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| Web Posted: 03/24/2009 12:00 CDT Review: 'Twelfth Night'By Deborah Martin - Express-News Staff Writer The Classic Theatre has produced a winning staging of “Twelfth Night” Director Diane Malone set the tale of cross dressing and mistaken identity in 1968, a choice that serves the bubbly tale well. Malone's costumes and her set (the design was funded by a grant from the Artist Foundation of San Antonio) heighten the sense of place, as does Tom Masinter's folky, Haight-Ashbury-influenced score. All of the performances are charmers, starting with Chelsea Fry's delightful turn as Viola, who spends most of the play disguised as her brother Sebastian (another solid performance by Alan Utley) and Jeremy Beer's authoritative spin as Duke Orsino. But Rick Sanchez nearly walks off with the whole thing as Feste, the fool who manages to convey almost as much with a roll of his eyes as he does with the dialogue. The terrific comic team of Carl Rush and Joel Crabtree, as the perpetually drunk and/or stoned Sir Toby and Sir Andrew, are also hugely entertaining. Final performances of “Twelfth Night” can be seen at 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday march 27-29 at Jump-Start Theater, Building B, Blue Star Arts Complex, 1400 S. Alamo St.. Tickets cost $15 to $20. Call (210) 589-8450 for reservations. |
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Blog - First impression: 'Twelfth Night'
Mar 22, 2009 11:13 PM
The Classic Theatre's first outing of 2009 is a real treat. Director Diane Malone decided to set Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" -- a tale of cross-dressing, romance and the joy of a really good practical joke -- in 1968, and the time suits the show. The production is joyfully silly and deeply romantic -- don't let it get away.
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Current Issue: February 25, 2009
'Crimes of the Heart' brings the South to Bluett
Kelly Slota '12
Issue date: 2/25/09 Section: Entertainment
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Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart" is another triumph for the Cap and Bells Dramatic Arts Society, and the production quality equals that of Philadelphia's own Arden and Walnut Street Theatres.
CRIMES OF THE HEART, Set Design by Diane Malone
Our own Bluett Theatre houses the show.
The set, a 1974 Southern home, is extraordinary. It Is extremely realistic, and easily transports the audience into another time and place.
The props add to the authenticity of the set. Bottles of Coke, stocked kitchen shelves, and running water are only some of the impressive visual elements.
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| Web Posted: 09/28/2008 12:00 CDT S.A. theater troupe is a hit at festivalDeborah Martin- Express-News PROVINCETOWN, Mass. — A woman rushed up to playwright Gregg Barrios after his play “Rancho Pancho” and hugged him. “I'm breathless!” she said. “It was incredible!” The other 150 people in the audience Saturday afternoon, for the show produced by San Antonio's Classic Theatre as part of the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival, appeared similarly impressed with the work, applauding enthusiastically after each scene. By the play's emotional conclusion, the audience was so quiet that the seagulls outside could be heard. At the curtain call, the applause was so insistent after the four actors took their first bows that three of them stepped out for a second curtain call, bowing and kissing each other in celebration. Some of that zeal spilled over into the post-show mixer at a nearby bar, where director Diane Malone was greeted with a round of applause. Actress Anna Gangai was “overwhelmed” by the response. “They were with us the whole time,” she said. “They wanted to know what happens next; they weren't just applauding to get to the next scene.” The play is one of a half-dozen full productions staged during the third annual Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival, and the only piece not written by Williams himself or adapted from Williams' work. “Rancho Pancho” digs into the little-known relationship between Williams and Pancho Rodriguez, a South Texas man. The men spent part of their time together in Provincetown, and some of the play is set here. Barrios was surprised and delighted to spot a photo of the two men hanging on the wall at the Atlantic House Bar: “I hadn't seen that photo before,” said Barrios, who spent a great deal of time researching the relationship. “No one else had asked who this man was with Tennessee Williams.” The actors did a little sightseeing, too, including taking the festivals' tour of the town. Rick Fredericks, who plays Williams in the play, was particularly struck by the space where Williams wrote “The Glass Menagerie.” “It was this tiny little shack, and he shared it with somebody else,” he said. The festival performance was just the third full staging of “Rancho Pancho,” which had a two-night run at Jump-Start Theater a few weeks ago in advance of the festival. The Provincetown staging, performed in a warehouse used by commercial fishermen at the end of Fisherman's Wharf, was a good deal draftier than the Jump-Start show. The large orange doors at the rear of the space were open for the first act, giving the audience a view of the water and a lighthouse off in the distance as the fluctuating visibility allowed. The refreshing breeze off the water turned chilly as the first act went on, sending patrons for their jackets. |
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Review: 'Rancho Pancho' is satisfying theater
By Deborah Martin - Express-News Staff Writer
The hot ticket Saturday night seems to have been the premiere of the fully-staged version of “Rancho Pancho,” playwright Gregg Barrios' exploration of the tempestuous relationship between Tennessee Williams and Texan Pancho Rodriguez.
