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Radio Aluna Theatre85 (English): Merendiando with Monica and Lu"... being able to showcase such a diverse group of artists, and diverse ways to create - there is no one way to create, there is not one way to make theatre, there is not one way to interact with audiences. The beauty of the podcast was to talk to these artists and discover new ways that I can create as an artist and that our audiences can enjoy [theatre]." - Lu Linares
"to take a moment and turn to our community and be like, 'hey I need help,' is also a way to be tender to y...2022-11-1611 min
Radio Aluna Theatre84 (English): Merendiando with ana maria and Ale Higuera and Fer Sandoval Pezoa“I love creating. I love telling stories and supporting others to tell their own stories. This is what I’m supposed to be doing right now. I love every part of it, the challenges and the joy that is to create with others and to share the work with community” - Ale Higuera
“At first, I was like “it’s naïve to base your work on joy and tenderness” and then I realized it’s something that we need, especially in a world where you’re working and you don’t have time to rest.” - Fer Sandoval Pezoa
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Radio Aluna Theatre83 (English): Merendiandowith Maria Paula Carreño and María Escolán“I hope that sharing these transamerican - or even transborder - stories has planted that seed in continuing these conversations about oneness” - Maria Paula Carreño
“The political aspect of theatre can be… not just in the content of the piece but also in the form that it takes. So like questions around challenging traditional forms of theatre, creating new forms of theatre can expand not only how we create art but also how we think of the world, how we can create social change” - María Escolán.
Meet Maria Paula Carreño and María Es...2022-11-0243 min
Radio Aluna Theatre82 (English): Merendiando with Lara Arabian and Carla MeloThere are times where… I just want this moment for the Armenians… for them to feel like they are seen and for ... anglophones to just for a moment feel displaced. - Lara Arabian
when you are uprooted from your culture… how do we construct this notion of ancestry? I think that doesn't necessarily have to do with blood ties. Especially as cultural workers, artists - we are always looking for someone in the past that will inspire… who is able to navigate this world where the ground is always moving…. - Carla Melo
Meet Lara Arabian and...2022-10-2646 min
Radio Aluna Theatre81 (English): Merendiando with Santiago Guzmán.I won’t take no for an answer, in the most you know positive and you know like dedicated way, but I think that, that is very important. I feel like that has given me that hunger and like that desire of figuring it out has led me to where I am today. If I had been discouraged by the rejection of Caminos in 2019 I wouldn’t be here. I am very proud and very happy and I always say if Santiago did it, you can do it too. - Santiago Guzmán
Meet Santiago Guzmán, a writ...2022-10-1942 min
Radio Aluna Theatre79 (English): Merendiando with Nina VogelSince I started in the world of puppetry, my artistic career and my life changed completely. And I felt as if I finally found the art form that is generous enough and that englobes all the other art forms, because puppetry is the meeting of the art of the scene, art of the stage, and the visual arts and music. So for me it is like the most complete and generous art form that ever existed. - Nina Vogel
Meet award-winning Brazilian multidisciplinary artist, puppeteer, singer, actress, and director Nina Vogel. Her approach to puppetry and art h...2022-10-0545 min
Radio Aluna Theatre78 (English): Merendiando with Claren GroszI think I feel a responsibility to complicate the conversation and again bring ... what’s actually happening on the ground. You know, if you don’t work in the oil and gas industry it’s easy to look at it and be like ‘yeah… what are we doing over there, that’s terrible, we should stop that.’ But if you are someone who is working in it, it’s not that simple. We’re not gonna get anywhere if those two components of the world aren’t talking to each other. - Claren Grosz
In this episode, we chat with Claren Grosz. Sh...2022-09-2837 min
Radio Aluna Theatre77 (English): Merendiando with Misset ParataI had a teacher - he said that we all are percussionists because our biggest instrument - and the most important - the heart, is always beating - Misset Parata
In this episode, we chat with Misset Parata, an Actor and Percussionist, born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela where she was immersed into Afro- Venezuelan dance and Music Traditions. She is also one of the protagonists of Cacao | A Venezuelan Lament, a new live performance work having its opening at the Rutas Festival.
Cacao | A Venezuelan Lament is a new live performance works about belonging, l...2022-09-2140 min
Radio Aluna Theatre76 (English): Merendiando with Anna Chatterton and Shahrzad Arshadi I really want truths on stage, these are the truths. These women as you see the piece you are gonna hear the voices of these women. And the Actors at the top acknowledge they are the ones saying the stories of these particular women; they are not pretending that they are these women. The actor becomes a vehicle that is being used for these voices to be heard - Beatriz Pizano
(It was) a very emotional journey to cut down their stories and just scale them down to the genesis of their particular story that we wanted to...2022-09-1454 min
Radio Aluna Theatre75 (Spanglish): Repost Merendiando with José Torres TamaHe is vocal and He is loud and he is engaging and as I said before he is an amazing human being. He is an artist, he is a poet, he is so many things. He is really from that generation of Artists who work with so many different disciplines. - Beatriz Pizano
All I’m doing is pointing out the obvious – and that’s avant-garde in a country that dares not to look at itself and its own atrocities in the mirror – José Torres-Tama
This week we are doing a repost of José Torres Tama episode...2022-09-0720 min
Radio Aluna Theatre74 (English): Repost Merendiando with Santiago Guzmán“Santiago is an artist that I have seen growing so fast ... and he is building a community in a place where you know it's difficult ... but he is fully committed” - Beatriz Pizano
“I really want this... I am finding my way in the community and trying to understand what is it that I want to do with what I have, and where else I could go as an individual, but also trying to support other artists to grow” - Santiago Guzmán
This week we are doing a repost of Santiago Guzmán episode from Season 3 as...2022-08-3124 min
Radio Aluna Theatre73 (English): Merendiando with Victoria Mata[This show] is an extension of the Venezuela that I have in my heart and in my mind... I don’t think I would be able to put on this show if I hadn’t received the blessing of my elders and my masters in Venezuela. - Victoria Mata
In this episode, we chat with dance artist, choreographer, movement coach, activist and part of the Aluna Family, Victoria Mata!
Victoria Mata is a Toronto-based Canadian-Venezuelan artist who combines an evolving feminism with her passion for expressive arts therapy. Mata’s choreography and her personal dance expression...2022-05-2540 min
Radio Aluna Theatre72 (English): Merendiando with Suvendrini LenaI personally think that cross-cultural solidarity between communities of colour is absolutely essential to build the kinds of worlds that we want, in any of the areas that we're struggling at the moment.
- Suvendrini Lena
In this episode we chat with our dear friend, mother, human, playwright, and neurologist Suvendrini Lena!
Suvendrini works as a neurologist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the Women’s College Hospital. She has been an artist-in-residence at several artistic and medical organizations, including the Theatre Centre and the University of Toronto. She is also...2022-05-1237 min
Radio Aluna Theatre71 (English): Merendiando On Lorca, with Paulie McDermid“The bigger you love, the bigger the pain, the bigger the suffering. Part of me worries that Lorca didn’t know love without pain, without suffering. I’d want to know, ’how have you known love?” - Paulie McDermid
In this episode we chat dear friend to Aluna and self-confessed ‘total Lorca nerd’, Paulie McDermid! In celebration of the opening of Aluna Theatre and Modern Times’ co-production of The House of Bernarda Alba, Paulie gives us an inside look at the life and work of Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director Federico Garcia Lorca.
Paulie McDermid has been...2022-04-1324 min
Radio Aluna Theatre70 (English): Merendiando with Soheil Parsa“Does a person need one exclusive identity? Why are we passionately attached to our birth place, ethnicities, religious or national identities? These questions have always been with me.” - Soheil Parsa.
