S-E-X-OH!

Everyone needs a little S-E-X-OH in their life...

Originally produced to great acclaim and sold-out houses, S-E-X-Oh! is Teatro Luna’s fourth original ensemble built show, taking up the intersections between sex, gender, and latinidad. Based on Teatro Luna's true life stories, plus a few strategic re-imaginings, S-E-X-Oh! takes aim at sexuality in irreverent and fearless Teatro Luna fashion: Anything from the Virgin Mary, to Biblical Stories; from Video Games to Trader Joe's is up for grabs.

I saw the show the first time it was produced and really enjoyed it. I'm excited to see the new cast which features a new crop of Latina Talent: Stephanie Gentry Fernandez, Hannah Gomez, Diane Herrera, Christina Nieves, Maria Enriquez, and Selene Mojica

S-E-X-Oh! has some strong language and is presented in English with a sprinkle of Spanish

Ensemble members Yadira Correa (MACHOS, Jarred) and Dana Cruz (SOLO Tu, Jarred) revamp this Luna classic along with associate director Tanya Saracho (Jarred, Quita Mitos) and designers Tamara Roberts (Sound Design), Mac Vaughey (Lighting Design), and Angela Erickson (Set Design).

At the 16th Street Theater in the Berwyn Cultural Center, 6420 16th Street, Berwyn

Plays March 6 – 29, 2009

Previews March 6 @ 7:30 pm & March 7th @ 5:00 pm

Thursdays & Fridays at 7:30 PM

Saturdays at 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM

Sundays at 5:00 PM

CO-DIRECTED BY: Yadira Correa & Dana Cruz
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: Tanya Saracho
CREATED BY: El Teatro Luna

TICKETS NOW ON SALE!

$16 (See website for ticket specials)

Online at www.16thstreettheater.org and www.teatroluna.org
or, In Person at North Berwyn Park District, 1619 Wesley Ave, Berwyn, IL 60402

For More Information, call (708) 795-6704

Please visit www.16thstreettheater.org and www.teatroluna.org

Malinche's Daughter Comes To Chicago

Proyecto Latina: Reading series & open mic
Monday, February 16th @ 7 p.m.

Michelle Otero arrives from New Mexico to feature at the next evening of Proyecto Latina. We are honored to have her and hope you will join us to discover the power of her work.

Proyecto Latina: Reading Series & Open Mic Monday, February 16th, 2009 @ 7 p.m. Featuring: Michelle Otero author of Malinche's Daughter PROYECTO LATINA TAKES PLACE THE THIRD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH Proyecto Latina is held at Radio Arte, 1401 W. 18th Street, Chicago, IL on the corner of 18th and Blue Island.

Michelle Otero is the author of Malinche's Daughter (Momotombo Press, 2006), an essay collection based on her work with women survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Oaxaca, Mexico. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Artful Dodge, Puerto del Sol, Upstreet, Brevity, Great River Review, and Metamorfósis, a Spanish-language anthology published by the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Her awards include a Fulbright Fellowship, an Association of Writing Programs Intro Journal Award, and fellowships from the Anderson Center, the McCune Foundation and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. Otero is a founding member of The Women Writers' Collective, an El Paso-based group that showcases the talents of women writers and artists while raising awareness of women's issues. In Albuquerque, she performs with Las Meganenas, a repertory theatre troupe that uses performance to raise awareness of issues facing Latinas. She holds a B.A. in History from Harvard University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Vermont College.

Read more about Malinche's Daughter, including an interview with Michelle Otero at our Momotombo Store.

Proyecto Latina is a collaboration between Tianguis Books, Teatro Luna and Mariposatomica Ink.

Proyecto Latina y Adelita Pata de Perro

Happy Monday! I hope you will come by for this special version of Proyecto Latina.

Proyecto Latina:
More than Poetry open mic

Monday, November 17th, 2008 @ 7 p.m.

Featuring:
A Proyecto Latina
Post-election special
So you went out
and you voted...and now what?

PROYECTO LATINA TAKES PLACE
THE THIRD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH

Proyecto Latina is held at
Radio Arte,
1401 W. 18th Street
on the corner of 18th and Blue Island.

We are switching things up a bit this third Monday of November and last Proyecto Latina for 2008. We are featuring YOU, and your thoughts and/or stories--how will you tell your children or future generations how you spent this last and most historic election day? Get on the open-mic list and share with us. We are also turning the chisme box into a suggestion/reminder box for the new leadership of our country.

Join us on Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 7 p.m. Held at Radio Arte, 1401 W. 18th Street.

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Tianguis Art Feature: Adelita Pata de Perro
Opens Saturday, November 29th @ 7 p.m.

