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The SubtextThe Subtext: Nancy Garcia Loza Needs No Permission to WriteThis month Brian joins playwright Nancy Garcia Loza at Chicago's Understudy book shop to talk about writing, family, and holding on to memories.
2023-08-2300 min
American Theatre OffscriptThe Subtext: Nancy Garcia Loza Needs No Permission to WriteThis month Brian joins playwright Nancy Garcia Loza at Chicago's Understudy book shop to talk about writing, family, and holding on to memories.
2023-08-231h 09
The ListenerLost Books of the Odyssey Podcast: Make-Believe (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Lost Books of the OdysseyPub date: 2019-03-01Notes from The Listener:Live performances of short works inspired by literature and lore. In this one, the company presents five "riffs" on Homer's Odyssey, imagining other incidents that might have happened to hero Odysseus on his way home from the Trojan wars. The combination of real time theatrical performance and deft sound design in this show is brilliant. Although recorded in 2019, it's ideally suited to this year. The intimacy of having the performers in your headphones i...
2020-11-261h 00
Make-BelieveCity on Fire: Chicago Race Riot 1919A docudrama about the summer that ravaged a city--and remade it. Co-produced with WBEZ. ------------------------------------------- CITY ON FIRE: CHICAGO RACE RIOT 1919 A co-production of WBEZ Chicago and Make-Believe Association Written by Natalie Moore and Jeremy McCarter Original music and sound design by Mikhail Fiksel Executive produced by Cate Cahan for WBEZ and Jeremy McCarter for Make-Believe Recorded at WBEZ Studios and The Revival, Chicago CAST Ayanna Bria Bakari - Mrs. Ellis, Witness Brenda Ba...
2019-10-0446 min
Chi Sounds LikeChi Sounds Like - Nancy García LozaIn our ongoing series, This Is What Chicago Sounds Like, we feature the voices and people who contribute to our city’s rich cultural diversity. This month we celebrate women in Chicago who are doing incredible work in the city they love. In this episode, we hear from Nancy García Loza, a playwright and Artistic Associate at 16th Street Theater. Nancy tells her stories of an older Chicago, living in Logan Square, her roots in Jalisco, México, and the rise of Latinx representation in Chicagoland theater community.
For more info about Nancy García Loza, visit: https://16thstreettheater.org/s...
2019-04-0406 min
Chi Sounds LikeChi Sounds Like - Nancy García LozaIn our ongoing series, This Is What Chicago Sounds Like, we feature the
voices and people who contribute to our city’s rich cultural diversity. This month
we celebrate women in Chicago who are doing incredible work in the city they love.
In this episode, we hear from Nancy García Loza, a playwright and Artistic Associate
at 16th Street Theater. Nancy tells her stories of an older Chicago, living in Logan
Square, her roots in Jalisco, México, and the rise of Latinx representation in
Chicagoland theater community.
For more info about Nancy García Loza, visit:
https://16thstreettheater.org/s...
2019-04-0406 min
Make-BelieveWhat Use Are Flowers?Does humanity deserve another chance? A fable from the great Lorraine Hansberry about a hermit and some children at the end of the world--or the beginning. To contact Make-Believe, email us at talk@makebelieve.fm --------------- What Use Are Flowers?: A Fable By Lorraine Hansberry Music by Mikhail Fiksel Sound by Erisa Apantaku and Mikhail Fiksel Directed by Daniel Kyri Executive produced by Jeremy McCarter Performed and recorded live at the Harold Washington Libr...
2019-03-2100 minMake-BelieveLost Books of the OdysseyOdysseus, the “man of twists and turns”, goes on five new adventures, portrayed by five amazing actors. Sing for our time, too. To contact Make-Believe, email us at talk@makebelieve.fm --------------- Lost Books of the OdysseyBy Jeremy McCarterAdapted from the novel by Zachary MasonMusic composed and sound team led by Mikhail FikselDirected by Jess McLeodExecutive produced by Jeremy McCarter Performed and recorded live at the Harold Washington Library, Chicago CAST (in order of playing Odysseus)Kareem Bandealy
2019-03-011h 00Make-BelieveBruh RabbitBrer Rabbit, the iconic trickster of African-American folklore, returns in new tales by the poet Nate Marshall: It’s a whole new briar patch now. To contact Make-Believe, email us at talk@makebelieve.fm This program is dedicated to the life of George Terrell, a storyteller and enslaved man on the Turnwold Plantation in Eatonton, Georgia. He is one of countless storytellers with names that we will never know or get right. --------------- Bruh Rabbit And the Fantastic Telling of Remington Ellis, Esq. By Nate Marshall Music composed and...
2019-02-0754 minMake-BelieveBravaA brave girl's journey through a land of many monsters, adapted from a Mexican folktale by Nancy García Loza. Performed and recorded live in Chicago, followed by audience conversation. To contact Make-Believe, email us at talk@makebelieve.fm --------------- Brava A folktale con música Script and corrido by Nancy García Loza Music direction and additional music by Eréndira Izguerra Sound team led by Mikhail Fiksel Directed by Laura Alcalá Baker Executive produced by Jeremy McCarter Performed and recorded live at the Natio...
2019-01-151h 01Make-BelieveComing Soon: BravaA preview of the first audio drama in our season of Grown Folks Fables, a Mexican folktale con música by Nancy García Loza. A brave girl faces many monsters. #muchowowwow #muchoguaoguao
2019-01-0300 min
In The Thick Ad FreeI Just Met a Girl Named Maria (BONUS)Maria and Julio speak with Mexican-American playwright Nancy Garcia Loza to discuss whitewashing in the theater community. They also talk about her new play "Jets, Sharks, and Beckys," which was inspired by In The Thick! But first, a quick news update on Puerto Rico, Roberta Jacobson, Libby Schaaf, and Jared Kushner.
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2018-03-0211 min
In The ThickI Just Met a Girl Named Maria (BONUS)Maria and Julio speak with Mexican-American playwright Nancy Garcia Loza to discuss whitewashing in the theater community. They also talk about her new play "Jets, Sharks, and Beckys," which was inspired by In The Thick! But first, a quick news update on Puerto Rico, Roberta Jacobson, Libby Schaaf, and Jared Kushner.For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Want to support our independent journalism? Join Futuro+ for exclusive episodes, sneak peaks and behind-the-scenes chisme on all our podcasts. https://bit.ly/j...
2018-03-0211 min