Welcome to Season 7 of Radio Aluna Theatre! We kick off the season with a wonderful, nerdy conversation with director, actor, writer, dramaturg, and dear friend to the company, Soheil Parsa.
Soheil Parsa is the co-founder and former artistic director of Modern Times Stage Company, with a career that spans thirty two years and 2 continents. His work has been recognized with numerous...2022-03-3035 min
Radio Aluna Theatre69 (English): Caminantes with Selena VyleI think we have a responsibility as drag performers to actually step up and be there for the community . - Selena Vyle
Welcome back to Caminantes! In this series you’re invited behind the curtain of the 2021 CAMINOS festival and into the creative minds of this year’s ‘Caminantes’, those who are making the path as they go. The next series of episodes will feature artists who have been part of past CAMINOS festivals, and their insights on new work development.
This week features Latinx Arab Cabaret Queen Selena Vyle! We talk about r...2021-12-0120 min
Radio Aluna Theatre68 (English): Caminantes with Jiv Parasram Everything is constantly in process, so why try to pretty it up? - Jiv Parsram
Welcome back to Caminantes! In this series you’re invited behind the curtain of the 2021 CAMINOS festival and into the creative minds of this year’s ‘Caminantes’, those who are making the path as they go. The next series of episodes will feature artists who have been part of past CAMINOS festivals, and their insights on new work development.
This week features multi-disciplinary artist of Indo-Caribbean descent, Jiv Parasram! We talk about some of his favourite tools for supporting new...2021-11-2421 min
Radio Aluna Theatre67 (English): Caminantes with Ahmed MonekaEspecially in North America, there’s division and boundaries. As an artist I feel we are hoping to connect with each other to reflect that to society, and for people to understand and acknowledge each other wherever we are, gender, colour, whatever. - Ahmed Moneka
Welcome back to Caminantes! In this series you’re invited behind the curtain of the 2021 CAMINOS festival and into the creative minds of this year’s ‘Caminantes’, those who are making the path as they go. The next series of episodes will feature artists who have been part of past CAMINOS festiv...2021-11-1716 min
Radio Aluna Theatre66 (English):Caminantes with Cheyenne, Joelle and BrefnyWhen you’re making a story that’s meant to be for community, I think it’s important that they’re also involved in the development process of that so they can also respond to what’s being made - Cheyenne Scott
Welcome back to Caminantes! In this series you’re invited behind the curtain of the 2021 CAMINOS festival and into the creative minds of this year’s ‘Caminantes’, those who are making the path as they go.
This week’s episode will feature 3 artists participating in the upcoming Weesageechak Begins to Dance: an annual development fe...2021-11-1016 min
Radio Aluna Theatre65 (English): Caminantes with Rosa LabordéI think there’s been a lot of ‘it’s so good to be a perfectionist’ and actually, the toxic side of it that I came to in the last few years is that what you’re trying to cover a kind of shame, never wanting to appear wrong, or never being misunderstood. So it’s actually more about trying to not be something than to be something. - Rosa Labordé
Welcome back to Caminantes! In this series you’re invited behind the curtain of the 2021 CAMINOS festival and into the creative minds of this year’s ‘Caminantes’...2021-11-0325 min
Radio Aluna Theatre64 (English): Caminantes with Bea, Trevor, Sue, Charissa and RebeccaComing out of COVID and everything else that’s happened, I’m super curious what the new festival culture looks like. - Sue Balint
Welcome back to Caminantes! In this series you’re invited behind the curtain of the 2021 CAMINOS festival and into the creative minds of this year’s ‘Caminantes’, those who are making the path as they go.
In this week’s episode we’ll hear 3 conversations with part of the incredible festival team that made CAMINOS happen! Hear reflections from Aluna Theatre’s Artistic Director, Beatriz Pizano. And a conversation between Aluna’s Artistic Producer and...2021-10-2030 min
Radio Aluna Theatre63 (English): Caminantes with Ximena, Alejandra, Sebastian and the Mala CollectiveThere’s a piece of me that lives in poem and it won’t be translated, so it translates to pictures. - Sof Rodriguez
Welcome back to Caminantes! In this series you’re invited behind the curtain of the 2021 CAMINOS festival and into the creative minds of this year’s ‘Caminantes’, those who are making the path as they go.
In this week’s episode we talk about playing with time and technology with Ximena Huizi and Alejandra Higuera, and what happens when cultures connect and split with Sebastian Marziali and Liz Der and Sof Rodr...2021-10-1325 min
Radio Aluna Theatre62 (English): Caminantes with Anita, Sofía, Claren, Jord and MargaritaWhen we speak the truth there is incredible creative energy in that, that sometimes we don’t even realize as artists until we actually have the courage to stand in that truth and breathe it and say ‘this is what I got, this is me’. Then everything starts sparking because we’ve taken the lid off. - Anita La Selva
Welcome back to Caminantes! In this series you’re invited behind the curtain of the 2021 CAMINOS festival and into the creative minds of this year’s ‘Caminantes’, those who are making the path as they go.
In this...2021-10-0525 min
Radio Aluna Theatre61 (English): Caminantes with Aracely, Jessica, María, Heath and B’atz’As Latinx people, we just live a different world. Our world is lush, our world is colourful, our world has vibrancy - Heath V Salazar
Welcome back to Caminantes! In this series you’re invited behind the curtain of the 2021 CAMINOS festival and into the creative minds of this year’s ‘Caminantes’, those who are making the path as they go.
In this week’s episode we talk about creating in secret languages with Heath V Salazar and B’atz ’Recinos, and feature a special convo between 3 of the festival’s Salvador...2021-09-2922 min
Radio Aluna Theatre60 (English): Caminantes with Yago, Maria Paula, Renato, Martha and LorenaIf the box is open and everything is awful and the world is awful, then, what do you do with that information? Do you hide, or do you doom scroll until your eyebrows fall out? Or do you choose to be hopeful sort of in spite of everything? - Lorena Torres Loiza
Welcome back to Caminantes! In this series you’re invited behind the curtain of the 2021 CAMINOS festival and into the creative minds of this year’s ‘Caminantes’, those who are making the path as they go.
In this week’s episode we t...2021-09-2226 min
Radio Aluna Theatre59 (English): Caminantes with Yulissa, Olga, Coman, Janis and RhomaWe want to ask, 'what is dying?' As well as, 'what is emerging, and what will be born?' - Coman Poon, Triangle Collective
Welcome back to Caminantes! In this series you’re invited behind the curtain of the 2021 CAMINOS festival and into the creative minds of this year’s ‘Caminantes’, those who are making the path as they go.
In this week’s episode, we hear from festival artists Yulissa Campos, Olga Barrios, Coman Poon, Janis Mayers and Rhoma Spencer.
We’d also like to make note that in this episode, we discuss femi...2021-09-1529 min
Radio Aluna Theatre58 (English): Caminantes with Sofi, Liz, Brefny and Bruce“At the end of the day we’re artists, and so we are creative people and that we can absolutely come up with creative solutions to pretty much whatever we were faced with.” - Elizabeth Staples
Welcome to the first episode of Caminantes! Each week you’re invited behind the curtain of the 2021 CAMINOS festival and into the creative minds of this year’s ‘Caminantes’, those who are making the path as they go.
This week we hear from festival artists Sofi Gudiño, Elizabeth Staples, Brefny Caribou and Bruce Gibbons-Fell.
