Yerma

Program

Running Time 90 minutes no intermission

Doors Open 5 minutes prior to performance

Sat 7:30pm

Tickets $5-$50*

Warning Please note this production features acts of violence and sensitive topics regarding women’s rights and society’s expectations of them

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YERMA. ADJECTIVE: UNCULTIVATED, UNSOWN, UNTILLED, BARREN, WASTE

Desperate to begin a family in a land where a barren woman is a wasted woman, Yerma undertakes a journey of discovery only to find that she’s been rendered childless by a secret held deep within her husband’s heart - a secret that will condemn her to a life alone. Haunted by children and controlled by her husband, Yerma’s awakening ends in an unspeakable crime of passion and revenge. Set in contemporary society and told through the lens of an all female cast in its original language- Spanish, Caldera’s radical interpretation of this classic will take audiences to the brink.

Written by Federico Garcia Lorca

Directed/Rescripted By Jahel Corban Caldera

*Graphic by Kyle T Hester

Mensaje del Director:

Quizá no haya una figura más emblemática en la dramaturgia hispana del siglo XIX que Federico García Lorca. Sus trabajos presentan a la clase trabajadora en contraste con las expectativas que la sociedad impone sobre sus miembros, con historias que representan a todos los seres humanos, sin importar de su raza o lugar de origen. Para mí, Yerma sobresale como el retrato de una mujer y los desafíos que enfrenta al no conformar el estatus quo.

Increíblemente, hoy en día la autonomía de las mujeres está en juego, y con esto en mente nos atrevemos ‘Foolishly’ y casi por azares del destino, a contar esta historia de una mujer, a través de seis mujeres, utilizando el texto original y mezclando las líneas entre la realidad y las pesadillas, porque al final, ¿Cuál es la diferencia?

Jahel Corbán Caldera

Note from the Director:

There is no other author more emblematic of the Hispanic dramaturgy than Federico Garcia Lorca. His work presents the working class in contrast to the expectations that society has put on them, representing every person, no matter their race or place of birth. For me, Yerma stands out as the portrait of a woman and her struggles when not conforming to the status quo.

Shockingly, right now women’s autonomy is in jeopardy, and with this in mind and almost by fate, we Foolishly dare to tell this story of a woman, by the hand of 6 women, using the original text and blurring the lines between reality and nightmares, because in the end, what’s the difference?

Jahel Corban Caldera

CAST

CRISTINA GLEZORO (Yerma)

FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Foolish Debut.

OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: Mictlan (Queen of Assumptions); Indecent (AoA);Todas somos Luz (TBAC); Fue en un Cabaret (Espacio Vacío); Los 39 (M.Arc); Measure for Measure (AoA); The Bear (Rita House); Mexico en la Piel (M.Arc). La Sirenita (Momo teatro). La tempestad (dir. Mosco Farias).

TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: “En el nombre de El” (Jahlessa Escobar); “The Açai defense” (Earthlings Ensamble); Pickles(CGO); “It will be alright baby”(AoA).

TRAINING INCLUDES: MFA (Stella Adler Art of Acting Studio); BA Communication and Digital Media (ITESM);

IG: @Cristina.Glezoro

GÉNESIS DE CASTRO (Juan and Others)

FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Foolish Debut.

OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: Cymbeline (AoA); Circle Mirror Transformation (AoA)

TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: “Below Garbage” (Gold Wig Productions); “For the Boss” (dir.Quinn Quinlan); “Ultimatum” (dir. Adriana Ortiz)

TRAINING INCLUDES: BA (Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, Puerto Rico), NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Currently at Stella Adler Art of Acting Studio (AoA)

Website/Social: www.filmfreeway.com/GenesisDeCastro/; IG: @genesisdecas

SOFIA MARTINEZ (Victor and Others)

FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Foolish Debut

OTHER THEATER INCLUDES: The Spark of My Eyes by Luciana Di Laura (Brisk Festival Los Angeles).

TRAINING INCLUDES: AOS Degree (AMDA Los Angeles); One Year Certificate (The Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute); Currently at The Imagined Life Theater Studio by Diana Castle

IG: @sofiaamartinezs

MIRANDA LAFARGA (María and Others)

FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Foolish Debut.

OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: Midsummer Nights (Hyperactive Studios); El Oso (Teatro Estudio de la Baja California); ¿A qué jugamos? (Aetheris Colectiva Escénica)

TRAINING INCLUDES: Licenciatura en Artes Escénicas para la Expresión Teatral (UDG); Programa “Talentos Artísticos de Baja California”

IG: @mirandiuuux

NATALIE FRIEDMAN (Dolores and Others/Composer)

FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Foolish Debut.

OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: Blood Wedding (Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center), In the Heights (Arts Alliance Theatre Company), Twelfth Night (BADA)

TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: “Two Flares Up” (Northwestern University), “Breaking Through” (Passage Pictures)

TRAINING INCLUDES: B.A. Theatre, Acting for the Screen module (Northwestern University ‘23); British American Drama Academy (LTP ‘21); Directing Apprenticeship (Center Theatre Group ‘23)

IG: @nataliefriedmann

ROSE GALVIS (Vieja Pagana and Others)

FOR FOOLISH PRODUCTION CO: Foolish Debut.

OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: Measure for Measure (AoA), The Motherf*cker with the Hat (AoA), Policarpa (AoA), La Casa de Bernarda Alba (Estudio de Actores), Bienvenido a Girasol (Blue Company), Rosa de Dos Aromas (Blue Company), Opción Múltiple (Estudio de Actores).

TELEVISION/FILM INCLUDES: Last Christmas (AoA.); La Ronca de Oro (CMO producciones), La esclava blanca (CMO producciones), Eso que llamamos amor (Telepacifico). TRAINING INCLUDES: MFA (Stella Adler Art of Acting Studio), BA Fashion Design (FADP)

IG: @rstgalvis

CREATIVE TEAM

Director/Rescriptor Jahel Corban Caldera

Playwright Federico Garcia Lorca

Fight/Intimacy Director Celina Lee Surniak

Costume Designer Katherine Landreth

Composer Natalie Friedman

Lighting Designer Jesse Fiene and Mikey Mulhearn

Scenic Designer Katherine Landreth, Jahel Corban Caldera, Mikey Mulhearn

Sound Designer Celina Lee Surniak

Mask Designer Jahel Corban Caldera

Casting Kodi Jackman

Rehearsal Photos

Talks and Events

VOTE

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20 Questions

Join us after the performance on Saturday September 14th for 20 questions with the creative team that you our audience will submit pre and post show.

Press Night

Join us at The Plunge Saturday September 7th for our Press Night celebration!

Lights. Camera. Caption.

Each performance will be captioned in English.

Women In Need

We will be accepting donations of female hygienic products and gently used clothing throughout the run for the Los Angeles Mission

ABOUT US

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