Nicole Virginia Accuardi is thrilled to return to Milagro. Her Portland shows include Canta y no llores  at Miracle and Trojan Women at Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon. She is the treasurer for PATA, assistant director of Portland Theatre Brigade, assistant teacher at the LO Theatre Club, and a part of the Son Rise Program. She studied acting at PCPA and Point Park University, where she got her BFA. She would like to thank her family and cast for being her heart. (March 2010)

Enrique E. Andrade ha participado en varias producciones en el Milagro, entre ellas, Canta y no llores y Te llevo en la sangre. También participó en Astor Piazzolla’ s Maria de Buenos Aires en el Festival de Música de Aspen en el 2005 y 2007, así como en 3rd Angle Music Ensemble y ha sido parte de varios proyectos de cine, televisión y video. Enrique es muy conocido por ser la voz española del MAX, además esta certificado para trabajar como interprete judicial para el estado de Oregon y es miembro de la junta directiva del MCC Portland. (2/2010)

Enrique E. Andrade has performed at Miracle numerous times, most recently, he was part of the casts of Canta y no llores and Te llevo en la sangre. He performed in Astor Piazzolla’s Maria de Buenos Aires at the Aspen Festival of Music in 2005 and 2007 as well as with 3rd Angle Music Ensemble and various film, television and video projects. Enrique is well known for being the Spanish voice of the MAX. Enrique is an Oregon Court Certified Spanish Interpreter and board member of MCC Portland. (2/2010)

John Armour es artista teatral y director de lucha. Disfruta el desafío y la satisfacción que representa el construir escenarios crear objetos de utilería y diseñar efectos especiales para realzar la violencia en el escenario. Ésta es la primera obra en la que trabaja como encargado de utilería para el Milagro. Anteriormente, fue coreógrafo de escenas violentas y armamento teatral para las producciónes  Tino does Time y Blood Wedding  del Miracle Theatre. (2/2010)

John Armour is an award-winning fight director and all around theater artist. He enjoys the challenge and satisfaction of building sets, crafting props or designing some special effect to enhance a bit of violence on stage. This is his first show doing props for Milagro. He has choreographed violence and supplied theatrical weaponry for Milagro productions such as Tino Does Time, Blood Wedding and others. (2/2010)

Sabina Berman es la dramaturga más aclamada y con más éxito comercial proveniente de México. Ha ganado el Premio Nacional de Teatro de México cuatro veces, un hecho sin precedente. Berman ha escrito libretos para películas, poesía, prosa y periodismo sumado a su trabajo para los escenarios. Su colección de entrevistas con mujeres Mexicanas en posiciones de poder, Mujeres y poder, ganó el Premio Nacional de Periodismo en el año 2000. Recientemente escribió el libreto para la nueva película del director Jorge Fons, acerca de los asesinatos en la frontera de Juárez, y escribió la adaptación de “La Historia de Amor” para el director Alfonzo Cuarón.

Sabina Berman is Mexico's most commercially successful and critically acclaimed playwright. She has won the Mexican National Theatre Prize an unprecedented four times and has written film scripts, poetry, prose and journalism in addition to her work for the stage. Her collection of interviews with Mexican women in positions of power, Mujeres y poder, won the 2000 National Journalism Award. She recently wrote director Jorge Fons' new movie about the murders on the border of Juarez, and the adaptation of "The History of Love" for director Alfonso Cuarón.

Angela Bolaños-Osorio nació en la Ceiba, Honduras. Se mudó a Miami en 1994. Su amor por el teatro comenzó en su juventud cuando trabajó con el grupo Prometeo, un grupo de teatro auspiciado por el Miami Dade College. Angela admite que está más interesada en el proceso de desarrollar un personaje que en cualquier otro aspecto de la actuación y del teatro mismo. Participó en Rosalba y los Llaveros (Chole) y está muy agradecida de poder trabajar con el director Daniel Jáquez de nuevo. Angela quiere dedicar esta presentación a su mamá, Isabel Osorio, “Mami, sin ti mis sueños no podrían ser realizados.” Un agradecimiento especial a mis amigas Susana Brunner y Gina LoVecchio, porque son las diosas de luz que uno necesita para encontrar el camino.  “El artista no es nada sin el don, pero el don no es nada sin el trabajo.” —Emile Zola (1/09)

Angela Bolaños-Osorio was born in La Ceiba, Honduras. She moved to Miami in 1994. Angela fell in love with theater in her late teens when she joined Prometeo, a theater group sponsored by Miami Dade College. Admittedly, she is more interested in the process of developing a character than any other aspect of acting and theater itself. She participated in Rosalba y Los Llaveros (Chole) and is very grateful to be able to work with director Daniel Jáquez again. Angela would like to dedicate her performance on this play to her mother, Isabel Osorio, “Mami, without you, my dreams wouldn’t be.” Special thanks to my friends Susana Brunner and Gina LoVecchio, because you are the goddesses of light one needs to find the way. “The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without the work.” —Emile Zola  (1/09)