Learn more abo...2021-09-0822 min
Radio Aluna Theatre55 (Español): Studio Series presenta El Retorno/I Return“¿Cómo regresa uno a un país que ya no te quiere?”
Bienvenidos al Studio Series: experimentaciones narrativas de audio creadas por algunos de los artistas de teatro más interesantes de nuestra comunidad TransAmericana en Canadá.
Esta presentación también está disponible en Inglés.
Es un placer presentar El Retorno / I Return, una obra de teatro escrita y adaptada para audio por Mariló Núñez.
"En 1979, una familia chilena, viviendo en exilio político en Canadá, viajó a Europa del Este con sus hijas pequeñas...2021-05-281h 03
Radio Aluna Theatre55 (English): Studio Series presents El Retorno/I Return“How does one return to a country that doesn't want you anymore?”
Welcome to the Studio Series: experiments in audio storytelling from some of the most exciting theatre artists from our TransAmerican community in Canada.
We’re proud to present El Retorno/I Return, a play written and adapted for audio by Mariló Núñez.
In 1979, a Chilean family, in political exile in Canada, traveled to Eastern Europe with their young children to prepare for The Return Plan, an international effort to topple the Pinochet dictatorship. El Retorno/I Retu...2021-05-261h 02
Radio Aluna Theatre54 (English): Merendiando with Mariló Núñez“You have to allow yourself to be a bad writer to become a better writer. That’s the biggest lesson I’ve learned.” - Mariló Núñez
This week’s guest is Chilean Canadian playwright and director, and Aluna’s playwright in residence, Mariló Núñez! Mariló is based in Hamilton, Ontario, and is the 2018 recipient of the Hamilton Arts Award for Established Theatre Artist. She was the founding Artistic Director of Alameda Theatre Company, a company dedicated to developing the new work of Latinx Canadian playwrights, and is currently obtaining her Ph D. in Theatre & Performanc...2021-05-1254 min
Radio Aluna Theatre53 (English): Merendiando with Nostalgique"So this concept of the class clown versus wanting community ... it’s this joy to want to connect. And I think that people who experience that when they’re younger go on to work in culture and arts.” - Aba Amuquandoh
Our guests this week are the hosts of Nostalgique, Aba Amuquandoh and Ben Sosa Wright!
Nostalgique is a podcast where Ben and Aba reminisce about (and sometimes drag) the pop stars of our youth. If you love pop, nostalgia, and kikiing, then this is the pod for you! Aba is an actre...2021-05-0551 min
Radio Aluna Theatre52 (Español): Studio Series presenta Limpia“Se me había olvidado cómo era mi mundo, el de verdad. Porque soy la encargada de que el Paraíso sea perfecto”
Bienvenidos al Studio Series: experimentaciones narrativas de audio creadas por algunos de los artistas de teatro más interesantes de nuestra comunidad TransAmericana en Canadá.
Esta presentación también está disponible en Inglés.
Limpia es una obra en proceso de Christine Quintana, con una traducción y adaptación de Paula Zelaya Cervantes, en colaboración con Neworld Theatre. Este episodio ha sido adaptado al español. Cuando Limpia, la...2021-04-2132 min
Radio Aluna Theatre52 (English): Studio Series presents Clean‘You are not my fucking friend.’
Welcome to the Studio Series: experiments in audio storytelling from some of the most exciting theatre artists from our TransAmerican community in Canada. This presentation is also available in Spanish.
We’re proud to present Clean, a work in process written by Christine Quintana, translation and adaptation by Paula Zelaya Cervantes, in collaboration with Neworld Theatre. This episode is an experiment: it has been adapted for an English audience. When produced, Clean will be performed onstage in both English and Spanish.
Memories, fantasies, and reality mix on a rainy...2021-04-2131 min
Radio Aluna Theatre51 (English) Conversatorio on the making of Treaty 9“We’re all treaty people. I do believe that, because all of our ancestors signed this agreement together. So it’s our responsibility, it’s not a one sided-agreement, to learn about the treaties and to be able to speak about them.” - Falen Johnson
In this Conversatorio, we present a discussion on performance, interpretation, and making treaty from the 2014 RUTAS International Multi-Arts Festival. Originally part of a festival conference event called Restaging Treaty: Embodied Memories, Written Records, and Living Archives, the event started with a reading of a new play commission by Falen Johnson on the subje...2021-04-141h 01
Radio Aluna Theatre50 (English): Merendiando with Kim Senklip Harvey“This blood embodied work is to say that there is so much creativity within you that if you slowed down, went back to the earth, did land creation methodologies, work will come to you. For me, I want to conjure from that place.” - Kim Senklip Harvey
This week’s guest is Kim Senklip Harvey, a proud Nation member of the Syilx, and Tsilhqot'in Nations with Ancestral ties to the Dakelh, Secwepemc and Ktunaxa communities. She is a Fire Creator, Indigenous Theorist and Cultural Evolutionist who uses a variety of modalities including playwriting, tv writing, blog and...2021-04-0749 min
Radio Aluna Theatre49 (English): Studio Series presents DiablaDivina"Would you still love me if I had a really dark thing inside of me?"
Welcome to the Studio Series: experiments in audio storytelling from some of the most exciting theatre artists from our TransAmerican community in Canada. First you’ll hear a work in process, then a short talk by the artist on their creative process.
DiablaDivina is about a young girl (Niña) and her tumultuous relationship with the Virgin Mary (Maria). Maria guides Niña through her memories to shed light on Niña's shame filled past. Niña learns...2021-03-241h 07
Radio Aluna Theatre48 (English): Merendiando One Year into the Pandy“We don’t need the ‘you’ from a year ago, we need the ‘you’ now. We need the ‘you’ that you’ve become, and what that requires is a lot of honesty.”
- Camila Diaz-Varela
This week is all about reflecting, and checking in with the community. Camila and Monica discuss how a year of physical distancing has impacted their art practice, and we hear from extra special guests Yolanda Bonnell, Rhoma Spencer, Sofia Fly, and the Party People Collective, Elizabeth Staples and Jordan Campbell.
How have you adapted your craft to this new context? D...2021-03-1746 min
Radio Aluna Theatre47 (English): Merendiando with Possibilities Podcast“The majority of the world is not aligned towards us. And yet we’re creating a world that we thrive in.” - Umang Antariksh Sagar
This week we’re interviewing Umang Antariksh Sagar and Kumari Giles, host/creator and producer host of Possibilities Podcast!
Possibilities Podcast engages in deep dive conversations with queer and trans, Black, Indigenous, people of colour artists and possibility makers. They seek to be a portal for inspiration and insight, and invite listeners to generate their own infinite possibilities.
Umang Antariksh Sagar, the creator and host, and...2021-03-0951 min
Radio Aluna Theatre46 (English): Merendiando with Ghenoa Gela"Life is way too short to be learning everything by yourself" - Ghenoa Gela
Our guest this week is Ghenoa Gela, a strong Torres Strait Islander woman from Rockhampton, Central Queensland! She's a Sydney-based independent performing artist working across dance, circus, television and stage. Ghenoa is a recipient of the Keir Choreographic Award and winner of the Deadly Funny Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award 2017. Follow her on Instagram and Facebook!
In this interview we talk about traditional dance as an artform and a lifestyle, what makes Ghenoa laugh, the connection between performer and spectator, and “leve...2021-03-0357 min
Radio Aluna TheatreSeason 5 starts next week!Next week we launch Season 5 of Radio Aluna Theatre! Here’s what to expect…
Merendiando: More interviews with local and international artists and activists - and snacks for the soul.
