<div class="gmail_quote"><div><br><h3>DIAS Y FLORES</h3>
A meditation on love – straight, gay and filial</div><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0"><caption>Event Info</caption><tbody><tr><td>Host:</td><td><div>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7093047031" target="_blank">Company of Angels -Theatre for Los Angeles</a></div></td></tr><tr><td>Type:</td><td><div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/s.php?k=400000010&c1=5" target="_blank">Music/Arts</a> - <a href="http://www.facebook.com/s.php?k=400000010&c1=5&c2=40" target="_blank">Performance</a></div>
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Start Time:</td><td><div>Friday, January 16, 2009 at 8:00pm</div></td></tr><tr><td>End Time:</td><td><div>Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 10:00pm</div></td></tr><tr><td>
Location:</td><td><div>CoA at The Alexandria Hotel</div></td></tr><tr><td>Street:</td><td><div>501 S. Spring St., 3rd Floor</div></td></tr><tr><td>City/Town:</td>
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<div><h3><span>Description</span></h3><div><div>COMPANY OF ANGELS & ROCIO IN SPITE OF IT ALL<br>
present The World Premiere of <br><br>DIAS Y FLORES<br>BY OLIVER MAYER / DIRECTED BY LUIS ALFARO<br>TWO OF LA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL CONTEMPORARY VOICES IN THEATER!<br><br>Dias y Flores is a meditation on love $B!>(B straight, gay and filial. Testing which love is strongest, the<br>
play seeks the musical magic of love. Its story is loosely based on A Thousand and One Nights<br>and the music of Cuban Silvio Rodriguez and Beethoven. It also looks at the changing face of<br>Latinos – Caribbean to Mexican. What does it mean to be Latino and in love? What happens<br>
when your sexual feelings cross boundaries?<br><br>A
new play with Live music, set in the jungles and gardens of New York's
Lower East Side: Sherezad's got an ache so deep in her soul it's
driving her mad. Can Silvio Flores, with his guitar and lilting
melodies, be Sherezad's Arabian Knight?<br><br>Cast<br>miguel angel caballero / marlene forte / justin huen<br>mel Rodriguez & carolyn zeller , performing Jan 23, 24 & 25 <br><br>"Dias
y Flores" stars Miguel Angel Caballero, Justin Huen, Mel Rodriguez,
Carolyn Zeller and $B!>(B critically acclaimed Cuban actress Marlene Forte
who can be seen weekly on Tyler Perry's hit TV show "House of Payne"
and will grace the silver screen this year in the highly anticipated JJ
Abrams feature film "Star Trek". <br><br>Both Mayer and Alfaro have
greatly contributed to not only building LA as a center for theater but
as well shaping the image of the chicano culture through their theater
work. Luis Alfaro is a critically acclaimed writer/performer who works
in poetry, plays, short stories, performance<br>and journalism. Chicano
born and raised in the Pico$B!>(BUnion district of downtown Los Angeles,
Alfaro was awarded the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays
twice, for his plays Electricidad and Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. <br><br>Mayer
who is best known for his plays that investigate the Latino and more
specifically the Chicano experience throughout American history has had
two collections of his work published as of 2008: "The Hurt Business"
and "Oliver Mayer: Collected Plays". It's only natural that Mayer is
known as a Chicano playwright, being himself half Mexican. His career
has undeniably been very much enriched by being a product of two
cultures. <br><br>Mayer's work is extremely relevant today because it
comes from a multicultural background $B!>(B not to mention the fact that
over time his artistic creations will come to represent a rich
historical record of who we are and where we're headed as citizens of
the United States. <br><br>His claim to fame is the award$B!>(Bwinning
"Blade to the Heat" $B!>!>(B which premiered at the Public Theater in New
York City. The revised version premiered on the Mark Taper Forum mains
stage and subsequent productions have taken place in San Francisco,
Chicago and Mexico City. Pop star Icon, Madonna , bought the rights to
the story about a 1950's nobody$B!>(Bturned$B!>(Bchampionship boxer forced to
confront his own sexuality after a dethroned champion accuses him of
being gay.<br><br> Mayer is a recent winner of a USC Zumberge Award for
the creation of a new original six$B!>(Bplay cycle; and the recipient of a
Gerbode Grant to write the libretto for "America Tropical", a new opera
composed by David Conte. He is the screenwriter for "Dare to Love Me",
a movie about the life of Tango singer Carlos Gardel which begins
principal photography in 2009 $B!>(B the film stars Raoul Bova and Lindsay
Lohan. <br><br>Mayer is a graduate of Cornell and Columbia
Universities, and attended Worcester College, Oxford. His literary
archive can be accessed through Stanford University Libraries. His
other well known plays include THE ROAD TO LOS ANGELES, BANANAS AND
PEACHFUZZ, BOLD AS LOVE, THE RIGHTING MOMENT and ROCIO! A PESAR DE TODO.<br><br>Company
of Angels, Los Angeles's oldest non$B!>(Bprofit theater company, is
dedicated to revitalizing and celebrating the full potential of Los
Angeles$B!>(Bbased theater$B!>!>(Bthrough deep connections to L.A. artists and
communities. CoA has been the recipient of an LA Drama Critics Circle
Award, the Drama$B!>(BLogue Award, the LA Weekly Award, and an Ovation Award.<br><br>Dates: : Opening Night: Friday January 16th, 2009<br>Performances run January 16th$B!>(B February 8th<br>Shows: Friday$B!>(BSaturday at 8pm, Sundays 7pm<br>
Venue: The Alexandria Hotel 501 South Spring Street, Third Floor,<br>Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90013<br><br>Tickets: <br>$20 General Admission<br>Students & Seniors $15.00 / Groups $12.00<br>Box office: 323$B!>(B883$B!>(B1717<br>
Purchase online at <a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/52930" target="_blank">www.brownpapertickets.com/52930</a> or <a href="http://www.companyofangels.org" target="_blank">www.companyofangels.org</a></div></div></div>
</div><font color="#888888"><br></font></div>-- <br>~~~~~<br>Ching-In Chen<br>THE HEART'S TRAFFIC (Arktoi Books/Red Hen Press forthcoming 2009)<br><a href="http://www.redhen.org/arktoi.asp">www.redhen.org/arktoi.asp</a><br>
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