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“We become who we want to be” – An interview with actress Michelle Escobar
In between rehearsals for Guapa, marketing assistant Stefanus Gunawan recently chatted with actor Michelle Escobar who is making her Milagro debut in the title role. We’re thrilled to have Michelle in our cast, and happy to find out more about her. Thanks for taking your time to chat with us. This being your first time performing with Milagro, could you tell us a little about yourself? Having grown up in Portland, I have wanted to be in a Milagro play since high school. After graduating from college, Milagro was the first place I...
read morePhoto of the Day: March 4, 2013
March 4, 2013, a photo by Miracle Theatre Group on Flickr. A sunny day — the perfect opportunity to change the marquee for our next production of Cardiad Svich’s new work, GUAPA! For info/tickets: 503-236-7253 or www.milagro.org.
read moreWhat’s a “pelada”?
From the study guide for “Guapa” … Away from professional stadiums, bright lights, and manicured fields, there’s another side of soccer. Tucked away on alleys, side streets, and concrete courts, people play in improvised games. Every country has a different word for it. In the United States, we call it “pick-up soccer.” In Trinidad, it’s “taking a sweat.” In England, it’s “having a kick-about.” In Brazil, the word is “pelada,” which literally means...
read moreMilagro to host free soccer clinic with the Portland Thorns
If you like soccer, then you’ll want to not only get your tickets now to see Guapa, but sign up today for our free Fancy Futbol Footwork event — a free soccer clinic for the whole family featuring players from the Portland Thorns FC, the Rose City’s new professional women’s soccer team! Learn the moves to impress on the field with this bilingual footwork clinic at El Centro Milagro! Professional soccer players Luz Saucedo* and Marlene Sandoval* will offer a bilingual workshop to introduce and strengthen footwork skills such as juggling...
read moreBring a friend for free to see CELESTINA this Thursday, Feb. 28!
La Celestina is all about love and opportunity, and we want you to have the opportunity to share your love of Milagro! So we’re inviting you to bring a friend for free to see La Celestina this Thursday, February 28! Here’s how: Simply purchase tickets online using coupon code LOVE and receive two tickets for the price of one full price to see the 7:30 p.m. performance of La Celestina on Thursday, Feb. 28 at Milagro Theatre (525 SE Stark St.). Purchase now from our online box office (a nominal...
read moreAn interview with actress Sofia May-Cuxim
With Guapa rehearsals well underway, our marketing assistant Stefanus Gunawan took the opportunity to chat with some of the actors. In this interview, he visits with Sofia May-Cuxim, who plays Roly, the mother to a family in a small bordertown in Texas. Being a veteran in the theatre world and with Milagro, how have you been able to utilize your experience, knowledge, and wisdom to guide the young cast of Guapa? I leave the guidance to the director. It is my opinion that while I might be more experienced on stage than my peers, we...
read morePhoto of the Day: February 22, 2013
February 22, 2013, a photo by Miracle Theatre Group on Flickr. This is what happens when el jefe is away at a conference in Philadelphia … Estela finally wins the little toy game on Tim’s desk! Yay, Estela!
read moreMeet the production team behind “Guapa”
Artwork by Sam Trevino/samdidit.com All week, we’ve been introducing you to all things “Guapa”, our next production at Milagro opening March 22. Now, let’s go behind the scenes and meet the production team. Olga Sanchez (Director) is one of Milagro’s two artistic directors. Last season she directed ¡Viva la Revolución! and prior to that, Boomcracklefly and ¡Viva Don Juan!. Favorite directorial projects for Milagro include: García Lorca’s Bodas de sangre (in the original Spanish), Nilo Cruz’s Lorca in a Green...
read moreMeet the playwright of “Guapa” – Caridad Svich
Yesterday, we introduced you to the cast of Milagro’s upcoming production of “Guapa”. Today, we’d like you to get to know the playwright, Caridad Svich … Caridad Svich (Playwright) received a 2012 OBIE Award for Lifetime Achievement in the theatre, and the 2011 American Theatre Critics Association Primus Prize for her play The House of the Spirits, based on the novel by Isabel Allende. She has been short-listed for the PEN Award in Drama four times, including in the year 2012 for her play Magnificent Waste. In...
read moreMilagro on Tour
Milagro on Tour, a photo by Miracle Theatre Group on Flickr. The traveling troupe from Milagro spent the afternoon conducting a theatre workshop the students at the Woodburn campus of Chemeketa Community College before their free performance of “Frida, un retablo” at 6 p.m. in Building 6 of the Salem campus of Chemeketa. Photo by Ajai Tripathi
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