Hadley Boyd is making her Miracle Theatre debut. Other favorite roles include Patricia, Sight Unseen, Lunacy Stageworks; SC: Duckling, Our Country’s Good; Bianca, Taming of the Shrew; Pallas Athena, The Odyssey (dir. Jack Young); Dorine, Tartuffe (dir. Bob Hobbs); Edinburgh Fringe: Nanny/Kate/The Principal, Baby with the Bathwater; London: Women Beware Women (dir. Sarah Pia Anderson); Hermia, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (dir. James Roose-Evans); Williamstown Theatre Festival. Hadley is also a writer whose stories have appeared, or are forthcoming, in several literary magazines. (May 2010)

Katelan Braymer is excited for the opportunity to work on this show. Her first work at Milagro was over a year ago with Hand2Mouth’s production Dos Pueblos. Recent designs include: La Luna Nueva (Miracle Theatre Group) and Fiction (Portland Playhouse). Assistant work includes: Everyone Who Looks Like You and Undine (Hand2Mouth). (May 2010)

Danny Bruno is honored to be working with Olga Sanchez on Miracle’s stage. Danny’s been an actor on Portland stages for 20 years. He was last seen onstage in Twelfth Night for Northwest Classical Theatre. Some of this favorite roles are: Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Lakewood Theatre, and Moss in GlennGarry Glen Ross for Cygnet Productions (for which he garnered a Drammy award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2005). (May 2010)

DeMara Cabrera received her B.A. from Stanford University in Drama, specializing in theatrical design. During her undergraduate career, she was involved in over 40 productions, for which she earned the department award for Excellence in Design. DeMara also served as Artistic Director of the Stanford Shakespeare Society. DeMara taught costume design at Linfield College in 2007 and designed costumes for their productions of The Waiting Room and Women in Congress, for which she received an ACTF award. She designed the set for Miracle Theater’s El Grito del Bronx in 2009. (March 2010)

Gerardo Calderón is a musician from Mexico and studied classical guitar at the Escuela Superior de Música in Mexico City. From there he went on to pursue his interest in South American folk music by performing with folk ensembles in Mexico, Canada, New England and the Pacific Northwest. Gerardo is the music director of Grupo Condor. His recent work at the Miracle includes The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa. (2/2010)

Alejandro Ceballos cree que su arte es un lenguaje moderno el cual transmite imágenes, sentimientos e ideas. La vida y ocurrencias cotidianas son la inspiración detrás de su trabajo, también pinta en lo que llama “forma primitiva” la cual nace de un momento espontáneo. Su educación en diseño gráfico es evidente en el uso de colores planos y formas definidas. Sin embargo, mantiene el misterio de la superficie pintada a mano. Ha exhibido trabajos desde 1991 en México y los EE.UU. (2/2010)

Alejandro Ceballos believes that his art is a modern language transmitting images, feelings and ideas. His work is inspired by everyday life and occurrences, but he paints in what he calls “primitive form” that is born of a spontaneous and spur-of-the-moment feeling. His graphic design training shows in the use of flat colors and defined shapes, but he maintains the mystery of the handpainted surface. He has been exhibiting since 1991 in Mexico and the U.S. (2/2010)

CarlosAlexis Cruz has performed professionally across the country and internationally. Recently, he directed Miracle’s El Último and staged his own show, A Suicide Note from a Cockroach… at Imago (watch for a full-length version of this show later this season). CarlosAlexis holds an MFA from California’s Dell’Arte International School and a BA degree in film studies from University of Puerto Rico. He has also trained in circus arts at the San Francisco Circus Center. He thanks his wife, Mayra, for all the support. (10/09)

Leticia Duran is enjoying her first time working with a Portland theatre and is excited to learn about how a show comes together. Previous theatre experience includes playing a Shark girl in the Gallery Theater production of West Side Story. She loves watching Broadway productions and getting lost in great musicals like Singing in the Rain and Chicago.   (May 2010)

Alyssa Essman has the pleasure to work with this incredible group of people for the first time. She’s no stranger to Milagro, though, as she recently stage managed Entre Villa y una mujer desnuda. She has also worked for various Portland theatre companies including Stark Raving Theatre, Theatre Vertigo and Oregon Repertory Theatre. To her lovely cast and crew: Break many legs. (May 2010)

Alyssa Essman recientemente, obtuvo un titulo en Teatro con honores de UNC-Asheville. Está emocionada de poder trabajar en la carrera para la cual estudió. En Portland, ha sido regidora de escena para Theatre Vertigo y Oregon Repertory Theatre. Entre Villa y una mujer desnuda es su primera obra en el Milagro. (2/2010)