Conversatorios: Curated conversations from the archive of Aluna’s past RUTAS and CAMINOS festivals, where we continue conversations that have been going on since at least 1492.
Studio Series: This season we’ll present 4 new theatre works in development! Listen in to the Aluna Studio as invited artists experiment with audio storytelling and develop their theatre performances.
Join us for Season 5 of Radio Alun...2021-02-2401 min
Radio Aluna Theatre45 (English): The Studio Series presents The Cunning Linguist“Pleasure is a gift I gave you and it’s a gift you don’t only need to give to others, but you can give it to yourself too, you know?”
Welcome to the Studio Series: experiments in audio storytelling from some of the most exciting theatre artists from our TransAmerican community in Canada. First you’ll hear a work in process, then a short talk by the artist on their creative process. This presentation is also available in Spanish.
A journey from one home to another. The Cunning Linguist tells the story of...2020-12-1650 min
Radio Aluna Theatre45 (Español): El Studio Series presenta The Cunning Linguist“El placer es un regalo que yo les di, y es un regalo que no solo se le da a los demás, sino que también puedes dártelo a ti misma.”
Bienvenidos al Studio Serie: experimentaciones de narrativas de audio creadas por algunos de los artistas de teatro más interesantes de nuestra comunidad TransAmericana en Canadá. En este episodio podrás escuchar un trabajo en proceso, seguido por una breve charla del artista sobre su proceso creativo. Esta presentación también está disponible en Inglés.
Un viaje de un hoga...2020-12-1652 min
Radio Aluna Theatre44 (English): The Studio Series presents Reina“I’m an ancient recipe that has lost its origin.”
Welcome to the Studio Series: experiments in audio storytelling from some of the most exciting theatre artists from our TransAmerican community in Canada. First you’ll hear a work in process, then a short talk by the artist on their creative process. This presentation is also available in Spanish.
Sharing a meal is an intimate and immediate gesture of love. Reina is a performance ritual that strives to create this same atmosphere. It invokes and celebrates personal femininity and Indigeneity through a collectio...2020-12-0136 min
Radio Aluna Theatre44 (Español): El Studio Series presenta Reina“Soy una receta antigua que perdió el origen.”
Bienvenidos al Studio Serie: experimentaciones de narrativas de audio creadas por algunos de los artistas de teatro más interesantes de nuestra comunidad TransAmericana en Canadá. En este episodio podrás escuchar un trabajo en proceso, seguido por una breve charla del artista sobre su proceso creativo. Esta presentación también está disponible en Inglés.
Compartir una comida es un gesto de amor íntimo e inmediato. Reina es un ritual de actuación que se esfuerza por crear esta misma atmósfera. Invoca y c...2020-12-0135 min
Radio Aluna TheatreStudio Series comienza la próxima semana!La próxima semana estaremos presentando el “Studio Series”, donde podrá escuchar obras teatrales en desarrollo de dos de nuestros artistas en residencia cobrar vida en el estudio de Aluna.
El 2 de Diciembre podrán escuchar, “Reina” de Augusto Bitter y el 16 de Diciembre “The Cunning Linguist” de Monica Garrido.
¡Próxima semana, comenzamos!
2020-11-2501 minRadio Aluna TheatreThe Studio Series starts next week!Starting next week we’ll be presenting the Studio Series, where you’ll hear works-in-process by artists in residence come to life from Aluna’s studio.
On December 2nd you’ll hear Augusto Bitter’s Reina; on December 16, Monica Garrido’s The Cunning Linguist.
Join us here next week!
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Radio Aluna Theatre43 (English): Merendiando with Danity Smith"a person who's terrified - TERRIFIED - of life, but they show up anyways: I think that that's what tenderness is." - Dainty Smith.
Meet Dainty Smith - Toronto based actor, burlesque performer, playwright, producer, and speaker. She is the founder of Les Femme Fatales: Women of Colour Burlesque, and the co-creator of the Body Love program.
In this interview we talked about what burlesque means to her, how there are many ways of being sexy, her passion for telling the stories of complicated women, and the power of tenderness.
...2020-11-1845 min
Radio Aluna Theatre42 (English): Conversatorio on the bicultural mind“The accent is a trace of something that does not want to go invisible. Contrary to the way we study traces in archaeology - those traces are marks of something that has gone.” -Marta Marin Domine
From the CAMINOS 2015 festival of new performance works, researchers, academics and the festival audience gathered to discuss: How can performance articulate the condition of being bilingual, and of crossing cultural boundaries? How do bilingual performers negotiate their “border” spaces while resisting notions of authenticity, and othering practices?
In order of voices you will hear, the panelists a...2020-11-111h 00
Radio Aluna Theatre41 (Spanglish) Merendiando with Mela Pabón“You have to do it until you get the answer you want”
This week’s guest is Mela Pabón, a Puerto Rican improviser, writer, illustrator and astrologer who has garnered almost a million followers on Instagram with her digital monthly horoscopes and illustrated art.
In this Spanglish interview we talked about Puerto Rican slang, Mela’s connection to ‘Latin culture’ while living in a US colony, and creating and running her own brand.
Show Notes
Mela’s instagram @checkinmela, where you can find her Bola Magica / Magic 8 Ball filter.
Non Gra...2020-11-0442 min
Radio Aluna Theatre40 (English): Merendiando with Armando Minjarez“We assume that people understand their own history, but so often that’s not the case.” - Armando Minjarez
Armando Minjarez is a Mexican interdisciplinary artist, designer and community organizer. His artistic practice is guided by themes of displacement, collaboration and empowerment to open spaces for the development of social change strategy and creative expression.
In this interview we chatted about community organizing in Kansas’ rural communities, how he produced the biggest mural ever made, and designing public space.
SHOW NOTES
Kansas’ history of resistance includes Carrie Nation, John Brown, Dodge City and...2020-10-2152 min
Radio Aluna Theatre39 (Español): Conversatorio sobre la provocación de la memoria“Al estar cruzando fronteras, estamos agrandando la familia teatral, y con eso estamos transformando el mundo.” - Conchi León
(English transcript can be found here)
Del Festival Internacional de Multiartes “RUTAS 2018”, presentamos esta conversación entre los artistas del festival Conchi León y Lukas Avendaño y los fundadores de Aluna Teatro, Beatriz Pizano y Trevor Schwellunus. En esta conversación los artistas hablan sobre el poder de la memoria, la documentación de historias, como reclamar su voz y como es compartir sus historias con audiencias internacionales. Este episodio es completamente en español. Una traducció...2020-10-1439 min
Radio Aluna Theatre38 (English): MERENDIANDO with Paula Zelaya Cervantes“Creativity is basically learning how to manage fear.” - Paula Zelaya Cervantes
This week’s guest is Mexican playwright, director and translator Paula Zelaya Cervantes. Since graduating from the University of British Columba and returning to Mexico City, she’s created several multiple award-winning plays, which have been celebrated by some of Mexico’s biggest cultural institutions.
In this conversation we talked about the difference between translation and adaptation, how an audience favourite at the Vancouver Fringe Festival became a Mexican theatre hit, and what it’s like to be an independent theatre artist in Mexico City ri...2020-10-0747 min
Radio Aluna Theatre37 (English): Conversatorio on North American Storytelling“Do we need a North American Storytelling Agreement?”
From the RUTAS 2018 International Festival, this is a candid conversation about how stories move across territories, what they mean to us, and how we share them.
Aluna invited Keith Barker, Denise Bolduc, Falen Johnson and Alex Williams to have a conversation about this, with Trevor Schwellnus moderating this panel.
