Miracle Theatre Group Announces 30th Anniversary Season: A WAKE!, ARDIENTE PACIENCIA & More!

Miracle Theatre Group, the Northwest's premier Latino arts and culture organization, announces its 2013-2014 season featuring an exciting line-up of four stage productions, including one world premiere, a national touring production and a play in Spanish with easy-to-follow supertitles in English.

Miracle kicks off its 30th anniversary season with its fourth annual La Luna Nueva festival, a multidisciplinary celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month featuring live music and dance performances, staged readings of new plays, open-mic poetry nights and more. A complete schedule will be announced later this summer for events offered from September 13-28, 2013.

In October, A WAKE! Milagro's celebration of Día de los muertos, a fresh and original bilingual work created and directed by Lakin Valdez of the legendary Teatro Campesino, will delight in the style of the classic obra calavera, bringing corridos, raunchy humor and bittersweet irony to death.

In January,Teatro Milagro's touring company brings a howling coyote telling secrets of the Sonoran desert and making promises he cannot keep in the bilingual production Cuéntame Coyote ...

In February, the romantic verses of Pablo Neruda inspire us to love and take action during the turbulent times of Ardiente Paciencia. (presented in Spanish, with easy-to-follow supertitles in English) ...

And in May, Milagro will wrap up our season with an outrageous, no-holds-barred comedy about the price of fame and fortune in Learn to be Latina.

Also on the schedule are a number of special events, including touring productions of Aventuras de Don Quixote and the touring premier of El Niño Diego, performing at libraries and schools around the Portland metropolitan region; Cuéntame Coyote's tour to universities and community centers around the country; Miracle's annual community Christmas celebration, Posada Milagro; and Mundo de las mujeres featuring Spanish-language performance, community forum and a resource fair for the 2014 International Women's Day. El Centro Milagro continues to host regular exhibitions of work by regional Latino visual artists along with a variety of community meetings and events, including the Small- and Mid-sized Arts Coalition, Los Porteños Latino Writers Group, Opciones y Educación the Latino Artists eXchange and many others.

Miracle Theatre Group's 2013-2014 season includes:

DÍA DE MUERTOS: A WAKE!
World Premiere
An original, bilingual celebration of the Day of the Dead, created & directed by Lakin Valdez
October 17 - November 10, 2013
Each year the dead are commemorated in the oldest celebration of the Day of the Dead in Portland. This year's show directed by Lakin Valdez of the legendary Teatro Campesino, will delight in the style of the classic obra calavera such as one might encounter during the Day of the Dead in Mexico, Broad physical language, musicality, raunchy humor and bitter irony interweave with a modern twist! Join the muertitos as they wake up in a new reality and learn to let go of the crazy dreams of life

CUÉNTAME COYOTE
Teatro Milagro's bilingual national touring production, written & directed by Dañel Malán
January 9 - 25, 2014
Maria and Josefa long to escape the danger of working in a Mexican bordertown maquiladora. The only way out for these young women is a walk through the Sonoran Desert, under the guidance of an untrustworthy coyote who will help them sneak into the United States illegally. His price is steep, but desperate circumstances call for extreme measures. Will María and Josefa dare to pay the price, even if it costs them everything they have?

ARDIENTE PACIENCIA
A lyrical drama, written by Antonio Skármeta
Directed by Olga Sanchez
February 13 - March 8, 2014
Presented in Spanish with English supertitles
In the small paradise town of Isla Negra on the Chilean coast, renowned poet laureate Pablo Neruda teaches Mario, a young lovesick postman, how to woo and win beautiful Beatriz with passionate poetry. This charming story of friendship and romance is set amid the turbulent political environment of Chile in the 1970's, and the rise of Pinochet's military regime that changed history.

LEARN TO BE LATINA
An outrageous satire, written by Enrique Urueta
Directed by Antonio Sonera
May 1 - 31, 2014
Hanan, a Lebanese-American, was born to be a star. She is talented, beautiful and full of determination. In the increasingly competitive music industry, she knows that sacrifices must be made in order to achieve her goals. When the record executives demand she abandon her identity, Hanan accepts the challenge and takes us all on the wildest ride imaginable! This play, skewering everything from pop culture to cultural identity, has won several awards including the first national Great Gay Play Contest!

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE AND LOCATION
Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8:00 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:00 p.m. Sundays at the Milagro Theatre (525 S.E. Stark St., Portland).

TICKET INFORMATION
Various season ticket packages are available, ranging from $60 - $95. Individual ticket prices are $15-$26, which include a variety of discounts for students, seniors and groups of 15 or more; previews/Thursdays and Sundays; as well as advance cash purchases. Subscriptions, single tickets and group reservations are available by calling 503-236-7253. For more information, visit www.milagro.org.

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