Jump-Start Theater was filled to the rafters for the performance — folding chairs were brought in to accommodate late-comers. Sunday's performance drew a healthy crowd as well, according to figures from the brand-new Classic Theatre, which staged it in collaboration with Jump-Start.
The crowds were rewarded with a satisfying piece tracing the relationship from its early, playful phase all the way to the explosive, emotionally draining break-up. Director Diane Malone has described the play as a love story, and that's exactly what she and her gifted cast delivered.
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| Web Posted: 09/17/2008 12:00 CDT 'Rancho Pancho' troupe prepares for big show By Deborah Martin - Express-News Staff Writer The bottles that lined the rear of the stage for Classic Theatre's preview staging of “Rancho Pancho” a few weeks ago won't be joining cast and crew for the drama's staging at the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival. “The bottles were sort of an attempt to re-create the light and the waves and the sea,” said “Rancho” director Diane Malone. “We will be performing at Fisherman's Wharf and will have the actual sea and the sunlight through those doors; we don't need to simulate it when we're going to have the real thing.” Malone spent part of last week boxing up props — including a few manual typewriters and a Victrola — to ship to Provincetown, Mass. She also ordered a box of breakaway bottles to be delivered there as well, for an early scene in which a bottle of liquor is smashed. She and the rest of the “Rancho” company — playwright Gregg Barrios; actors Rick Frederick, Benny Briseño, Anna Gangai and Annella Keys; and Gangai's husband, Bruce Liesman, who will be helping behind the scenes — fly to Massachusetts on Monday. They'll have two rehearsals in the performance space — a historic spot where Eugene O'Neill's work was first staged — before giving two performances. “This is why I had to have a preview production here in town before we went,” Malone said, referring to the show's two-night stand at Jump-Start Theater a few weeks ago. “We've got two hours for a tech rehearsal and the show runs two hours, so we can't get up there without all the decisions having been made already.” One of those decisions is a small change that the opening night audience at Jump-Start dictated. The play traces the explosive relationship between playwright Tennessee Williams and Texan Pancho Rodriguez. Originally, the play ended with a short coda following the couple's violent breakup; in it, the two men sit side by side in a movie theater watching “Duel in the Sun,” a date they had made earlier in the action. Several people who took part in a post-show Q&A seemed confused by it. That may have been partly due to the fact that the sound cues that helped set the scene were drowned out by the applause that followed the scene before. In that moment, Williams builds a small altar to Rodriguez, then sits down at a typewriter and begins to write as the lights fade. “The audience tells us quite definitely, ‘This is where your play ends,'” Barrios said. “I said, ‘You're right.' I know that a lot of playwrights wouldn't do that, but I think, you know, we'll save that other stuff for the movie.” Beyond that, Barrios doesn't see himself making too many other changes to the script. “It's time for it to make its way through the world,” he said, noting that Provincetown is publishing a limited-edition version to be sold during the festival, and three theaters already have expressed interest in reading it. “I think the Classic Theatre of San Antonio has done a marvelous job, and I look forward to seeing it in a different space,” he said. Any change to a show alters things, Frederick said, including putting it up in a different space in a different city. “With each new audience, there's a new character or a new energy introduced to the interaction that happens there,” he said. “In order to be fully present, you have to acknowledge that; therefore, each performance is different, each space is different, and each actor is different.” Provincetown will be Frederick's second festival in the past two months. He traveled to Washington, D.C., in July for AtticRep's staging of “One for the Road” at the Capital Fringe Festival. Performing out of town, he said, is about “building the résumé, but it's also taking San Antonio nationally. In Washington, it was really interesting. People were like, ‘That was great work; where did you come from?' We'd say, ‘Oh, San Antonio, Texas.' And their jaws would drop. We'd say, ‘Yes, we have a full season if you'd like to come down.'” At least 2,000 people are expected to attend the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival, said Jef Hall-Flavin, director of the event, adding that he thinks the actual number will exceed that. He said the “Rancho” folks are in for something exciting, especially since part of play is set in Provincetown. “I had the privilege of directing a Tennessee Williams piece in 2006 called ‘Parade,' and it took place at the end of the summer in Provincetown,” he said. “There is nothing like walking the same roads and being on the same sands and watching the same sunsets that the writer did. I think they're really going to enjoy themselves being part of the setting.” |
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STELLLLLLLAAAAAAA!