Conversatorios are curated conversations recorded live in front of the RUTAS and CAMINOS festival audiences, that are just as relevant today as they were then. The festivals are produced by Aluna Theatre in partnership with Native Earth...2020-09-2359 min
Radio Aluna Theatre36 (English): MERENDIANDO with Bilal Baig“I wonder what would happen in our world if there was real space and time to process these things that shake up our lives forever?” - Bilal Baig
Bilal Baig is a queer trans-feminine Muslim playwright and workshop facilitator. Bilal’s plays include Kitne Saare Laloo Yahan Pey Hain, Kainchee Lagaa, and Acha Bacha. Bilal is a facilitator with Story Planet, Rivers of Hope Collective and the Paprika Festival.
Their play Acha Bacha has just been published by Playwright’s Canada Press!
In this interview we talk about the power of speaking Ur...2020-09-1644 min
Radio Aluna TheatreSeason 4 launches next week!Bienvenidx and welcome to Season 4 of Radio Aluna Teatro!
New this season we are serving two new shows: Conversatorios and the Studio Series, as well as our old beloved Merendiando.
Here’s what to expect...
Merendiando: Snacks and chats with local and international artists and culture shifters from across the Americas
Conversatorios: Curated conversations from the RUTAS and CAMINOS festival archives
The Studio Series: Listen in to the Aluna Studio as invited artists experiment with audio storytelling and develop their theatre performances!
Join us!
Bien...2020-09-0901 min
Radio Aluna Theatre35 (English): MERENDIANDO Season 3 Finale with Trevor Schwellnus"Artistic leadership will look more like Elders than entrepreneurs, in my mind."
Want to know what the folks are thinking about at Aluna Theatre? We chat with Trevor Schwellnus, Producer of Radio Aluna Teatro and Artistic Producer of Aluna Theatre, about what we’ve learned this season of MERENDIANDO and our intentions for the upcoming season at the company. Listen to get a sneak peak of what’s to come when we return in the fall for a new season of Radio Aluna Teatro.
This is the final episode of season 3, so we say adios, and...2020-07-0816 min
Radio Aluna Theatre34 (English): MERENDIANDO with isi bhakomen“Love is what raised me, and that’s what influences the things that I create.” - this week’s guest, multi disciplinary artist and evolving spirit isi bhakomen!
isi bhakomen is an Afro-Latinx poet, playwright, photographer, filmmaker based in Toronto. They are currently entering their final year studying acting at the National Theatre School of Canada, and have developed work withTIFF’s next wave festival, Tarragon’s Young Playwright’s Unit and Soulpepper’s City Youth Academy.
In this episode we talked about isi’s connection with different artistic mediums, the importance of Afro-Latinx representation in art and media, t...2020-06-241h 11
Radio Aluna Theatre33 (Spanglish): MERENDIANDO with José Torres-Tama“All I'm doing is pointing out the obvious - and that's avant-garde in a country that dares not to look at itself and its own atrocities in the mirror.” - José Torres-Tama, New Orleans
In this episode we dive into the responsibility of the artist, laptop activism, solidarity between Latinx, Undocumented, and Black people, and the urgency to continue creating and sharing new work during these pandemic times, including the latest releases in José’s series of Video Cortaditos and Picante Performance Poems on YouTube.
José Torres-Tama is a writer, poet, journalist, renegade scholar, educator, visual and pe...2020-06-1047 min
Radio Aluna Theatre32 (Spanish): MERENDIANDO with Conchi León“A mi eso es lo que me apasiona, ver cómo la modernidad se atraviesa con la tradición / That’s what I’m passionate about - seeing how modernity intersects with tradition.” - This week’s guest, Conchi León!
Conchi León is a celebrated Mexican dramaturg, director and actor from Mérida, Yucatan. She has written over 60 plays and teaches workshops in dramaturgy, biodrama, ritual and testimonial theatre. Her theatre work with children with disabilities, homeless youth, and incarcerated people has been recognized by the Commission of Human Rights in Yucatan.
In this all Spanish e...2020-05-2733 min
Radio Aluna Theatre31 (English): MERENDIANDO with Heath V. Salazar“My currency right now is my joy” - this week’s guest, Latinx drag king and triple threat Heath V. Salazar!
Heath is a singer, actor, dancer, and writer, and is currently an Artist in Residence at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Their drag king persona Gay Jesus has blessed stages all across the city and was recently featured on CBC Art’s Canada’s A Drag.
We talked about Latinx visiblity, performing from their closet to a global audience, creating a personal portrayal of their culture on stage, and what it’s like to be a queer pub...2020-05-2143 min
Radio Aluna Theatre30 (English): MERENDIANDO with xLqThis week’s episode features Toronto-based pop art duo, xLq!
xLq is a body of pop art performance and a lifestyle practiced by Jordan Campbell and Maddie Bautista. Their show 4inXchange has now transitioned into an online version, streaming on May 15 & 16.
We dove into Jordan and Maddie’s thoughts on money, garbage, what makes a good art party, and the inspiration behind their unique visual aesthetic (check out their instagram page to see what we mean!).
This week’s Meriendas de Pandemia, or Pandemic Snacks, are the “Mexican childhood dream” Tajin (a perfect blend of ch...2020-05-1331 min
Radio Aluna Theatre29 (English): MERENDIANDO with Nelu HandaThis week Monica and Camila talked to local comedian and Kween Nelu Handa.
Nelu is a comedian, actor, writer, and producer raised in Brampton, Ontario. She’s written and performed on hit Canadian television shows like Baroness Von Sketch Show, The Beaverton, Workin Moms, and Jann. She also created Yas Kween, a groundbreaking monthly night of comedy that showcases women of colour.
We talked about being politically correct while being funny, being a marginalized person in comedy, and what it’s been like making space for women of colour in Toronto’s comedy scene.
For the...2020-05-0625 min
Radio Aluna Theatre28 (English): MERENDIANDO with Yolanda BonnellMeet Toronto-based theatre artist and writer, Yolanda Bonnell
Yolanda is a Queer, 2 Spirit, Ojibwe/South Asian performer, playwright and poet from Fort William First Nation in Thunder Bay, ON. Yolanda has performed at Stratford, the National Arts Centre, and theaters across the country. Her solo show bug premiered at the Luminato Festival in 2018 and has toured across the country, and she’s currently developing White Girls in Moccasins, in residency at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.
We talked about what it’s like to create during these pandemic times, Yolanda’s relationship to decolonizing theatre, and he...2020-04-2937 min
Radio Aluna Theatre27 (English): MERENDIANDO with Carmen AguirreThis week Monica and Camila spoke with Vancouver based theatre artist and proud leftist, Carmen Aguirre!
Carmen Aguirre is a Chilean-Canadian author, actor, and playwright. She’s a Core Artist at Vancouver’s Electric Company Theatre, and co-founder of The Canadian Latinx Theatre Artist Coalition or CALTAC. She has written and co-written over twenty-five plays, and she’s the author of 2 best selling memoirs.
For our merienda this week, Monica enjoyed those little peruvian chocolates again and Camila ate a Colombian manjar de leche con bocadilla de guayaba! So tasty. Here’s a recipe on how to ma...2020-04-2254 min
Radio Aluna Theatre26 (English): MERENDIANDO FROM HOME with Monica and CamilaThis week is an extra special episode featuring Monica and Camila from their respective homes in Toronto: MERENDIANDO FROM HOME! We talked about how we are navigating productivity and creativity in isolation, how we're staying connected with loved ones across borders, and how we think live performance can translate to the digital stage.
We also checked in with two of our previous podcast guests (Andrés Sierra and Ophira Calof) who are creating awesome, relevant online content for these times.
