Se Llama Cristina by Octavio Solis at Magic Theatre
I saw Octavio Solis's play Se Llama Cristina at a special performance at Laney College this afternoon. What a gift this series at Laney, Octavio, Director Loretta Greco, and the actors are! There was a Q&A after the performance with Octavio and the actors in which the audience of community members and Fusion Theatre (Laney's dynamic and accomplished student acting company directed by Michael Torres) members dug deeply into response, themes, inspiration, acting, Shakespeare, language, film and more. The acting and the discussion inspired me in my character development through the actors’ discussion of their process of building and inhabiting authentic characters. Go see Se Llama Cristina at Magic Theatre - it's being presented now! This is one play that I would see again and that very rarely happens for me.
Now that we have tasted hope, this hard earned crust,
We would sooner die than seek any other taste to life,
Any other way of being human.
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—Khaled Mattawa
About Joyce
Joyce E. Young currently lives and writes in Berkeley, California. She has performed at venues as diverse as The M.H. de Young Museum, Intersection for the Arts, La Peña Cultural Center, Art & Soul Oakland, and Smith College, just to name a few. She has...
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Causes Joyce Young Supports
ASEB - Alzheimer's Services of the East Bay, Family Caregiver Alliance, The Alzheimer's Association, CA Poets in the Schools, La Pena Cultural Center
Joyce’s Favorite Books
Most Way Home, Blessing the Boats, Head Off and Split, In Mad Love and War, Native Guard, Mother Love, Never in My Wildest Dreams, The Grace of Silence,...