by Frances Phillips | Oct 24, 2021 | 2017, News, Traditional Arts
Featuring original music by Russell Rodriguez, Departera: The Road to the Afterlife returns to Teatro Vision for in person performances (October 14-24) and on demand presentations (October 29-November 30). Written by Evelina Fernandez with Teatro Vision, Departera is...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 6, 2021 | 2017, Literary Arts, News
The cast and producers of We Have Iré, announce the release and celebration of an original cast recording album of the production featuring Paul Flores, with original music by Grammy-winning alto saxophonist/ percussionist/ composer Yosvany Terry and others at 4:30...
by Frances Phillips | Feb 18, 2020 | 2017, Literary Arts, News
San Francisco Youth Theatre has been touring The Afterlife, a new play developed in collaboration with Gary Soto, taking it as far as to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Now the story of two teens who meet in the afterlife is coming to The Flight Deck in downtown Oakland with...
by Frances Phillips | May 8, 2019 | 2017, Literary Arts, News
In 1954, police raided Tommy’s Place in San Francisco. Newspaper headlines declared it a lesbian vice academy. Over the last two years, writer and visual artist Katie Gilmartin has dug into the history of the raid on Tommy’s Place and other LGBTQ bars in...
by Frances Phillips | May 3, 2019 | 2017, Literary Arts, News
Celebrating the lives of Afro-Cuban artists in the United States, We Have Ire is a new and timely performance, commissioned by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and developed through a collaboration among lead artist Paul S. Flores, director Rosalba Rolon,...
by Frances Phillips | Feb 5, 2019 | 2017, Literary Arts, News
Developed through a collaboration between prolific poet and fiction writer Gary Soto and San Francisco Youth Theatre, The Afterlife is a bold new work about death that is intended for teens who have experienced the pain of violence, suicide, and loss in their...