Although we weren’t able to meet in person we talked about our Merienda de Pand...2020-04-1537 min
Radio Aluna Theatre25 (Spanglish): MERENDIANDO with Santiago GuzmánThis week Monica and Camila chat with Santiago Guzmán, a theatre and filmmaker born in Mexico City and now based in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Santiago shares stories from his journey moving from Mexico to the Maritimes, studying and working in the arts as a person of colour, and starting his own production company, TODOS Productions.
In the second half of the episode, we check in with him a few weeks later to talk about how the recent border closures and isolation measures have impacted him and his work.
When we were able to meet...2020-04-0845 min
Radio Aluna Theatre24 (Spanish): MERENDIANDO with Violeta LunaVioleta Luna is a celebrated performance artist and activist born in Mexico City and currently based in San Francisco. Monica and Camila speak with her about the risk and rewards of sharing live space together, causes that are fueling her fire, and what it's like to create work with her many identities in San Francisco right now.
We made the “merienda” this week! Tacos mañaneros hechos en casa with tasty salsa y queso. So shout out to us.
Show notes:
Violeta Luna's website
Frida, Violeta’s performance piece
Rhubarb Festival
Marina Abramović, Rhythm 0
Femicides in...2020-03-2546 min
Radio Aluna Theatre23 (Spanglish): MERENDIANDO with Andres SierraThis week Monica and Camila chatted with Andrés Sierra, a Colombian-Canadian dance-pop recording artist and activist from Toronto. Their accomplishments include reaching #10 on the iTunes Dance Charts in Canada and becoming the number one trending video on YouTube in Brazil, Sweden and Australia. Their latest videos for Hearts on Fire and Resilience marks a reclamation of Andrés Sierra as a queer person, unafraid to live their authentic truth and be a voice for the voiceless.
Listen to their new single Resilience! Follow them on Instagram at @esandres.
Thanks to Tacos Al Asador for the...2020-03-1144 min
Radio Aluna Theatre22 (English:) MERENDIANDO with Crip The ScriptThis week Monica and Camila sat down with multi award-winning Disabled writer, performer, and producer Ophira Calof. We talked about Crip The Script, an initiative that is working to create a new framework that is built to support Disabled People, and anyone that the ‘norm’ doesn’t work for. From the content of the script, to the way production and rehearsals are structured, to the audience experience, Crip The Script is weaving access throughout every part of the show — cripping the literal script, along with the traditional structures of theatre.
Thanks to Zteca for the tasty burritos ! Yum yum. ...2020-02-2625 min
Radio Aluna TheatreMERENDIANDO Season 3 starts next week!We're so excited to announce that a whole new season of MERENDIANDO is coming in hot - the first episode drops next week! New episodes will be released every second Wednesday, from February to June. Stay tuned!
Estamxs muy emocionadxs de anunciar la nueva temporada de MERENDIANDO! Tenemos una temporada maravillosa preparada, con el primer episodio disponible la próxima semana. Se lanzarán nuevos episodios cada segundo miércoles, de Febrero a Junio. Mantente sintonizadx!
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Radio Aluna Theatre21 (Spanglish): MERENDIANDO with the SolitudesFor the last episode of this season, Monica and Camila sat down with four ensemble members from the cast of The Solitudes - Lara Arabian, Janis Mayers, Liliana Suarez, and Rosalba Martinni. We talked about the show’s initial inspiration, Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s celebrated novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, their innovative two year development process, and how magical realism, reality, and personal stories are catalysts for this new piece.
Check out The Solitudes, which runs at Harbourfront Centre Theatre from January 7-19, 2020
Thanks so much for joining us this season! Stay tuned to Alun...2019-12-1128 min
Radio Aluna Theatre20 (English): MERENDIANDO with Ophira CalofThis week Monica and Camila sat down with multi award-winning Disabled writer, performer, and producer Ophira Calof. We talked about creating theatre for all different kinds of bodies, especially the Disabled community, her journey from opera to comedy, and her upcoming show at the Next Stage Festival, Literally Titanium.
Special thanks to Como en Casa for the delicious tacos!
Show Notes:
Ophira’s upcoming show Literally Titanium, as part of the Next Stage Festival
University of Toronto's Festival of Original Theatre, or FOOT, Festival
Buddies' Emerging Creator's Unit
Generally Hospital
Fringe and Next Stage Festiv...2019-12-0434 min
Radio Aluna Theatre19 (English): MERENDIANDO with Lezlie Lee KamThis week Monica and Camila sat down with activist and queer elder, Lezlie Lee Kam. We talked about her journey from Trinidad, where she was born, to Toronto, getting involved with queer activism in the city, and combining activism and art in her latest projects.
This episode contains the eternal beauty of Lezlie! Also stories that mention rape, homophobia, violence, racism, activism, refugees, and resilience.
Special thanks to Jumbo Empanadas in Kensington Market for the amazing, giant empanadas!
Show Notes:
Parang music
Some history
A Parang music playlist
Lezlie went to York Univ...2019-11-2740 min
Radio Aluna Theatre18 (Spanglish): MERENDIANDO with Joie LamarThis week is featuring our last LIVE Merendiando from CAMINOS 2019! Monica and Camila chat with engineer, bestselling author, and public speaker Joie Lamar. Joie has roots in Brooklyn, Puerto Rico, and Toronto. We chatted about Joie's passion for social causes close to her heart, her novels, and future projects.
Special thanks to Dulcinella Bakery and MacAuslan Brewery for sponsoring this episode!
Grab a snack and let’s get started!
All Merendiando episodes are in Spanglish. New episodes of Radio Aluna Theatre are released every Wednesday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podc...2019-11-2029 min
Radio Aluna Theatre17 (English): MERENDIANDO with Anasimone GeorgeThis week features another LIVE Merendiando from CAMINOS 2019! Monica and Camila chat with Anasimone George, a comedian and producer known for one of Toronto’s fastest growing shows SHADE. She talks about being your own boss, growing up as a first generation Canadian, and shares funny anecdotes about being a queer comedian of colour in the Toronto comedy scene. Grab a snack and let’s get started!
Thank you to McAuslan Brewery for sponsoring our live episode!
All Merendiando episodes are in Spanglish. New episodes of Radio Aluna Theatre are released every Wednesday. Subscribe to this...2019-11-1331 min
Radio Aluna Theatre16 (Español): MERENDIANDO with Wilson PicoENG: This week Monica and Camila sat down with choreographer, dancer, and director Wilson Pico. Considered a major innovator of contemporary Ecuadorian dance, Wilson speaks about his creative process, what makes an excellent teacher and student, and what’s inspiring him now.
Special thanks to Ave Maria Latin Cafe and Groceries for the delicious empanadas!
Show Notes:
Wilson's son EQUIS aka Manuel Pico, lighting designer and rapper.
Impact Festival in Kitchener, Ontario
Jerzy Grotowski, Polish theatre director and founder of the Laboratory Theatre
Augusto Boal, theatre director and creator of Theatre of the Oppressed
Martha Graha...2019-11-0642 min
Radio Aluna Theatre15 (English): MERENDIANDO Live with Christine QuintanaENG: This week is featuring another LIVE Merendiando from CAMINOS 2019! Monica and Camila chat with the amazing playwright, actor and producer, Christine Quintana. They chat about multilingual theatre, being Chicano in Canada, women’s work in theatre, and learn a new word: “crunchy-lingual”. Grab yourself a tasty snack and listen up!
Muchas gracias a Dulcinella Bakery and McAuslan Brewery for sponsoring our live merendiandas!
