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Audition Notice for Miss Lebron
by René Solivan
A World Premiere
Presented on behalf of
“Hispanic/ Latino/Chicano Heritage Month”
Directed by Jesus Reyes
Audition: July 11- 12 (10am-2pm)
Rehearsals begin July 28
Please bring headshot and resume
Be prepared to read
There is no pay
Contact: Angela Cruz, AD (714.600.0129)
Directions:
http://www.breathoffire.org/directions.htm
Audition Notice PDF Link
CHARACTERS
3 females, 4 males
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LOLITA LEBRON, early 30’s, Hispanic
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ROSA COLLAZO, early 30’s, Hispanic
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MAMI, 50’s, Lolita’s mother
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1 male actor, 40’s, to play:
PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS, Hispanic, & ANDRES,
Nationalist*
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1 male actor, 40’s, to play:
LUIS MUÑOZ MARIN, Hispanic, OSCAR, Rosa’s
husband*, & IRVIN, Nationalist*
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1 male actor, 20’s, to play:
GRISELIO, Nationalist , RAFAEL, Nationalist*, &
REPORTER #2
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1 male actor, 20’s (5’5” or shorter), to play:
FELIX, teens, Lolita’s son, INTERVIEWER, HOST, &
REPORTER # 1
Synopsis:
(A BOFLTE New Works Festival Finalist) Based on
actual events, Miss Lebron examines the
controversial life of Puerto Rican Nationalist,
Lolita Lebron. Her life offers a scolding look
at the cherished assumptions of the relationship
between the United States and Puerto Rico. Miss
Lebron digs underneath the façade of this
tropical paradise and finds a past filled with
oppression and a society whose culture and
heritage have been suppressed to justify
imperialism. With simmering rage, Miss Lebron
struggles for years to attain Puerto Rico’s
independence from the United States.
Location:
Breath of Fire Theater
310 W 5th Street (2nd Floor)
Santa Ana, Ca 92701
Near the corner of 5th & Broadway
(Corner of 5th and Broadway above El Curtido
Restaurant)
Directions:
http://www.breathoffire.org/directions.htm
Playwright:
René Solivan has short stories currently being
published in the literary and art journals
Mosiac (2009 Edition) and Northridge Review
(Fall 2009 Edition). The Pill premiered in 2008
at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center. In
2007, Gods and Thieves received an off-Broadway
Equity Workshop by Three Lions Stage and was
part of the 2006 On the Verge New Works Festival
at the MET Theatre. René is the winner of a
2005 MetLife National Playwriting Award. He was
nominated by Seattle Repertory Theatre (1990
Tony Award Winner, Outstanding Regional Theatre)
for the Mentor Project at the Cherry Lane
Theatre.
For Miss Lebron, René received an 2001 LTI
Emerging Artist commission from the Mark Taper
Forum where he was also a 2002 LTI Playwriting
Fellow studying his craft under the guidance of
Luis Alfaro, Caridad Svich and Maria Irene
Fornes. The Taper/LTI produced a workshop
(directed by Diane Rodriguez) of an earlier
version of Miss Lebron, which was then developed
at Off-Broadway’s Obie award-winning Spanish
Repertory starring current NCIS star Cote de
Pablo in the title role. His first play, Madre,
starring General Hospital’s Eileen Dietz, had
its world premiere at Theatre/Theater where the
Los Angeles Times hailed it as “an absorbing,
compelling tour-de-force.” Other plays include
Soledad, CA (Playwrights Circle) and Maskaray
(WIT). René has worked as an actor appearing on
stage, film and television. He studied theatre,
dance and music at Marymount Manhattan College
and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NY)
and has a B.A. in English (Cum Laude) from CSUN.
Director:
Jesus A. Reyes is the founder and artistic
director of East L.A. Rep and has served as a
freelance director, assistant director and actor
with various companies including Teatro Vision,
Playground, Inside the Ford, San Jose Rep, The
Western Stage, the Latino Theatre Initiative at
CTG and as Literary Manager for Teatro Vision
from 1994-1999. Most recently he directed
Vanessa Tamayo’s Novenas at East West Players’
DHHWI New Works Festival. Jesus assisted Ms.
Lisa Peterson on the 2006 world premiere of
Water and Power by Richard Montoya for Culture
Clash and in 2005 on Electricidad by Luis
Alfaro, both at the Mark Taper Forum.
For
East LA Rep he has directed numerous plays and
co-wrote ¡Quinceañera! The Musical which
received a workshop production in 2006. Mr.
Reyes is also a member of the national reading
committee for Native Voices at the Autry and a
member of the Actors Studio West
Playwrights/Directors Unit. Mr. Reyes is the
recipient of the 2007 TCG New Generations
Program – Future Leaders grant and mentored by
Diane Rodriguez, Associate Producer/Director of
New Play Production at CTG. Mr. Reyes
participated in Cultural Leadership
International pilot program in Madrid, Spain
sponsored by the British Council and co-produced
the conference: Encuentro 2009, a convergence of
Latina/o theatre artists of L.A.
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