Our guest today is Virginia Blanco, (who had her birthday on Saturday) the founder of La Lengua Teatro en Espanol, a new theatre that focuses solely on the Latin experience – their new play, Las Azurduy opened on August 19 and she is in the show. Las Azurduy tells the amazing story of revolutionary hero and a true female progressive Juana Azurduy de Padilla, who led revolutions for the freedom of Bolivia, Argentina and Peru. Virginia, Deborah Cortez and Carla Gallardo make up the cast of Las Azurduy. You may remember Deborah Cortez from Episode 98 when she was Deborah Murphy. We’ll talk about Virginia’s upbringing, her foray into theatre, the creation of La Lengua, and where she sees herself in the future.
You can learn more about Virginia and connect with her directly via her website:
https://www.virginiamblanco.com
SHOWS:
Las Azurduy (La Legua Teatro En Espanol, in partnership with Brava Theatre)
Aug 19-28
Virginia Blanco and Deborah Cortez (Episode 98) is in the play
https://www.brava.org/all-events/las-azurduy-22
Compared to What (Masquers Theatre)
Aug 26 – Sept 24
Norman Gee is directing the show
Jake Fong (Episode 228) is in the show
https://www.masquers.org/compared-to-what/
Tiny Beautiful Things (Plethos Productions)
Sept 9-11, Sept 16-18
Deborah Cortez (Episode 98) is an understudy
Karin & Jon Richey (Episode 185) are the producers
http://www.plethos.org/now-playing
New Threads Reading Series (Golden Thread)
August 9 – 30, 2022
Bridgette Dutta Portman (Episode 75) has a piece in this reading series - Pilgrimage
https://goldenthread.org/productions/new-threads-reading-series-2022/
Back To The Way Things Were (San Francisco Mime Troupe)
July 2 – Sept 5
Norman Gee is in the show
https://www.sfmt.org
It’s Only A Play (Altarena Theatre)
August 12 – Sept 11
Reg Clay and Ronnie Anderson are in the show
https://www.altarena.org/2022-season-announcement/its-only-a-play
Lear (Cal Shakes)
Sept 7 – Oct 2
Dawn Monique Williams (Episode 112) is co-directing the show
Michael Asberry (Episode 183) is in the show
https://calshakes.org
Sense & Sensibility (Silicon Valley Shakespeare Company)
Aug 5 – Sept 4
Cynthia Branch Lagodzinski (Episode 96) is in the show
https://www.svshakespeare.org/our-season/sense-and-sensibility-2022/
Songs for Larry (Theatre Brava)
Workshop of a new Musical
October 2nd
Melvign Badiola (Episodes 89 & 186) is producing the show
https://www.brava.org/all-events/songsfromlarry
The Play That Goes Wrong (San Jose Stage)
Sept 21 – Oct 16
Jon Tracy (Episode 169) is directing the show
Michael Barrett Austin (Episode 133) and Cassidy Jamahl Brown (Episode 59) is in the play
https://www.thestage.org/season/play-that-goes-wrong
Gypsy (Hillbarn Theatre)
September 8 – 25
Melissa Momboisse (Episode 140) is in the play
https://www.hillbarntheatre.org/gypsy/
Man of God (Shotgun Players)
Sept 3 – Oct 2
Hyunji Kim (Episode 235) is the assistant stage manager
Sharon Shao (Episode 176), Chuck Lacson (Episode 184) and
Lauren Garcia (Episode 207) are in the show
https://shotgunplayers.org/Online/default.asp
Camelot (Contra Costa Civic Theatre)
Sept 9 – Oct 9
Jaime Strube (Episode 126) is in the show
https://ccct.org/camelot/
Follies (San Francisco Playhouse)
June 30 – September 10
Eiko Yamamoto (Episodes 120 & 225) is in the musical
https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2021-2022-season/follies/
Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out!
The Black Man’s Heart
On Spotify and all your podcast apps
Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) is producing a podcast for KCBS Radio called Connect The Dots, a weekly news podcast, hosted by WCBS Newsradio 880’s Lynda Lopez. Check out “Connect The Dots” on any podcast app.
Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app.
The Yay (Twitter: @TheYay3)
Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay)
Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)