Sarah Gahagan is a costume and puppet designer for theatre, festivals and animated film. Some design credits include Trojan Women, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Three Sisters and I am My Own Wife. Sarah received a 2009 Drammy award for her design work on James and The Giant Peach and Eurydice. She attended University of Oregon, where she received a BS in Theatrical Production Design and a BFA in Fiber Arts. For more information, visit www.SarahGahagan.com. (May 2010)

Santiago García is a theater director, theorist and founder of the renowned Colombian theater ensemble Teatro La Candelaria, one of the most important theater groups in Latin America. La Candelaria (http://www.teatrolacandelaria.org.co) was founded in 1966 by a group of independent artists and intellectuals who came from experimental theater and the broader Colombian cultural movement. Directed by Santiago García, La Candelaria is one of Colombian theater’s most innovative agents, modernizing national drama while addressing popular audiences. By means of an ongoing exploration of national folklore, situations and characters, they have created some of Colombia’s most compelling plays, some of them through the method of creación colectiva (collective creation), addressing the acute social and political problems of their society. At the same time, they fostered the creation of Corporación Colombiana del Teatro and have developed a number of theoretical works that reflect upon dramatic creation, its methods and languages. La Candelaria is committed to repertoire, experimentation and discussion as fundamental elements of artistic creation. (May 2010)

Emily Gleason was last seen on Milagro’s stage in La carpa calavera and La carpa del ausente. She was a company member and performed in Imago
Theater’s physical theater/mask shows Frogz and BigLittleThings on four national tours. También, ha actuado en Portland Center Stage, Our Shoes Are Red/The Performance Lab y The Working Theater Collective. Pronto, actuará como La Reina de Corazones en Alice in Wonderland de Nomadic Theater: “Córtale su cabeza!” (May 2010)

Osvaldo “Ozzie” González has rediscovered his love for theatre in this, his debut with Miracle. After a 10-year hiatus during which he became married, had two children, and obtained degrees in both Environmental Science and Architecture, Ozzie is glad to be back. A self-professed theater geek, his acting credits include Bottom the Weaverin A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Caterpillar in Alice through the Looking Glass, and Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. Ozzie has also performed as a vocalist with Mariachi de Humboldt and Zumba!  (10/09)

Anthony Green holds a BFA in Theatre Arts from Southern Oregon University and just completed coursework toward a Masters of Theatre Studies in Production and Design through Ashland Center for Theatre Studies at SOU. Past roles include Dennis Shepard in The Laramie Project, Silvio in PVT. Wars and Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet. Credits since moving to Portland include Borachio and Friar Francis in RTI’s production of Much Ado About Nothing and Tristan McGee in The Hole Story, a 48 Hour Film Project. He is honored to be sharing the stage with such a fine group of actors here at Milagro. (March 2010)

Will Sonera Gregg is happy to return to Portland theatre after a 10-year hiatus, during which he performed regularly on the Mount Hood Railroad Excursion Train. Past favorite roles include Berger in Hair at PCT, Treat in Orphans at ART and The Actor/ young Arthur Kipps in The Woman in Black at Sylvia’s. Will earned his degree in theatre from Oregon State University and is a 1996 graduate of the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York. (May 2010)

Vicente Guzman-Orozco vuelve una vez más a la compañía que lo vio hacer su debut  profesional (20 años y centenares de funciones después). En la temporada 2008-2009 del Miracle Theatre, fue parte de  The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa, interpretando a la cabeza de Pancho Villa. Otras actuaciones  memorables en el Milagro incluyen Heroes and Saints, Corazón Gitano y Te llevo en la sangre. Otras de sus producciones predilectas son Cupid and Psyche (Stark Raving Theatre), ¡Entusiasmo! (Do Jump!) y Take Me Out (Artists Repertory Theatre). (2/2010)

Vicente Guzmán-Orozco returns once again to the company of his professional debut (almost 20 years and hundreds of performances later). He was last seen in Miracle’s The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa. Other memorable shows from Vicente’s many years at Miracle include Heroes and Saints, Corazón Gitano and Te llevo en la sangre. Other favorite productions include Cupid and Psyche (Stark Raving Theatre), ¡Entusiasmo! (Do Jump!) and Take Me Out (Artists Repertory Theatre). (2/2010)

Mark Haack returns to Miracle for his sixth show. Previous work here includes Mariela in the Desert and Rosalba y los Llaveros, among others. He designed Oregon Children’s Theatre world premiere of The Giver, for which he won a Drammy award for outstanding set design. Before moving to Portland in 1992, Mark lived in New York where he designed and assisted on dozens of Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. He has also been art director or production designer on numerous studio, independent and made-for-TV films.  (May 2010)