Stanley Kowalski a Mexican stud?
September, 17, 2008 · No Comments
Stace Medellin, who normally writes about Houston area politics on his Dos Centavos site, has shown an understandable interest in the career of actor Benny Briseño, who “unbuttons his sweaty cotton shirt to reveal tight pectorals and a V-shaped torso pointing down to his shaved caramel pubis.”
Don’t get the wrong idea… it’s a family thing. Benny is Stace’s nephew, and — V-shaped torso and all — has been wowing audiences in his role as Tennessee Williams’ toy-boy Francisco “Pancho” Rodriguez in Gregg Barrios’ Rancho Pancho, now playing at the Tennessee WIlliams Festival in Provincetown and returning to San Antonio’s Say Sí Theater 9 - 18 October. Dos Centavos reprints B.V. Olguín’s review for the San Antonio Current:The nucleus of Barrios’ play is Pancho, who becomes a Pirandello-like character who curses Williams for pimping out his life to create characters and scenes. Streetcar becomes a particularly sore point for Pancho when he realizes their pillow talk is grist for Tennessee’s theater mill. Williams went so far as to model the woman selling funeral flowers (”flores para los muertos”) on Pancho’s mother, who sold handmade wreaths in Piedras Negras, Mexico, where Tennessee and Pancho met.
The play’s bombshell is Barrios’ assertion that Stanley was modeled on Pancho. Williams changes him to a Polish character at his director’s urging, so the play will have a “larger audience.”
Pancho retorts: “But there aren’t any Pollacks in New Orleans!,” and “Pollacks don’t go to the theater!”
New Orleans always was a Latin American city, Williams wrote (and spent time) in Mexico, had his Mexican-American toy boy … and besides… who ever heard of Polish machismo?
Dangerous liaisons
Gregg Barrios exposes Tennesse Williams’ dark secret
http://www.sacurrent.com/columns/story.asp?id=69283
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Tennessee Williams Fest to Feature Dukakis, Wallach, Jackson, Eccentricities and More
By Adam Hetrick
August 20, 2008
Theatre veterans Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson and Olympia Dukakis will take part in the third annual Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival in Provincetown, MA, which begins Sept. 25.
The four-day celebration (through Sept. 28) of Williams' work will include panel discussions as well as revivals of Williams' plays and new works inspired by the playwright.
Highlights include discussions with Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis; and Tony winner Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson: All will discuss their connections to Williams and his dramatic work.
The Off-Broadway production of Eccentricities of a Nightingale will be presented by The Actors Company, in addition to the world premiere of Williams' erotic play Green Eyes, which has been paired with his early work, Adam and Eve on a Ferry. Festival director Jef Hall-Flavin will stage the double-bill that will feature Robertson Dean and Jaimi Page.
The Williams Festival has also invited the New England Conservatory of Music to present a concert version of Lee Hoiby and Lanford Wilson's operatic version of Summer and Smoke. Marc Astafan directs the evening, which is entitled Love Songs from Summer and Smoke.
Also on the bill is The Dog Enchanted by the Divine View, Williams' initial version of The Rose Tattoo, directed by David Kaplan and featuring Larry Coen and Nancy Cassaro.
Sarah V. Michelson will direct the Brooklyn on Foot production of Camino Real. Previously presented at the New Orleans Williams Festival, the drama is staged around the Crown & Anchor swimming pool.
Gregg Barrios' Rancho Pancho, a new play exploring Williams' relationship with his Mexican partner Pancho Rodriguez, will be presented by the Classic Theatre of San Antonio, and DanceLoop Chicago will premiere Lorita!, a dance adaptation of Williams' short story "Happy August 10th." A collection of short plays penned by local playwrights, Young Love, will feature the New Provincetown Players.
Performances will take place at various venues across Provincetown.
