Milagro Stages Golden Age Classic LA CELESTINA ,2/7-3/2

In this bigger-than-life comedy, Calisto is a young and impulsive nobleman who's fallen madly in love with Melibea, the daughter of a rich businessman. But to win her over, the lovesick Calisto resorts to the less-than-pure magic of La Celestina, a bawdy sorceress whose scheming touches off a string of events with startling consequences. Dressed in Golden Age finery, this seriously funny critique of human nature remains as potent today as when it launched Spain's literary renaissance in 1499.

Christy Drogosch's previous directing credits for Milagro are Barco sin pescador with Leila Bretón, Fuente Ovejuna, and most recently Ana en el trópico. She is a company member of Northwest Classical Theater Company, as well as the company's resident House Manager. Favorite roles in Portland include: Gretchen in Boeing-Boeing (OTAS Award for Best Supporting Actress), Constance Ledbelly in Good Night Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet); Bianca in Desdemona: A Play About A Handkerchief; Lady MacBeth in MacBeth; and Helsa in The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. She trained at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, at New York University's Experimental Theater Wing, and in mask and physical theater with Theater Grotesco in Detroit. She graduated from Portland State University with a B.A. in Theater Arts, Spanish and Arts & Letters. Through PSU she studied at the University of Seville in Spain. She earned a Master's of Education in 2004 from PSU and currently teaches at a local high school. She is also a certified yoga instructor and teaches at a local studio.

For more than 28 years, the Miracle Theatre Group has been dedicated to bringing the vibrancy of Latino theatre to the Northwest community. In addition to its national tours, Miracle provides a home for Spanish and Latin American arts and culture at El Centro Milagro, where it enriches the local community with a variety of community outreach projects and educational programs designed to share the diversity of Latino culture. For more information about the Miracle Theatre Group, visit www.milagro.org or call 503-236-7253.

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