Gavin Hales is glad to be returning to theater after a long absence. Gavin has previously worked on The Good Woman of Szechuan for the University of Illinois’ theater deparment, as well as numerous shows for Lincoln High School’s drama department.  This is his first production at Milagro, and he is looking forward to tilting at these windmills. (May 2010)

Matt Haynes has worked in Portland theatre for three years. Favorite roles include The Creature in Frankenstein (Northwest Children's Theatre), Rolander in The Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Northwest Classical Theatre Company), the Boy in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Oregon Children's Theatre) and a Big Black Woman in The Liar’s Club (Brooklyn Bay). A proud product of the east coast and an extremely content west coast resident, Matt works as an actor, acting teacher, youth director and serves on the board of the Portland Area Theatre Alliance (PATA). Matt studied at Skidmore College and is a graduate of the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre. (1/09)

Matt Haynes ha trabajado en los taetros de portland en los últimos tres años, entre sus roles favoritos están: The Creature en Frankenstein (Northwest Children's Theatre), Rolander en The Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Northwest Classical Theatre Company), the Boy en If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Oregon Children's Theatre) y a Big Black Woman in The Liar’s Club (Brooklyn Bay).  Orgullosa materia prima de la costa este y extremedamente feliz residente de la costa oeste, Matt trabaja como actor, profesor de actuación, joven director y es parte de la Junta Directiva del Portland Area Theatre Alliance (PATA). Matt estudió en Skidmore College y es egresado de Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre.  (1/09)

Nurys Herrera es originaria de Lima, Perú. Se graduó del Centro de Actuación para Televisión de la Universidad Católica de Lima. En Portland, trabajó en un programa de televisión infantil llamado “Hola Hola” por 7 años. A Nurys se le puede ver en various anuncios de TV, en cámara y también haciendo voice-over. Actualmente, ¡Nurys se encuentra preparando su propio CD de canciones infantiles! Ésta es su décima octava obra en el Milagro, siendo su participación anterior en la obra Te llevo en la sangre. Nurys quiere dedicar su trabajo a su adorada familia y a Bapeba. (2/2010)

Nurys Herrera is originally from Lima, Peru. She graduated from Centro de Actuacion para Television de la Universidad Catolica de Lima. In Portland, she worked on a kids’ TV show called “Hola Hola” for 7 years. You can see Nurys in a several local TV commercials, as on-camera and voiceover talent, and now Nurys is preparing a CD with her own children’s songs! This is her 18th play at Miracle; she was last seen in Te llevo en la sangre. She wants to dedicate her work to her lovely family and Bapeba! (2/2010)

Mina Kinukawa está muy contenta de poder  trabajar con el Milagro. Algunos de sus créditos de diseño escénico incluyen: Voices from Okinawa y Stew Rice (East West Players); The Love of the Nightingale, Anon, y Thursday (Echo Theatre); Innocent When You Dream (Timescape Arts); The Mikado Project y Trojan Women (Lodestone Theatre); Young Man from Atlanta (Profile Theatre). (2/2010)

Mina Kinukawa is excited to be working with Miracle. Select design credits: Voices from Okinawa and Stew Rice (East West Players); The Love of the Nightingale, Anon, and Thursday (Echo Theatre); Innocent when You Dream (Timescape Arts);The Mikado Project and Trojan Women (Lodestone Theatre); Young Man from Atlanta (Profile Theatre). (2/2010)

Lara Kobrin is making her Miracle debut. She was last seen on stage in A Country Doctor with defunkt theatre. Other recent credits include the sketch comedy soap opera Soap St. Theater, the independent film American Disciples, and  Jeannie in Neil LaBute’s Fat Pig. Lara is also a producer and co-star of the Web series Wage Slaves, which will premiere its second season in March 2010. For more information about upcoming projects, visit www.lara-kobrin.com. (March 2010)

Rebecca Lewis is a stagehand and scenic carpenter from New Haven, CT, with a background in educational theater at the Foote School, where she served as technical director and master carpenter. She has also enjoyed working with regional and community theaters as a stagehand and carpenter. She has spent time in Oaxaca, México, and is very excited to begin her career here in Portland with Milagro. (May 2010)

Rebecca Lewis es tramoyista y carpintera escénica proveniente de New Haven, CT. Tiene experiencia en teatro educaciónal de la Foote School, donde fue carpintera técnica del director principal. Ella también ha disfrutado de trabajar con teatros regionales y comunitarios. Ha visitado Oaxaca, México, y esta muy emocionada de comenzar su carrera aquí en Portland con el Milagro. (2/2010)

