ESPEJOS: CLEAN to be Presented at Milwaukee Repertory Theater This Spring
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 11, 2025
Milwaukee Repertory Theater will present Espejos: Clean, the final production in the Stiemke Studio before it undergoes it’s complete renovation and reopens next year as the new Herro-Franke Studio Theater in the Associated Bank Theater Center. Learn more!
Review: I AM NOT YOUR PERFECT MEXICAN DAUGHTER at Seattle Repertory Theatre
by Kelly Rogers Flynt - Jan 19, 2023
Every so often a show comes along that moves you in such a way that you are changed. There are some characters that you wish were real and could be part of your life. There are stories that are so good that you don’t want them to end. I AM NOT YOUR PERFECT MEXICAN DAUGHTER is that show, has those characters, and is that story.
BWW Review: ALMA at Kirk Douglas Theatre
by Tracey Paleo - Mar 19, 2022
National LatinX Playwriting Award winner Benjamin Benne’s stunning nee play, ALMA, launches the new theater season at the Kirk Doulas Theater and it is triumphantly resonant.
Photos: World Premiere Of ALMA Opens At Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 15, 2022
The world premiere of 'Alma' opens Sunday, March 13, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre and continues through April 3, 2022. Written by up-and-coming playwright Benjamin Benne and directed by Juliette Carrillo, this new work will reopen the Douglas after more than two years. Produced in cooperation with American Blues Theater, the cast of 'Alma' features Sabrina Fest as daughter Angel and Cheryl Umaña as mother Alma.
BWW Interview: ALMA's Cheryl Umaña's Simply Beaming On Playing Her Dream Role
by Gil Kaan - Mar 10, 2022
Playwright Benjamin Benne’s Alma (already in previews) will world premiere March 13, 2022, at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre, produced in cooperation with American Blues Theater. Juliette Carrillo directs Cheryl Umaña in the title role with Sabrina Fest as her daughter Angel.
I had the most delightful Zoom interview with Cheryl before she had to go to her rehearsals.
ALMA Will Premiere at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre on March 13
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 10, 2022
The world premiere of “Alma” opens Sunday, March 13, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre and continues through April 3, 2022. Written by up-and-coming playwright Benjamin Benne and directed by Juliette Carrillo, this new work will reopen the Douglas after more than two years. Produced in cooperation with American Blues Theater, the cast of “Alma” features Sabrina Fest as daughter Angel and Cheryl Umaña as mother Alma.
Casting Announced For World Premiere Of ALMA at Center Theatre Group
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 26, 2022
Casting has been announced for the world premiere of up-and-coming playwright Benjamin Benne's new work “Alma” coming to Los Angeles at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre March 6 through April 3, 2022. Directed by Juliette Carrillo, “Alma” opens March 13, 2022, and is produced in cooperation with American Blues Theater.
Center Theatre Group's Live From The KDT Series Continues With MOJADA and ELECTRICIDAD
by Stephi Wild - Nov 21, 2020
The multicamera, virtually produced reading of Luis Alfaro's “Mojada” premieres Friday, November 20 and “Electricidad” premieres Sunday, November 22, both at 5 p.m. Pacific. Along with “Oedipus El Rey,” these modern adaptations of Greek tragedies complete “The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro” which is presented on Center Theatre Group's Digital Stage in partnership with The Getty.