For more information and tickets visit TWPTown.org or call (800) 789-8366.* * * * * *
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N.O. theater folks here, there and everywhere By David Cuthbert, Theater writer, The Times-Picayune July 09, 2008 And speaking of Provincetown, Gregg Barrios' play, "Rancho Pancho," about the relationship between Tennessee Williams and Pancho Rodriguez, which is set partially in New Orleans and received a staged reading at the 2006 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, will play The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival on Sept. 27 at the famed Wharf Theater, where Eugene O'Neill premiered many early works. "The only play at the Provincetown Festival that isn't a Williams work is 'Rancho Pancho,' " Barrios said. Oscar-winner Olympia Dukakis is the stellar attraction at the Sept. 25-28 P-Town event ...
SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS On their playbill: Classical theater that's affordable Classic Theatre San Antonio's debut production, “Rancho Pancho,” has been selected for the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival in Massachusetts this fall. Not bad for a brand-spankin'-new troupe that has yet to put anything onstage ... at least, not under that name. The company's founders — including Allan and Terri Peña Ross, Diane and Rick Malone and Asia and Tony Ciaravino — are hardly theatrical newcomers, though: Collectively, they estimate that they have more than 150 years of experience in live theater. Their guiding principle is simple, Allan Ross said: “We want to be a professional theater with affordable ticket prices. We want to provide jobs to actors so we don't keep losing talent.” They are also developing education programs aimed at teenagers, including mentorships that will cover every aspect of theatrical production. They are being joined in the venture by Chris Cheever, who has a lot of experience on boards, including time working on behalf of New York's Pearl Theatre Company. “We come at it from the inside out; he comes at it from the outside in,” said Asia Ciaravino. It was Cheever who broached the idea of forming a company that would specialize in classic works. He approached the Ciaravinos after seeing them in “Macbeth” two summers ago and found that they had been thinking along the same lines. The Ciaravinos brought in the Rosses and the Malones. They all talked about the idea for a long time, then decided they had nothing to lose by giving it a go. “The worst thing that could happen is that we come back to where we are now,” Diane Malone said. “Or we could build a real, regional theater for San Antonio.” Besides “Rancho Pancho,” their first season holds “The Glass Menagerie,” “Twelfth Night” and “Miss Julie.” As they see it, the timing is good for this particular enterprise. “San Antonio is going through a renaissance,” Cheever said, pointing to such indicators as the success of Luminaria: Arts Night in San Antonio and to the upcoming transformation of Municipal Auditorium into a performing arts center. Timing also played a role in their staging of “Rancho Pancho.” The play, written by former Express-News Book Editor Gregg Barrios, explores the little-known relationship between Tennessee Williams and Texan Pancho Rodriguez. Barrios spent the past year or so revising the script, which Diane Malone directed as a staged reading here and in New Orleans, with an eye toward presenting it in Provincetown. By the time he was finished writing, the Classic folks were ready to roll, and they jumped at the chance to produce “Rancho.” Since they don't have their own space, they approached Jump-Start Performance Co. about working in collaboration. They will follow “Rancho Pancho” with “The Glass Menagerie,” which had just opened on Broadway when Williams and Rodriguez met. The Classic folks are looking for a way to stage the two pieces together. Besides the fact that it made sense to put the two pieces together — there are some structural similarities, for example — there were also practical reasons for the decision. “Both shows can use the same set pieces,” said Rick Malone. “This is not going to be a theater about settings; this theater about classic dramatic literature.” Which is not to say, several of the founders hastened to add, that there will be no production values. Most of them have proven design skills that will be put to use. What it comes down to, “Menagerie” director Allan Ross said, is that “the focus is on the acting, not the set.” Online at: http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/stories/MYSA070608.SAL_5H_Classic_main.2473373.html
Diane Malone's theatre productions and designs have been praised in newspapers coast to coast.
 Touring shows, local plays challenged and excited San Antonio theater companies continued stepping up their game this year, producing lots of challenging, exciting work. Here's a look back at the strongest work of the year. "Doubt," Church Bistro & Theatre in King William: Directed by Diane Malone, this winner of both the Tony and the Pulitzer explored the pitfalls inherent in making moral judgments in ambiguous situations. With two superb leads — Rita Crosby and Anthony Ciaravino — the production was involving, entertaining and thought-provoking.