Joaquin Lopez holds a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts from Southern Oregon University, studied vocal performance at the Los Angeles Music Academy and has training in classical music through his work with Diane Harris. He has written and performed for DanceGatherer Dance Company, The Haven Project, Viva La Cultura, and Artists Repertory Theatre. As an actor, he has performed in Oregon Children’s Theatre's production of Ferdinand the Bull as El Duque Dodo; Sowelu Theater Ensemble's popular holiday show, An Evening of Flamenco and Ballads, as Balladeer; and in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s production of Blood Wedding. In 2008, he founded Portland Folk Project, which creates and records the folk songs of Portland area students. (1/10)

Gilberto Martín del Campo was born in Queretaro, Mexico, and moved to Portland about 10 years ago, graduating in 2005 from the professional actors training program at Portland Actors Conservatory. At Milagro, Gilberto was last seen in Bodas de sangre and Zapatista. This is Gilberto’s sixth production at the Miracle, having also appeared in Rosalba y los Llaveros, Fuente Ovejuna and Ardiente paciencia. He was also seen in Oregon Children’s Theatre production of Ferdinand the Bull and Metamorphoses at Artists Rep. (May 2010)

Marychris Mass ha diseñando vestuario para teatro y cine desde… Digamos que comenzó hace mucho tiempo. Entre las obras para las cuales a diseñado vestuario se encuentran Te llevo en la sangre (Miracle Theatre Group), y recientemente, trabajó en una producción de Thriller (Michael Jackson) para un evento de ejecutivos. (2/2010)

Marychris Mass has been designing for theater and film since ... let’s just say slightly before the dawn of recorded time. Credits include Miracle’s Te llevo en la sangre last season and most recently a remaking of Michael Jackson’s Thriller for an office product company’s sales meeting. (2/2010)

Rebecca Frost Mayer holds a BFA in Theatre Studies from Boston University's College of Fine Arts, where notable credits included Company, Training Wisteria at Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Yerma, La Bete, The Threepenny Opera and Cleansed. In Portland, she has worked with Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon, Original Practice Shakespeare Festival, Portland Gallery Playwrights' Group, and Action/Adventure Theatre, creating the role of Camille in Fall of the House. Her new full-length play, O'Flannery's Pub, will receive a staged reading at 2010's Fertile Ground Festival (10/09)

Melanie Meijer is a born-and-raised Portlander who graduated from Cleveland High School. She has been involved with theater since she was 11 and will never quit; she’s a lifey. This is her first time working with the good folks at Miracle. She is thrilled to laugh, dance, sing and discover new things with them.  (10/09)

Christina Lydy Mills is the Literary Intern for Miracle and a 2009 theatre arts graduate of Western Oregon University. She served as dramaturge for Canta y no llores and El Quijote. She will be forever grateful for the opportunity to further her education in professional theatre and to work with the talented people she has been able to meet throughout her internship at Miracle. She will be moving to Long Island, New York this summer to attend Stony Brook University to earn her MFA in dramaturgy. (May 2010)

Christina Lydy Mills se graduó de Western Oregon University en el 2009 con un B.A. en Artes Teatrales con énfasis en dirección y dramaturgia. Está encantada de participar en un nuevo proyecto con el teatro Milagro. (2/2010)

Kevin-Michael Moore is making only his second appearance with the Miracle though he is no stranger to its stage, having performed regularly with The 3rd Floor. He was last seen at Miracle in Life is a Dream. Other highlights include Barry Champlaine in Talk Radio and Armand in Charles Ludlum’s Cammille for Painted Maniacs and Edgar/Jane in The Mystery of Irma Vep for both Lake Oswego and Storefront theatres.  (May 2010)

Danny Moreno has performed with the Miracle for over four years, appearing annually in Miracle’s El Dia de los Muertos festivals, which includes La Carpa Calavera (2006), La Carpa del Ausente (2007) and La Carpa del Maestro (2008). Most recently he appeared as Mingo in Miracle’s production of The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa.  Danny has been involved in the performing arts for many years. In his spare time, he also enjoys flagging and Poi, forms of fire dancing and he has also done choreography with flag poi. A proud member of the Latino gay community, he also performs annually in the Gay Pride Parade with his flag ensemble. (1/10)

Nana Nash vivió y estudió en Morelia, Michoacan, México y alrededor del mundo antes de obtener su M.A. de Portland State. Ha traducido guiones de película para Turner Entertainment en Los Ángeles y ha enseñado ESL en Edúcate Ya. Actualmente, Nana enseña español y portugués en Common Ground Wellness Center en Portland. (2/2010)

Nana Nash has lived and studied in Morelia, Michoacan, México and around the world before earning her M.A. from Portland State. She translated movie scripts for Turner Entertainment in Los Angeles and has taught ESL at Edúcate Ya, Inc.  Currently, Nana teaches Spanish and Portuguese at Common Ground Wellness Center in Portland. (2/2010)

