WOMAN ... HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU (two more weekends- four more shows)

When I read the posting for the role of WOMAN on actors-access, I felt something actors rarely feel in this mechanical, endless process of submitting ourselves for parts. I felt true excitement. Like that special thing we all human beings feel when we know we've just encounter an opportunity to something wonderful, beyond ordinary perhaps, and we're going to give our all in order to attain it. So, you put all fears aside and do everything in your power with all your heart and soul to give it your best shot. Alas in the end, you've arrived. You've attained that thing you really wanted. You feel a great sense of accomplishment and the satisfaction of knowing that one thing was meant to be yours all along.

In an actor's case, in regards to your craft, it means wanting that role you must play because you feel you were born to play it, or wanting it because it is a blessed opportunity to push yourself to places you never have before. WOMAN has been that role for me, not necessarily because I felt I was born to play it but because, beyond the challenge of the physical transformation, there was a raw, gripping, human journey that I had to explore in order to serve this exceptional character. Playing her has been a tremendous enriching experience. I have fallen in love with her broken heart and her despair and all the reasons behind it, her sense of humor and the kindness masked behind her cynicism. WOMAN ... I feel so blessed you came to my life.

Here is a little tease from BRIDGE...




Only four shows left (Fridays and Saturdays) until Dec 17.
Remember to use the discount code (205) to get $5 off each ticket.

Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.

BRIDGE - second week well under way

So we began our second week of BRIDGE, a play by Willard Manus, directed by Kelly Galindo, where I play a desperate transvestite living with AIDS, who is unable to overcome the pain of having being abandoned by her lover.

The play has been getting very encouraging reviews not only from our audiences, but also from the critics. The LA Times says "All the actors, under the guidance of director Kelly Galindo, deliver performances that are unquestioningly heartfelt. "

Donald Roman Lopez & Leslie A. Jones / photo by René Veilleux

One of the great things about acting besides being able to move your audience, especially in theater, is to be able to communicate and connect with the people your sharing the stage with in order to bring some true to what is happening in the present moment on that stage, and this has undoubtedly been the entire cast main goal from day one under Ms. Galindo's direction.

Although I am part of the main cast of Bridge, I have had the opportunity to perform with the understudy cast as well, which performs on Thursday nights. This experience alone has been a tremendous treat. Both casts are equally strong. Performing with Leslie A. Jones one night and with William Stanford Davis the next has definitely kept me on my toes, or better yet, on my high heels. Both actors are very different in their approach and their delivery, but they are both equally connected to the material.

I feel very lucky to be sharing the stage with these extraordinary actors. The weekend of Thanksgiving I will be performing with Mr. Jones, who is truly a generous, caring, and a fantastic partner to have on stage. After that, I will be performing only Fridays and Saturdays until Dec 17 with Mr. Davis, a powerful veteran actor who has a great understanding of the moment by moment experience on stage. I feel so much excitement by just thinking about the remaining performances. If you've seen me with one, you might want to come back and see me with the other. I promise you won't be disappointed. Their two different performances are not to be missed.

Dates remaining that I will be performing:

Nov 18 - Dec 17, Fridays and Saturdays ONLY at 8 pm

Remember to use the discount code (205) to get $5 off each ticket.

Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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