Sitting down to read a new play aloud with actors and a director for the first time is nothing short of thrilling – we mark our scripts, highlight our lines, and prepare ourselves for discovery. It is an adventure in imagining, and it is hard...
There was a full house at Coachella Valley Art Center to watch the second and final performance of "Tacos, Teardrops and Tequila", East Valley Rep's 10-Minute Play Festival. According to the audience during the Q&A session after the performance, the plays were entertaining, humorous and...
by David GonzalezNEW EAST VALLEY THEATRE LAUNCHES WITH A “TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL" ON SEPTEMBER 25 AND 26 at Coachella Valley Arts CenterNot long ago the idea for a local theatre company was a twinkling in the eye of Carlos Garcia, then there were active dreams, then...
New video just published!U.S. POET LAUREATE Juan Felipe Herrera comes to East ValleyThank you Jorge Perezchica for doing a great job....
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONSfor 10-Minute Play Festival:“Tacos, Teardrops & Tequila”East Valley Rep is now accepting completed 10-minute plays, or synopses and well-developed ideas for plays. All participants must participate in Writing Workshops to be held in August. Auditions and rehearsals will be conducted in September. This...
Blog by Moises HuertaThanks David for the beautiful blog you entered previously on the celebration of Juan Felipe Herrera being selected as 2015 Poet Laureate. Well done. I was there and I witnessed a love fest. This gentle, childlike poet reached the many who attended...
Writers, Singers and the U.S. Poet Laureate!It has been a remarkable week in Crisalida-Land. Tuesday we were at the Crisalida Poetry Writing Workshop led by Maria Galaviz in the Mecca neighborhood of North Shore right on the Salton Sea. Thursday we set up our mobile...