Rodolfo Ortega received his bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Arizona and his master’s of music degree from Manhattan School of Music, where he studied piano and composition. He has composed music and designed sound for the recent productions of Artist Repertory Theatre’s Othello, among others. He has composed for productions at Santa Cruz Shakespeare including Julius Caesar and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. His works have included writing scores and designing sound for Miracle’s production of Mariela in the Desert, True History of Coca Cola in Mexico, Burning Patience and many others. For the 2000-2001 season, Rodolfo was awarded a Drammy in sound design and composition for a season of outstanding work; in 2001-2002 season he was again awarded the Drammy for his compositions for Tuck Everlasting for Oregon Children’s Theatre; and in 2004, he received a Drammy for composition for Miracle’s Lorca in a Green Dress. (May 2010)

Stephen Pick holds his bachelor’s degree in Theatre and Spanish from George Fox University. Though a director at heart, Stephen also works as an actor, designer and (currently) a stage manager as well! By day, he is a medical interpreter, and by night, his love for theatre and for culture draws him to projects such as these. He is delighted to finally work with Milagro, and looks forward to collaborating with this great company in the future. (10/09)

Yolanda Porter califica la actuación como su pasión. Disfrutaba actuar cuando era niña, pero nunca lo consideró una carrera sino hasta que tuvo la oportunidad de trabajar como extra en un programa de T.V. Asombrada por su experiencia detrás de las cámaras, decidió tomar clases de actuación y concentrarse en mejorar sus habilidades. Yolanda ha tenido la oportunidad de trabajar en la T.V., el cine y el teatro. Recientemente dirigió una obra de teatro corta. Esta es la primera producción del Milagro en la que participa y considera que ha sido una experiencia emocionante. (2/2010)

Yolanda Porter says acting is her passion. She really enjoyed acting ever since she was a child, but never pursued it as a career until she had the opportunity to work as an extra on a T.V show. Amazed by the behind the scenes experience, she decided to take acting classes and concentrate on improving her skills. She has had the opportunity to work on T.V, film and theatre, and she has recently directed a short play. This is her first production with Miracle and she considers it a thrilling experience. (2/2010)

Darrin J. Pufall currently teaches Costume Design at Reed College and holds an MFA in Costume Design/Technology from The University of Florida. Recent and favorite productions include: All My Sons (Artists Rep) A Little Night Music (Mock’s Crest Productions) The Double Inconstancy (Reed); Our Town, The Man of Mode, Waiting for Godot, Hello, Dolly!, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (University of Florida). Darrin was recently recognized with PAMTA award for his work on the Mock’s Crest production of Pirates of Penzance. (10/09)

Nelda Reyes es originaria de México D.F. Egresada de la maestría en teatro de Portland State y cuenta con estudios en la Universidad de Harvard, Casa de Teatro y Teatro Línea de Sombra en México. Sus más recientes créditos en Pórtland incluyen: Memory Water (Shaking the Tree), Trojan Women (Lunacy), y en el Milagro La carpa del maestro y Te llevo en la sangre. (2/2010)

Nelda Reyes is originally from Mexico City. She’s studied at Portland State University and Moscow Art Theatre School at Harvard University and with Luis de Tavira, Teatro Línea de Sombra in Mexico City. Recent Portland credits: Memory Water (Shaking the Tree), Trojan Women (Lunacy) and La carpa del maestro and Te llevo en la sangre at Miracle. (2/2010)

Bronwyn Rice began her work in theatre in the fall of 2000 as a dramaturge and costume researcher for Imago Theatre. Since then she has worked as a stagehand, light operator, sound operator, and stage manager for numerous productions at Imago and also had the pleasure of stage managing several productions at Profile Theatre during its Neil Simon season. She most recently stage managed BOOM for Theatre Vertigo.  This is her first show with Miracle. (March 2010)

Alberto Romero tuvo anhelos de estar en un escenario y participar en obras desde chico, y está muy agradecido por esta oportunidad. Dice que es un reto, pero le encanta hacer reír a la gente al igual que transmitir mensajes por medio de la actuación. Espera que todos los que tengan sueños los cumplan como él está cumpliendo el suyo. (2/2010)

Alberto Romero has longed to be onstage and act in plays from a young age, and is grateful for this opportunity. He says it’s a challenge to play this role, but he loves to make people laugh as much as to share the action of the story. He hopes everyone follows their dream as he has. (2/2010)