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THEATER REVIEW : 'Doubt' entertaining, provocative
TONY CIARAVINO as Father Flynn and RITA CROSBY as Sister Aloysius
Extra effort to get 'Doubt' worth it for director, star
(September 7, 2007)
Deborah Martin EXPRESS-NEWS STAFF WRITER San Antonio Express-News (TX)
Friends have been telling Rita Crosby for a long time that Sister Aloysius, the female lead in "Doubt, a Parable," was a role she needed to take a look at. "I heard about it a lot," she said. "Several people have seen it in New York and said, 'You have to do that."'EDWARD GALLARDO AND ROY THOMAS IN "SOUTHERN BAPTIST SISSIES"
Spotlight: 'Southern Baptist Sissies'
"Southern Baptist Sissies," which plays through Aug. 18 at the Church Bistro & Theatre at King William, is a tragicomic look at four young gay men (including two played by Edward Gallardo and Roy Thomas) and their experiences growing up in a Baptist church in Dallas. . . . The piece is frequently laugh-out-loud funny and just as frequently heartbreaking.
— Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, July 20, 2007
The Best of 2006 – Theater
“Ah, Wilderness!,” San Pedro Playhouse: This gem sparkled….. (costumes by Diane Malone)“Master Class,” Church Bistro & Theatre at King William: Anna Gangai’s brisk, thrilling performance as Maria Callas made this show an absolute must-see.
“Songs for a New World,” Church Bistro & Theatre at King William: This musical revue exploring all kinds of journeys is touching and funny and delicious, not to mention beautifully sung.
--Deborah Martin San Antonio Express-News Web posted: 12/30/2006
The Church Bistro & Theatre at King William closes out this year and welcomes 2007 with the snappy and sometimes introspective revue “Songs for a New World.” Each of the 18 jazzy, gospel-flecked songs tells a short story . . . all are small gems. The gifted cast, directed with a light hand by Diane Malone, sparkles in each number. . . . Malone also designed the evocative set: Tall white masts covered in white sails. The show is a sophisticated marvel.
-- Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, Dec 19, 2006
Spotlight: Stage: A New World revue : . . .another delight . . . with the jazzy and sophisticated revue “Songs for a New World.” The cast . . . absolutely sparkles. -- Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, Dec, 2006
One of the best shows of 2006, “Songs for a New World” was just extended one more week into 2007.
--- Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, Jan 5, 2007Do yourself a favor, call . . . right now and make a reservation to see “Master Class.” Anna Gangai’s exhilarating performance as opera legend Maria Callas in the Church Bistro & Theatre at King William production should not be missed. Diane Malone’s thoughtful direction included casting three vocally gifted performers as Callas’ students. . . .All of the elements mesh, creating a marvelous evening of theater.… don’t miss it!
--Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, Nov 14, 2006…Terrence McNally’s Master Class: The Church Theatre’s production is interactive and multi-leveled, in a way I can’t imagine it on Broadway.
--Ashley Lindstrom, San Antonio Current, Sept 15-21, 2006
'Charlie Brown' Cast a Dedicated Bunch09/21/2006
Deborah Martin
Express-News Staff WriterThe show is an absolute delight from start to finish. ... Malone makes great use of the Church space. . . It's a winning production that should delight grownups and kiddoes alike.
HAYLEY BURNSIDE as Lucy, RICK SANCHEZ as Schroeder, BEN GAMBLE as Charlie Brown, CHRIS RODRIGUEZ as Linus, EVA LAPORTE as Sally, and (kneeling) MICAH ECKMAN as Snoopy
Peanuts and a play
By: Luis Lopez
Issue date: 9/25/06 Section: A&E- The wonderland atmosphere of the musical, "You're a Good man Charlie Brown" transformed the cartoon world into reality with its childhood melodies and vibrant
- energies as it opened on Sept 15 at the Church Bistro and Theatre in the King William District.
Director and scenery/costume designer Diane Malone, along with musical director and pianist Tom Masinter, crafted a remarkable performance. . . .
The acting and music were awe-inspiring. The audience was drawn into Charlie Brown's world immediately as the music began and the actors sang in perfect harmony. Gestures, costumes and voices were exact replicas of the cartoon characters.. . . Overall this performance was a perfect 10.Our critic sees Steve Martin’s Underpants – and likes it
. . . Diane Malone’s deft direction . . . keeps the action hopping.
--William M. Razavi, San Antonio Current, Aug 30, 2006
“The Underpants,” a bawdy farce getting a bang-up rendering at the Church Bistro & Theatre at King William. . . . The cast . . . sparkles throughout. Director Diane Malone set the show in Bavaria . . . [with] her well-appointed set. It’s a terrific comedy well-served by Malone and her cast.
--Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, Aug 31, 2006
Stage: Top-drawer material
Steve Martin’s silly and smart adaptation of a 1911 farce written by Carl Sternheim, “The Underpants” is the latest snappy offering by the Church Bistro & Theatre at King William. --San Antonio Express-News, Sept 8, 2006
If you are in the mood for a little nostalgia [and] some good singing, the Church Bistro & Theatre at King William has just the thing for you.Theater Review
This special treat is called "Forever Plaid." . . .
As usual, director Diane Malone skillfully integrates the various elements into a dynamic whole,.--Jasmina Wellinghoff, San Antonio Express-News, July 13, 2006
Director Diane Malone is having no trouble keeping busy. On the heels of the whiz-bang production of “Nunsense” and reading of “Rancho Pancho” comes the well-cast revue “Forever Plaid.”
--San Antonio Express-News, May 2, 2006
New Barrios work probes writer's ties
MICHAEL AVILA, ERIC LOZANO, TIM HEDPETH AND ANNA GANGAI in RANCHO PANCHO.Web Posted: 06/22/2006 12:00 AM CDT
Jasmina Wellinghoff
Special to the Express-NewsSan Antonio playwright Gregg Barrios likes to explore the connections between American literary figures and Mexico or Mexicans.
A few years ago he focused on Katherine Anne Porter. Now he has a new play, "Rancho Pancho," which looks at the life of Tennessee Williams. As part of the 2006 TeatroFEST, the work will receive a staged reading this weekend at the Church Bistro & Theatre at King William.
Rancho Pancho
Where: Church Bistro & Theatre at King William, 1150 S. Alamo St.
When: 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Reception with cast and playwright Gregg Barrios follows both shows.
Tickets: $25, includes wine-and-cheese reception. Reservations, (210) 271-7791.The title refers to a beach property in Nantucket where Tennessee (Tim Hedgepeth), Pancho (Eric Lozano) and Carson McCullers (Anna Gangai) spent the summer of 1946.
"The play is an examination of their relationship but it's also about Pancho's story ... an example of what happened a lot of times to Hispanic presence in our history. It's a kind of reclaiming of our place in the fabric of American experience."
Director Diane Malone, who admires both Williams and Barrios, feels that this play offers a fresh perspective.
"Gregg is coming at the characters from a Latino perspective," she said. "And his language is rich and complex like Tennessee Williams'."
Others in the cast are Terri Peña Ross as Margo Jones and Michael Avila as Pancho's brother, who also serves as narrator.
Online at: http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/stage/stories/MYSA062306.WK.ranchopancho.3d6ccfe.html
Actress riveting as cancer victim (July 10, 2001)
GROSS INDECENCY: THE THREE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE by Moises Kaufman
Theater Review: Solid acting makes 'Indecency' intense
Web Posted: 06/21/2005
Deborah Martin
San Antonio Express-News
For most of the first act of "Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde," Clark Stevens practically oozes arrogance as the legendary playwright.
Stevens plays Wilde as a supremely confident man who knows, with absolute certainty, that he is significantly smarter than everyone else in the courtroom. Then his wit gets a little ahead of his brain, he says something he shouldn't have, and he begins to wilt. By the end of the play, he is a broken man.
Stevens gives a first-rate performance, painting Wilde's transformation vividly. It's one of many reasons to go see director Diane Malone's fast-moving production at the Cellar Theater of the San Pedro Playhouse. . . .
The performances are all solid. Most of the actors play several roles, and do it well. . . .
The show is thought-provoking and sharply executed.
CLARK STEVENS AS OSCAR WILDE.
Rancho Pancho atNew Orleans Tennessee Williams Festival
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Life at 'Rancho Pancho'
Friday, March 23, 2007
David Cuthbert, Theater Writer
Gregg Barrios' "Rancho Pancho," directed by Diane Malone and featuring Eric Lozano as Pancho, Tim Hedgepeth as Tennessee and Michael Avila as Juancho, will be performed March 30 at 8 pm as a staged reading and March 31 at 2:00 pm at Le Petit Theatre's main stage. Tickets are $25.
ERIC LOZANO AS PANCHO WITH TIM HEDGEPETH (SEATED) AS TENNESSEE WILLIAMS.
New Orleans Gambit
A&E FEATURE / 03 27 07
Mexican Stand-off
The Tennessee Williams Festival takes a new look at the playwright and the city through some new writing and plays
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