Adelita pata de perro is Jennifer Priego's photograghic journal of Adelita, a character that was inspired by the women who fought in the Mexican Revolution. Priego's Adelita is a hyper-ethnic woman wandering the world on an ever changing journey, and on her voyage of discovery she encounters symbols of power, femininity, sex, and cultural imagery. She finds herself in different situations and places that take her from Paris, to Rome and sugar cane mills in Mexico. There are thousands of photographs that have been collected over the last six years, for the first time ever Priego will be exhibiting a small portion of embellished and adorned original pieces that were taken in Paris.

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JARRED - A HOODOO COMEDY

In search for a cure to her heartbreak after a relationship turns sour, Alicia will try anything to mend her broken heart. When yoga, therapy, meditation (you name it she tried it) don't provide her relief, her desperate search leads to a most unexpected practice: Magic. With the help of her friends , and three wise Magi, Alicia mints the underworlds of Brujeria, Santeria and Hoodoo for folk magic recipes and ancient jar spells, in a frantic attempt to get her love back.

Previews: Oct. 31, Nov. 1, Nov. 2
Opening Night: Nov. 6 and runs through Dec. 14

Look out for ticket specials at http://www.teatroluna.org

To order tickets visit:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/38173s

For group sales email boxoffice@teatroluna.org
or 773-878-LUNA

Proyecto Latina Presents - DAWN TERRY HERRERA

PROYECTO LATINA PRESENTS DAWN TERRY HERERRA


Monday, August 18 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. @ Radio Arte 1401 W. 18th St.
(Use Side Door On 18th)

Dawn Herrera Terry is a lover of words--their sounds, their meanings and the spaces between them. A Teatro Luna Artistic Associate, Dawn presented her solo play Portales as part of the Oye/Listen! series and acted in the probadita presentation of Machos at San Antonio's Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. Dawn also works with Stillpoint Theater and with BESITOS (Bilingual Education Students Interacting to Obtain Success) at Kansas State University to develop community-written and performed shows that put everyday truths on stage. Most recently, she co-created Walkabout Theater's War Garden, a family-friendly show about conflict and vegetables that toured to community gardens across Chicago. She is a former writer and director with the Manhattan Experimental Theater Workshop.

Dawn will present poems from her work in progress, "Rosas Encendidas." For this chapbook project, Dawn is translating love poems written over the past seven years, from Spanish to English and from English to Spanish. The poems are intricate, dreamlike and passionate explorations of past lives and loves--chisme boxes in themselves! The title of the chapbook comes from the ranchera "Los Laureles," a mariachi standard and the one Dawn always requests second, after "Volver."

¡Ay, qué laureles tan verdes!
¡Qué rosas tan encendidas!
Si piensas abandonarme mejor quitame la vida;
Alza los ojos a verme
Si no estás comprometido.

Proyecto Latina is a monthly open mic bringing together the best emerging
and established Latinas poets, writers and is collaboration
between Tianguis Bookstore, Teatro Luna and MARIPOSA ATOMICA INK.

JARRED: A HOODOO COMEDY

Contact- Diana Pando
press@teatroluna.org

Magic Spells For The Broken Hearted

World-Premiere of "Jarred: A Hoodoo Comedy"


CHICAGO, IL - This fall, Teatro Luna (Chicago's All-Latina Theater Company) presents a hilarious World Premiere play for anyone who's ever had a broken heart and tried to put the pieces back together by any means necessary: Jarred: A Hoodoo Comedy by Tanya Saracho. When a terrible break-up turns Alicia's world upside down, she turns to folk magic to heal her heartbreak. With the help of her friends, and some enchanting magi, Alicia mines the underworlds of Brujeria, Santeria, and Hoodoo for magic recipes, age-old traditions, and ancient jar spells looking for a cure. Based on real and extended exchanges with practitioners of each craft, Jarred: A Hoodoo Comedy explores one of the best kept secrets in the Latino Community. An original script by Ofner Award winning playwright Tanya Saracho, co-directed by Belinda Cervantes and Tanya Saracho. Jarred is presented In English with a sprinkle of Spanish Photos Available Upon Request.

Featuring Ensemble Members: Gina Cornejo (Lunatic(a)s, Machos), Yadira Correa (SOLO Tu, Machos) , Dana Cruz (Maria Chronicles, SOLO Tu), Miranda Gonzalez (SOLO Tu, S-E-X-Oh!) and Suzette Mayobre (Lunatic(a)s, SOLO Tu)

WHAT: “Jarred: A Hoodoo Comedy” by Tanya Saracho and presented by Teatro Luna: Chicago’s all-Latina Theater Company

WHERE: Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago, Chicago, IL

WHEN: Previews on 10/31, 11/1/ and 11/2

OPENS: 11/6 runs through 12/14

SCHEDULE: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30pm and Sundays at 6pm