Olga Sanchez is the Artistic Director of Miracle MainStage and Community Artes. Most recently, she directed Canta y no llores, Miracle’s Día de los muertos production. Last season she directed The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa and served as dramaturge for El Último, Dañel Malán’s bilingual eco-drama which toured the country in 2009. Favorite directorial projects for Miracle Theatre Group include: García Lorca’s Bodas de sangre (in the original Spanish), Nilo Cruz’s Lorca in a Green Dress (Drammy Award, Outstanding Direction), Dañel Malan’s Frida, Un Retablo, and the world premieres of Joann Farías’ The Road To Xibalbá, Rubén Sierra’s When The Blues Chase Up A Rabbit and Quiara Alegría Hudes’ The Adventures Of Barrio Grrrl!. She is a founding member of Los Porteños writers group, and was most recently published in Portland Family Magazine. Olga is the creator of Posada Milagro, a community-based holiday program, Milagro at SEIS, an intensive arts residency at the Spanish English International School, and Cuentos y Teatro Miracle’s Spanish-language children’s acting camp. This summer she will be offering a Spanish-language acting class, Taller de Actuación, at El Centro Milagro. She holds a BA in Theatre from Hunter College, CUNY, and a Masters in Human Development from Pacific Oaks College NW, with specialization in Bicultural Development. (May 2010)

Olga Sanchez es la directora artística de Miracle MainStage y Bellas Artes.  En la temporada pasada dirigió The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa y trabajó como dramaturgo para El Último, un eco-drama bilingüe escrita por Dañel Malán que recorrió en todo el país en 2009. Entre sus proyectos favoritos que ha dirigido para el Miracle Theatre Group son: Bodas de sangre por García Lorca (en español); Lorca in a Green Dress de Nilo Cruz, por la cual recibió un Drammy for dirección sobresaliente; Frida, un retablo de Dañel Malán; The Road to Xibalbá de Joann Farías, Clean de Edwin Sanchez; Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue y The Adventures of Barrio Grrrl! de Quiara Alegría Hudes. Olga es la creadora de la Posada Milagro, un programa comunitario navideño, del Milagro; Milagro en SEIS, una residencia intensiva de las artes en el Spanish English International School; Cuentos y Teatro, un campamento teatral en español para niños.  Olga posee una licenciatura en Teatro del Hunter College, CUNY, y una Maestría en Desarrollo Humano del Pacific Oaks College NW, con especialización en Desarrollo Bicultural. (10/09)

Ann Singer esta feliz de unirse al equipo del Teatro Milagro nuevamente. Otras producciones en las que ha trabajado con el Milagro incluyen Te llevo en la sangre y The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa. Ann también es miembro de la Lunacy Stageworks donde trabajo detrás de bastidores y en diferentes posiciones para la obras Jack and Jill, Sight Unseen, and Women of Troy. (2/2010)

Ann Singer is happy to join Miracle Theatre once again. Past productions she has worked on at Miracle are Te llevo en la sangre and The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa. Ann is a member of Lunacy Stageworks where she has worked behind the scenes and front of house for productions of Jack and Jill, Sight Unseen and Women of Troy. (2/2010)

Portland Story Theater [www.portlandstorytheater.com] was formed in 2003 to bring high-quality narrative performance to an adult audience in Portland. Co-founders Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard create and perform their own original material, teach workshops, and also produce an annual festival of solo performance called Singlehandedly. They are delighted to be working with Miracle on the muertos show as story consultants. (10/09)

Sophya Vidal es una diseñadora local para los teatros de Portland. Ha creado diseños para una creciente lista donde constan Miracle Theatre Group, Integrity Productions y Northwest Children’s Theatre Company. Este es su segundo show con el Miracle (realizó el diseño para La Carpa del Ausente en 2007) y está muy orgullosa de ser parte de tan magnífico equipo.  (1/09)

Juan Carlos Vives es actor, dramaturgo y director nacido en la Ciudad de México. Es egresado del Centro Universitario de Teatro. Ha actuado en más de 65 puestas en escena de reconocidos directores mexicanos. Ha sido autor y director de sus propias obras de teatro: Un Alacrán (por las que van de arena), Un Pañuelo el Mundo es, En la Quincena, Julio César...; Autocensura, Dicen… y Gallina Vieja. Ha dirigido también El Hombre sin Adjetivos de Mario Cantú Toscano; y Monogamia de Marco Antonio de la Parra. Ha actuado en más de 15 películas profesionales y amateurs. Ha co-dirigido y actuado en diversos espectáculos de improvisación y de stand-up comedy. Ha sido docente en el Centro Universitario de Teatro y en Artes Escénicas Argos. Ha participado con los grupos Utopía Danza-Teatro, Compañía Nacional de Teatro, Teatro de Arena, Grupo Bochinche, Compañía Los Endebles AC, Teatro El Milagro, Colectivo Teatral Seres Comunes, Teatro del Farfullero (co-fundador), Pastegé Stand up Comedy a la Mexicana (co-fundador), Liga Mexicana de Improvisación LIMI (co-fundador), y Búho Grande Teatro (co-fundador y actual Director Artístico). Obtuvo el Premio Nacional de Dramaturgia Joven “Gerardo Mancebo del Castillo” 2002, convocado por el Centro Cultural Helénico, por su obra Un Pañuelo el Mundo es, publicada por Fondo Editorial Tierra Adentro. Para más información: www.juancarlosvives.wordpress.com. (2/2010)

