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We Stand Before You Juntas
a play by Mari Salinas
Three strong Latina women and their white sister survive, fight, help each other, find light and struggle to bring change as they deal with religion, race, men and most of all each other. The play is set in a community center in the Seattle area.
FEBRUARY 2008
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Location |
Time & Price |
Friday, Feb 1 Saturday, Feb 2 |
El Centro de la Raza 2524 16th Avenue South Seattle, WA 98144 |
8 p.m. $15 at the door |
Every Thursday-Saturday Starting Feb 7th and Ending Feb 23rd
Feb 7, 8 & 9 Feb 14, 15,& 16 Feb 21, 22 & 23 |
The Chamber Theatre (in the Odd Fellows hall) 4th floor 915 E. Pine 4th Floor (between Broadway and 10th) |
8 p.m. Thursdays: pay what you will Fri and Sat: $15 at the door
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Information and reservations call (206) 841-9217 The play with music runs about two hours and has a cast of 9.
Contact person for promotion: Jorj 2703 Boylston Ave.E #401 Seattle, WA 98102 (206) 322-5219 jorj@zipcon.net |
Cast Of Characters:
Milagro - Oneda Harris
Esperanza - Mari Salinas
Maria - Heide Wisner
Step - Shannon Eyre
Field Worker - Josie DeLellis
Leon and Shabaaz - Roi-Martin Brown
Victor - Jeff Nelson
Carlos and others - Emmanuel Orredondo
music written by Scot Linford and performed by him and Roi-Martin Brown
Directed by Natalya Brusilovsky
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About the Author (Mari) Mari Salinas was born in Texas, raised in Chicago and then went to high school in Kent where she lives now. She has a masters in English Literature from the University of Washington and has worked at many jobs from waitress to hotel manger and for many years and was a translator for the Seattle School system. She is a mother and finds time to write and read poetry. She has been involved with DAMN (Dramatists and Actors Meeting Now) and WARP (Writers and Actors Reading and Performing) as a writer, actor, director and dancing duck. This play was developed in readings at the group which meets every Tuesday at the Odd Duck on Capitol Hill. |
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