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Tell us what you thought about this year’s La Luna Nueva festival!
Did you attend one of the fantastic performances of our La Luna Nueva festival last month? If so, we’d like to hear what you thought of your experience! We’re already starting to think of ways to improve the festival for next year, and we’d love to hear your feedback about what worked, what didn’t, and where we can improve. To that end, we invite you to participate in a brief, online patron survey. It should only take a minute, but the information you provide is invaluable. And as a reward, we’ll offer you a special coupon code for...
read morePhoto of the Day: October 3, 2012
October 3, 2012, a photo by Miracle Theatre Group on Flickr. The touring troupe of “B’aktun 13” is on the road and stopped in Chicago last night where they met up with a familiar face from the past … Maya! Pictured with Maya (left) are Dañel and Tricia.
read morePhoto of the Day: October 2, 2012
October 2, 2012, a photo by Miracle Theatre Group on Flickr. With fall not far away, we took a moment today, while the sun was shining, to change the marquee for “Raíz”, this year’s Day of the Dead celebration Oct. 19-Nov. 11. For more information or to purchase tickets, just follow the billboard: 503-236-7253 or www.milagro.org.
read moreMeet Alberto Romero, an actor in the cast of “Raíz”
Every year, the dead have been commemorated in Portland’s longest-running Día de los muertos celebration. This year’s production is called Raíz, which means “root” in Spanish, and this play will go to the root of the holiday, the root of humanity, the root of life as a cabal of Aztec gods, having fallen out of favor in the modern world, seek to revive their relevance by reuniting a young clown with his departed partner, Augustina. Time turns backward as we unearth the interwoven roots of pre-Hispanic customs and...
read moreRaiz study guide, part 2: Creation
An excerpt from our bilingual study guide for Raíz, Milagro’s 2012 Day of the Dead celebration. Visit each week for another installment or contact the theatre for complete copy in English or Spanish. Creation of the World, a Tale in Five chapters According to A History of Mexican Archaeology by Ignacio Bernal, the Aztecs believed that it took four attempts at creating the earth and mankind before the gods finally got everything right with the fifth. In the beginning there was nothing; nothing at all. No light, no life, no consciousness,...
read moreTales from the tour
One month closer to the “end” of the Mayan calendar folks! Due to imminent fear that has accumulated, experts met in Merida, Mexico last Friday to discuss the implications of the Mayan long count calendar. These experts, which included internationally recognized archaeologists and anthropologists, stressed that ancient Mayans were extremely interested in events beyond December 21, 2012. Meanwhile, back in Gregorian time, in the past week the Milagro touring troupe took B’aktun 13 from the farthest edge of Washington down to...
read morePhoto of the Day: September 28, 2012
September 28, 2012, a photo by Miracle Theatre Group on Flickr. Onstage at rehearsal for tonight’s tango concert by the Alex Krebs Quartet and guest artists, as part of our 2012 La Luna Nueva festival.
read moreGetting crafty, Part 2
On Thursday, Oct. 4, from 6-8 p.m. Milagro is hosting a second beading party at El Centro Milagro in our Zócalo (our community space that is on the corner of SE Stark and SE Sixth) to make Día de los muertos-inspired jewelry (earrings, necklaces and key chains). We are going to be selling these items during Milagro’s show Raíz (our signature Day of the Dead production) and are hoping to make some really lovely items for patrons to purchase as Día de los muertos mementos, with all the money going to support the theatre! We have all the...
read moreMeet the artists behind the scenes of “Raíz”, our Day of the Dead celebration
Yesterday, you met the cast of “Raíz”, this year’s Day of the Dead celebration. Now we’d like to introduce you to the artists behind the scenes — all the folks who turn a play into a fully realized production! Arturo Martinini (Director) began his career at a very young age as actor, director and filmmaker. He has directed and toured with several theater companies (performing works from Lorca, Pasolini, Shakespeare and Barry), and has worked as an independent filmmaker for notable organizations in Europe....
read morePhoto of the Day: September 27, 2012
September 27, 2012, a photo by Miracle Theatre Group on Flickr. Edna Vazquez (center) and guest artists rehearse for their concert this evening as part of La Luna Nueva festival at the Milagro Theatre.
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