TICKETS: Previews $10, $15 general public,

Periodic special ticket rates by checking www.teatroluna.org

To order tickets visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/38173

For group sales email boxoffice@teatroluna.org or 773.878.LUNA

Teatro Luna, Chicago's first and only all-Latina theater was founded in June 2000 by Coya Paz and Tanya Saracho. The eight-year old company uses an ensemble approach to create performances based on autobiographical experiences and true-life stories. The all-women ensemble builds shows as a collective, develops single author plays, incubates solo performances from the workshop stage to full production, and actively tours shows to universities and theatrical venues. To date, Teatro Luna has created and produced six original ensemble-based performances; two collections of short solo plays; and two single author plays. For more information visit www.teatroluna.org or www.myspace.com/teatroluna

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Proyecto Latina - April 21

Proyecto Latina: More than Poetry
open mic

Monday, April 21st @ 7 p.m.



Featuring:
Marcy Rae Henry
| writer |

PROYECTO LATINA TAKES PLACE
THE THIRD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH

Starting March 2008
Proyecto Latina will be held at
Radio Arte,
1401 W. 18th Street
on the corner of 18th and Blue Island.

The April feature for Proyecto Latina is Marcy Rae Henry author of The CTA Chronicles and forthcoming novel Cumbia Therapy. Friendly reminder to join us at the studios at Radio Arte, 1401 W. 18th Street, on the corner of 18th and Blue Island for this event. Event details and Marcy's Bio.

Sólo Tú

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact- Diana Pando
teatroluna@aol.com

Motherhood Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be
In Teatro Luna's New Four-Solo Show

CHICAGO, IL- January 18th, 2008 This March, Teatro Luna takes the monologue form and kicks it up a notch, using our trademark irreverence to explore the one thing all women either fear or desire: pregnancy. From one young woman's encounter with a pro-life protest before an abortion to the way a mouse infestation threatens another woman's vision of perfect motherhood, “SÓLO Tú” presents four autobiographical looks at the joys and misconceptions of Latina motherhood. Drawing on the legend of “La Llorona/the Weeping Woman” (a mythical Mexican figure eternally searching for her lost children), Solo Tu features an original score and dark lullabies by William Kurk and Tanya Saracho, to create a haunting picture of the ways that childhood dreams of motherhood sometimes go awry.

“SÓLO Tú” is the second in Teatro Luna's SÓLO Latinas series, an ongoing project designed to incubate new solo work by Latina women. The series which has nurtured 38 solos since inception is the only project of its kind in the country, and emphasizes an ensemble approach to solo performance. “SÓLO Tú” directed by Tanya Saracho A. (“Lunaticas,” “Our Lady of the Underpass”), written by Desiree Castro, Diane Herrera, Coya Paz, and Tanya Saracho A., and featuring performances from Teatro Luna favorites Yadira Correa (“Machos,” “Lunaticas”) Dana Cruz (“S-e-x-Oh!,” “Men of Steel.”), Miranda Gonzalez (“S-e-x-Oh!,” “Lunaticas”) and Suzette Mayobre (“Sonia Flew-U/S,” “Lunaticas”). Composer William Kurk (MPAACT, WORDSfest) provides an original score with songs performed by Amanda Torres (Proyecto Latina).

Teatro Luna is Chicago’s first and only all-Latina theater ensemble dedicated to creating work that showcases the talents of Latina/Hispana artists and currently the only Latina theater company in the nation producing a full season.

The production will be performed at Chicago Dramatist, 1105 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL. Previews begin on February 29 – March 2. and Opens March 6 - April 13.

Times are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 6pm. Prices are $15 general, $10 students and seniors, Special group discount of 8 or more.

For reservations visit www.teatroluna.org/current.html or www.brownpapertickets.com For information call 773.878.LUNA. Performed entirely in English with a tiny sprinkle of Spanish.

-PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST-

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Un Macho for Proyecto Latina

1st Macho feature at Proyecto Latina

Mon., Oct. 15th @ 7 p.m.
held @ Tianguis, 2003 S. Damen

In honor of Teatro Luna's new Machos production, Proyecto Latina will present our first ever male feature, the wonderful Paul Martinez Pompa. Make sure to join us, because our third collaborator, the fabulous Diana Pando steps up as mistress of ceremonies for the evening. Event details.

As always there will also be Chisme box and open-mic . Free. Join us at Tianguis, 2003 S. Damen.

Paul Martinez Pompa studied at the University of Chicago and at Indiana University, where he served as a poetry editor for Indiana Review. His chapbook, Pepper Spray, was published by Momotombo Press in 2006. His work has also appeared in the journals Borderlands and Barrow Street and the anthologies The Wind Shifts and Telling Tongues. He currently teaches at Triton College in River Grove, Illinois.