held under your name until 30 minutes before the show starts. Afterwards, they will be released to the general public.
212.695.4010
At the venue, one hour before the show.
Location: Columbia University Medical Center
Alumni Auditorium
650 West 168th St.
Subway: 1, A, or C to 168th St. (near Fort Washington Avenue)
Tickets: FREE!
If you like this show, we also recommend The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao!
This event is part of NOMAA’s 2011 The Annual Uptown Arts Stroll: A month-long arts festival that promotes the works of artists in all disciplines and the many community attractions in Washington Heights/Inwood during the month of June.
Sunday, June 5 @ 6:00PM
Company Name: YM&YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood
With history as the starting point, the YM & YWHA commissioned award winning composer Liz Swados to develop an original theatrical production with Dominican, Jewish, and other Hispanic teens from Washington Heights and Inwood. The students researched the little known story of 800 German-Austrian Jews that settled in 1938 in the town of Sosua, thanks to an unexpected show of humanity by the Dominican Republic’s dictator, Rafael Trujillo, who granted visas to these Jewish refugees.
Racism, tolerance and acceptance are at the heart of this moving production that interweaves historical facts with monologues and rap songs written by the students that touch on the poignant themes raised by this universal story.
This project is the brainchild of Victoria Neznansky, Chief Program Officer at the Y, who saw an exhibit about Sosua at the Museum of Jewish Heritage and realized the potential of the story to create a greater connection between the Dominican and Jewish families that she works with daily in the community.
English. 90 minutes. No intermission.
Originally Created and Composed by: Liz Swados
Directed by: Matthew R. Gehring
Concept by: Victoria Neznansky
Cast Members and Ages: Kaitlin Abreu (15), Evaluna Acosta (14), Eduardo Virgil (17), Nandy Diego (16), Annie Fidoten (14), John Gutierrez (18), Jordan Hoepelman (14), Hannah Krutiansky (13), Maya Moskowitz (15), Thalia Pignanelli (16), Luis Rodriguez (15), Margaret Saunders (17), Alison Schilling (17), Walter Sorel (12), Jeremy David (13), Eugene Royzman (15), and Joey Gaebler (14)
Set design: Eli Kaplan-Wildmann
Costume design: Annie Tippe
Musical Director: Samuel Willmot
Piano: Shaina Taub
Percussion: Hiroyuki Matsura
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New York - Venezuela
Photo credit: Michael J. Palma
Locations:
June 11: Amistad Dual Language School
4862 Broadway, Bet’ 204th St. & Academy St.
Subway: A to Dyckman St.
Admission: Suggested Donation $5.00
June 18: Instituto Cervantes
211 East 49th Street, Bet. 2nd & 3rd Aves.
Subway: 6 to 51st St. or E to 53rd St & Lex. Ave.
Admission: FREE! Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Saturday, June 11 and June 18 @ 12:00 PM
Company Name: Scaramouches Latin Children's Traveling Theater
Once upon a time . . . there was a Prince by the name of Azulito and his beloved Princess Perlita. They were happily expecting their first-born baby, along with Rayo Veloz, the fastest horse in the kingdom. But not everything was joyful! When the naughty Cuchiflin and his pet dragon Serpentina heard about the newborn baby, they decided to bring the baby home so they could have a little brother to play with. Not so fast! With the baby's astute tricks and the help of the children in the audience, the Prince and Princess taught Cuchiflin a valuable lesson about the bonds of love that bring all families together.
This interactive show with colorful and amusing hand held puppets will be performed in Spanish, with some English, at Amistad Dual Language School on June 11th and in
Spanish only on June 18th, as part of The Day of the Spanish Language world celebrations at Instituto Cervantes New York.
Spanish. 60 minutes. No intermission. For children ages 4-8.
Written/Directed by: Eduardo Navas
Cast/Puppeteers: Eduardo Navas & Gredivel Vasquez
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