All Merendiando episodes are in Spanglish. New episodes of Radio Aluna Theatre are released every Wednesday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts.
Radio Aluna Teatro is produced by...2019-10-3034 min
Radio Aluna Theatre14 (Español): MERENDIANDO Live with Grupo Teatro LibreENG: Welcome to first LIVE episode of Merendiando! This year we had the opportunity to be part of the CAMINOS Festival - every night before the evening’s shows, we hosted an interview in front of a live audience.
In this live episode, Monica and Camila shared a merienda with some of the members of Grupo Teatro Libre. Founded in 2008, Grupo Teatro Libre creates collective community theatre in Spanish, representing original creations and Latin American playwrights in their original language, while always promoting solidarity and respect for human rights. We talked about how the group started and how...2019-10-2329 min
Radio Aluna Theatre13 (Spanglish): MERENDIANDO with Monica Garrido and Camila Diaz-VarelaENG: In this episode you get to know more about your hosts, Monica and Camila. They talk about their lives as queer artists living in Toronto, their connection with Mexico, what it is to be first and second generation Mexican, Spanglish as a language, their art practices, and how this podcast came to be, amongst other things. Grab a snack and dive in with us!
All Merendiando episodes are in Spanglish. New episodes of Radio Aluna Theatre are released every Wednesday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts.
Radio Aluna Teatro is...2019-10-1635 min
Radio Aluna Theatre12 (Spanglish): MERENDIANDO preview of CAMINOS 2019 (Part 2)ENG: This week, Monica and Camila dive back into conversation with some of the artists in this year’s CAMINOS Festival. You’ll hear the artists’ thoughts on their creative process, heritage, multilingualism, assimilation and spirituality… just to name a few things. Listen in on conversations you wouldn’t regularly get to hear from behind the scenes. Grab a snack and let’s get started!
CAMINOS is a performance festival co-produced by Aluna Theatre and Native Earth Performing Arts that showcases new performance experiments on the road to becoming something more. Local, national and international artists push the boundarie...2019-10-0932 min
Radio Aluna Theatre11 (Spanglish): MERENDIANDO preview of CAMINOS 2019 (Part 1)ENG: Welcome to season 2 of Merendiando, as part of Radio Aluna Teatro! This week, Monica and Camila invite you into conversation with some artists in this year’s CAMINOS. What happens behind the scenes when making a performance? What are these artists thinking about right now? Listen in on conversations you wouldn’t regularly get to hear from behind the scenes. Grab a snack and let’s get started!
CAMINOS is a performance festival co-produced by Aluna Theatre and Native Earth Performing Arts that showcases new performance experiments on the road to becoming something more. Local, national and in...2019-10-0225 min
Radio Aluna Theatre10 (Spanglish): MERENDIANDO with Liliana Suarez HenaoEN: Monica and Camila had the pleasure to talk to Liliana Suarez Henao. Liliana gave voice to Julia, one of the title characters in our Spanish presentation of MADRE by Beatriz Pizano. In this final episode of our first season, we discuss Liliana’s experiences making theatre in Medellin, developing Spanish language theatre in Canada, and negotiating the roles of actor, audience, mother, and daughter, among many others.
Grab a snack and get ready to listen to a Meriandiando episode in Spanish!
Nahuatl, an indigenous language of the Nahua people in Mexico.
La Bella Managua
Bello, An...2019-05-0434 min
Radio Aluna Theatre09 (Spanglish): MERENDIANDO with SinvergüenzillaEN: Monica and Camila sit down with an amazing multi-disciplinary performance artist and our friend, Jessica Esmeralda Zepeda----more----- also known as Sinvergüenzilla . In this episode we talk about mental health, what it means to be a mother, inheriting traumas and our relationships to them, and Sinvergüenzilla’s current theatre crushes. Grab a snack and munch with us!
La Bella Managua
Adrienne Maree Brown, author of Emergent Strategy and Pleasure Activism
El Salvador’s Civil War, 1980 – 1992
Dani Zelko, Reunion
Vero Diaz, Phoenix Rising Studios
Women Who Run With Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
It Didn’t Start with You...2019-04-2748 min
Radio Aluna Theatre08 (English): Madre by Beatriz Pizano, Part 3It's the Year of Disasters.
Madre is a theatrical memoir that follows Julia de Maria Auxiliadora, an aging woman in Colombia who is fighting to maintain a sense of self as she succumbs to Alzheimer’s. As Julia’s lifetime of memories unravels, her adopted daughter Angela returns from Toronto to care for her, and to make one last desperate attempt to resolve their conflicted relationship while Julia still recognizes her.
This is third (and final) instalment of our presentation of Madre, by Beatriz Pizano. This episode is also available in Spanish. New episodes are releas...2019-04-1327 minRadio Aluna Theatre08 (Español): Madre de Beatriz Pizano, Tercera ParteEs el Año de los Desastres.
Madre es una memoria teatral que sigue la vida de Julia de María Auxiliadora, una mujer en Colombia que lucha por mantener su sentido de sí misma cuando sucumbe ante el Alzheimer. Mientras los recuerdos de la vida de Julia se desenredan frente a ella, su hija adoptada, Angela, regresa de Toronto para cuidarla y hacer un último y desesperado intento de resolver su relación conflictiva, antes de que Julia la olvide.
Acompáñanos en este tercero episodio de Madre de Beatriz Pizano (parte 3 de 3). Este episodi...2019-04-1330 min
Radio Aluna Theatre07 (English): Madre by Beatriz Pizano, Part 2Guilt. Memory. A mother and daughter battle against Alzheimers in a country at war.
Madre is a theatrical memoir that follows Julia de Maria Auxiliadora, an aging woman in Colombia who is fighting to maintain a sense of self as she succumbs to Alzheimer’s. As Julia’s lifetime of memories unravels, her adopted daughter Angela returns from Toronto to care for her, and to make one last desperate attempt to resolve their conflicted relationship while Julia still recognizes her.
This is second instalment of our presentation of Madre, by Beatriz Pizano. This episode is also a...2019-04-0633 minRadio Aluna Theatre07 (Español): Madre de Beatriz Pizano, Segunda ParteCulpa. Recuerdos. Una madre y una hija luchan contra el Alzheimer en un país en guerra.
Madre es una memoria teatral que sigue la vida de Julia de María Auxiliadora, una mujer en Colombia que lucha por mantener su sentido de sí misma cuando sucumbe ante el Alzheimer. Mientras los recuerdos de la vida de Julia se desenredan frente a ella, su hija adoptada, Angela, regresa de Toronto para cuidarla y hacer un último y desesperado intento de resolver su relación conflictiva, antes de que Julia la olvide.
Acompáñanos en este segundo...2019-04-0638 min
Radio Aluna Theatre06 (English): Madre by Beatriz Pizano, Part 1Join us for the first instalment of Madre by Beatriz Pizano (part 1 of 3). This episode is also available in Spanish. New episodes are released every Saturday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts.
About the play:
Madre is a theatrical memoir that follows Julia de Maria Auxiliadora, an aging woman in Colombia who is fighting to maintain a sense of self as she succumbs to Alzheimer’s. As Julia’s lifetime of memories unravels, her adopted daughter Angela returns from Toronto to care for her, and to make one last desperate attempt to resolv...2019-04-0129 minRadio Aluna Theatre06 (Español): Madre de Beatriz Pizano, Primera ParteAcompáñanos en este primer episodio de Madre de Beatriz Pizano (parte 1 de 3). Este episodio también está disponible en Inglés. Nuevos episodios cada Sábado.
