Ep. 5: MERENDIANDO with Beatriz Pizano
March 23, 2019
In this episode, Monica and Camila sit down with the Artistic Director of Aluna Theatre Beatriz Pizano. We talked about power, being a woman in the arts, immigration, war, magic realism, menopause, amongst many other things. Beatriz also wrote Madre, the next play we’ll be presenting as part of Radio Aluna Theatre.
Grab a snack and dive in with us!
Show Notes / Bibliografía:
- Blood Wedding, a 2015 production in which Beatriz on a Dora Award for her performance
- Aluna Theatre’s first production, For Sale
- Simon Fraser University
- The Solitudes | Las Soledades, upcoming production from Aluna Theatre
- concept of magic realism
- Stone totem poles in St. Agustine, Colombia
- RUTAS festival
- Lineas Divisoras, recent Aluna production
- Micheline Calvert, actor
- Zarrin Darnell-Martin, actor
- Michelle Polak, actor and collaborator
- Trevor Schwellnus, Artistic Producer of Aluna Theatre and scenographer
- Peace Brigades International
- Street Legal, Canadian TV Show from 1995
- Suzanna Fournier, local theatre artist
- Santee Smith, choreographer Artistic Director of Kaha:wi Dance Theatre
This episode (and all Merendiando episodes) are in Spanglish. The Radio Aluna Theatre plays are available in English and Spanish versions. New episodes of Radio Aluna Theatre are released every Saturday.
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Credits:
Radio Aluna Teatro is produced by Aluna Theatre with support from the Metcalf Foundation, The Laidlaw Foundation, The City of Toronto, The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council.
Aluna Theatre is Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, with Sue Balint & Gia Nahmens; Radio Aluna Theatre is produced by Camila Diaz-Varela and Monica Garrido.
Intro music by Simian Samba. Closing song by Brandon Valdivia.
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