Juan Carlos Vives is an actor, playwright and director from México City. He graduated from Centro Universitario de Teatro de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in 1991. Since then, he has distinguished himself by his very intense and versatile activity onstage and backstage in Mexico and abroad. He has acted in more than 65 plays. He has written and directed Un Alacrán (por las que van de arena), Un Pañuelo el Mundo es, En la Quincena, Julio César...; Autocensura, Gallina Vieja and Dicen.... He has directed Mario Cantú Toscano’s El Hombre sin Adjetivos, and Marco Antonio de la Parra’s Monogamia. He has acted in more than 15 experimental and professional films. He has also co-directed and acted in several improv and stand-up comedy shows. He has taught Improv Techniques at the Centro Universitario de Teatro and at Artes Escénicas Argos. He has participated with Utopía Danza-Teatro, Compañía Nacional de Teatro, Teatro de Arena, Grupo Bochinche, Compañía Los Endebles AC, Teatro El Milagro, Colectivo Teatral Seres Comunes, Teatro del Farfullero (co-founder), Pastegé Stand up Comedy a la Mexicana (co-founder), Liga Mexicana de Improvisación (co-founder), and Búho Grande Teatro (co-founder and present artistic director). He has been awarded the Premio Nacional de Dramaturgia Joven “Gerardo Mancebo del Castillo” 2002, convened by the Centro Cultural Helénico, for his play Un Pañuelo el Mundo es, published by the Fondo Editorial Tierra Adentro. For more information: www.juancarlosvives.wordpress.com. (2/2010)

Michelle Filler Waters is a student at the University of Portland pursuing a degree in Spanish and Elementary Education. She will graduate in May. This is her first translation project, but hopefully not her last. She lives in Portland with her husband, Steve, and her daughter, Ellie. She would like to thank Dr. Kate Reagan and Olga Sanchez for giving her this wonderful opportunity and for their guidance along the way. (May 2010)

Melissa Weckhorst is (still) in the midst of finishing her BA degree in Acting and Directing from George Fox University, and plans to finish very soon! This is her third production with Miracle Theatre, having designed costumes and stage managed for American Sueño, and other production responsibilities with Miracle. She is so thrilled to be part of this family, and carries a bit of the Milagro spirit with her wherever she goes. (May 2010)

Peter West is Miracle’s Resident Lighting Designer. He designed seven seasons of lighting for the groundbreaking modern dance companies Cirque/Portland Dance Theatre and The Company We Keep/PSU Dance. He designed eight seasons for The Jefferson Dancers. For Oregon Ballet Theatre, he lit Equinoxe, Crayola, Rodeo, Mysterious Mountain, Gloria, Schéhérazade and Frauenliebe und Leben. Portland Opera credits include Carmen, Martha, Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, Der Rosenkavalier, Andrea Chénier and Don Pasquale. In the past seven years he lit eight productions for Miracle, winning Drammy awards for Barrio Hollywood, Lorca in a Green Dress, Men on the Verge and El Grito del Bronx. He is an adjunct instructor in the theatre departments of Portland Community College and Lewis and Clark College. (May 2010)

Jeff Woods ha diseñando en Portland por casi 15 años, y trabajado con algunos de los mejores artistas de la ciudad. Entre sus producciónes favoritas se encuentran: The Blue Room y Hedwig and the Angry Inch en Triangle Productions, Canta y no llores en el  Miracle, The Vespiary at Stark Raving Theatre y Freakshow en el Theatre Vertigo. Jeff vive en el NE de  Portland con sus dos perros, tres gatos y Annalise, su prometida. (2/2010)

Samuel M. Zackheim es aspirante a maestro y entrenador de fútbol. Su educación bilingüe y experiencias multiculturales le han inspirado a expandirse como interprete voluntario (español/ingles) para el Wallace Medical Concern, y también trabaja con el Oregon Child Development Coalition enseñando a niños a aprender a leer y escribir. (2/2010)

Samuel M. Zackheim is an aspiring teacher and soccer coach. Sam’s bilingual education and cross-cultural experience has inspired him to branch out as a volunteer interpreter for the Wallace Medical Concern and as an after-school literacy counselor for Latino children with the Oregon Child Development Coalition.  (2/2010)