Acerca de la obra:
Culpa. Recuerdos. Una madre y una hija luchan contra el Alzheimer en un país en guerra.
Madre es una memoria teatral que sigue la vida de Julia de María Auxiliadora, una mujer en Colombia que lucha por mantener su sentido de sí misma cuando sucumbe ante el Alzheimer. Mientras los recuerdos de la vida de Julia se desenredan frente a ella, su h...2019-04-0130 min
Radio Aluna Theatre05 (Spanglish): MERENDIANDO with Beatriz PizanoEN: In this episode, Monica and Camila sit down with the Artistic Director of Aluna Theatre Beatriz Pizano. We talked about power, being a woman in the arts, immigration, war, magic realism, menopause, amongst many other things. Beatriz also wrote Madre, the next play we’ll be presenting as part of Radio Aluna Theatre.
Grab a snack and dive in with us!
This episode (and all Merendiando episodes) are in Spanglish. The Radio Aluna Theatre plays are available in English and Spanish versions. New episodes of Radio Aluna Theatre are released every Saturday.
Sub...2019-03-2352 min
Radio Aluna Theatre4.5 (Spanglish): New episode next week!EN: Hola todoxs! We just wanted to say hello, and stay tuned for a full Merendiando episode next week. We took a little break and you should too!
To learn more about the Indigenous Food for Babies class, visit the Ojikikens Early Years Program.
And don't forget, Augusto Bitter's play CHICHO is playing from March 7th to 24th 2019 at Theatre Passe Murailles!
Photo from Casa Maíz.
Radio Aluna Theatre works like this: First we’ll present a full-length stage play adapted for the radio, in a series of episodes. Then your hosts Monica and Camila will present a Merendian...2019-03-1602 min
Radio Aluna Theatre04 (Spanglish): MERENDIANDO with Augusto BitterEN: Welcome to Radio Aluna Theatre! Join us for our fourth episode of Season 1, and our first Merendiando episode!
Radio Aluna Theatre works like this: First we’ll present a full-length stage play adapted for the radio, in a series of episodes. Then your hosts Monica and Camila will present a Merendiando episode, where we’ll discuss topics that the play inspires with community members, artists involved in the production, and/or whatever our heart desires. Think of it as a book club for plays.
This week, Monica and Camila sit down with the wonderful Toron...2019-03-0943 min
Radio Aluna Theatre03 (English): Léo written by Rosa Labordé, Part 3Welcome to Radio Aluna Theatre! Join us for the third episode of Léo, by Rosa Labordé (part 3 of 3). This episode is also available in Spanish. New episodes are released every Saturday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts.
About the play:
Leo is a one-act play told from the perspective of a twenty-year-old pleasure centered man who has become a desaparecido (disappeared) in the Chilean military coup d’etat of 1973. Leo takes us on a journey through childhood, first friends, first loves and an abruptly ended adolescence.
This is third and f...2019-03-0227 minRadio Aluna Theatre03 (Español): Leo escrita de Rosa Labordé, Tercera ParteBienvenidos a Radio Aluna Teatro! Acompáñanos en este segundo episodio de Leo de Rosa Labordé (parte 2 de 3). Esta episodio tambien esta disponsible en Inglés. Nuevos episodios cada Sábado.
Acerca de la obra:
Leo es una obra en un acto contada desde la perspectiva de un hombre de de veinte años centrado en el placer. de veinte años que se ha convertido en un desaparecido durante el Coup d’etat Militar de Chile en 1973. Leo nos lleva en un viaje a través de su infancia, primeros amigos, primeros amores y el abrupto final d...2019-03-0228 minRadio Aluna Theatre02 (Español): Leo escrita de Rosa Labordé, Segunda ParteBienvenidos a Radio Aluna Teatro! Acompáñanos en este segundo episodio de Leo de Rosa Labordé (parte 2 de 3). Nuevos episodios cada sábado.
Acerca de la obra:
Leo es una obra en un acto contada desde la perspectiva de un hombre de de veinte años centrado en el placer. de veinte años que se ha convertido en un desaparecido durante el Coup d’etat Militar de Chile en 1973. Leo nos lleva en un viaje a través de su infancia, primeros amigos, primeros amores y el abrupto final de su adolescencia.
Esta es la segu...2019-02-2323 minRadio Aluna Theatre02 (English): Léo written by Rosa Labordé, Part 2Welcome to Radio Aluna Theatre! Join us for the second episode of Léo by Rosa Labordé (part 2 of 3). New episodes are released every Saturday.
About the play:
Leo is a one-act play told from the perspective of a twenty-year-old pleasure centered man who has become a desaparecido (disappeared) in the Chilean military coup d’etat of 1973. Leo takes us on a journey through childhood, first friends, first loves and an abruptly ended adolescence.
This is second part of our presentation of Leo, by Rosa Labordé.
The story so far:
Leo...2019-02-2321 minRadio Aluna Theatre01 (Español): Leo escrita de Rosa Labordé, Primera ParteBienvenidos a Radio Aluna Teatro! Acompáñanos en este primer episodio de Leo de Rosa Labordé (parte 1 de 3).
Pasión, política, poesía, identidad, sexualidad y lo que significa desaparecer- incluyendo la pérdida de los ideales y la individualidad del espíritu- entrelazada con un agridulce triángulo en este cuento de juventud perdida. Ambientado en Santiago de Chile, Leo, es una obra en un acto contada desde la perspectiva de un joven centrado en el placer de tan solo 20 años, quien se ha convertido en un desaparecido después de que el gobierno electo democrátic...2019-02-1721 minRadio Aluna Theatre01 (English): Léo written by Rosa Labordé, Part 1Welcome to Radio Aluna Theatre! Join us for the first episode of Léo by Rosa Labordé (part 1 of 3). New episodes are released every Saturday.
About the play:
Political passion, poetry, sexual identity and what it means to “disappear” – including the loss of ideals and individual spirit – weave a bittersweet triangle in this tale of stolen youth. Set in Santiago, Chile, Leo, is a one-act play told from the perspective of a twenty-year-old pleasure centered man who has become a desaparecido (disappeared) after the democratically elected Chilean government is overthrown with the assassination of the president, S...2019-02-1721 min
Radio Aluna Theatre¡Introduciendo Radio Aluna Teatro, la primera temporada!Radio Aluna Teatro te trae obras de autores Latinx-Canadienses del escenario a tus audífonos. Usando la nostalgia de las radionovelas con el acceso del podcast, la directora Artística de Aluna Teatro Beatriz Pizano es la encargada de presentar estas maravillosa piezas teatrales. Después de escuchar estas historias, tómese un cafecito y un bocadillo con en Merendiando con Camila y Mónica (Camila Diaz-Varela and Mónica Garrido) mientras tratan de desmenuzar las historias que acabamos de escuchar en compañía de invitados especiales.
No nos vemos, pero si nos escuchamos en Radio Aluna Teatro!2019-02-1402 minRadio Aluna TheatreIntroducing Radio Aluna Teatro, Season 1!Radio Aluna Teatro brings Latinx-Canadian plays from the stage to your headphones. Using the nostalgia of radio dramas with a podcast approach, join Aluna Theatre’s Artistic Director Beatriz Pizano as she curates and presents these compelling performance works. And stick around afterwards for a drink and a snack in Merendiando with Camila y Monica (Camila Diaz-Varela and Monica Garrido) while they attempt to desmenuzar the stories you just heard, accompanied by special guests.
No nos vemos, pero si nos escuchamos en Radio Aluna Teatro!
Season 1 starts on February 16 2019.
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