Drama 4m, 3f set in the 1970s on the texas border separating the united states and mexico, lydia is an intense, lyrical, and magical new play. Octavio solis announced as 38th annual inge festival honoree posted october 5, 2018 the william inge center for the arts is pleased to announce playwright octavio solis will be the recipient of the 2019 distinguished achievement in the american theater award for his outstanding contributions to the national theater landscape. To request a pdf file of any of the articles below. He hangs out with the wrong crowd, considers violent gaybashing a pleasant way to spend an. Lydia to open at nvc this friday american canyon eagle. Teen has magic connection to a maid named lydia in. Octavio solis is a playwright and director living in san francisco. A risingstar writer and a miraculous maid set in a tough texas border town in the 1970s, octavio solis new play lydia is.
Octavio solis playwright octavio solis has become an overnight sensation, and it took only 25 years. Octavio solis strikes a beautiful balance in writing from his head and his heart, says bill rauch, oregon shakespeare festival artistic director, who has commissioned solis to write an adaptation of cervantes don quixote. What is the climax and the resolution of the play lydia. The play attempts to service all characters with a beginning, a middle and an end. To give our patrons the best experience, were checking to make sure youre not a bot. A car accident left now 17yearold ceci in a semivegetative state, destroying the familys good faith and spirit. He hangs out with the wrong crowd, considers violent gaybashing a pleasant way to spend an evening and often comes home drunk and bleeding. Milagro lydiastudy guide 2 by octavio solis directed by kinan valdez northwest premiere winner. Written, compiled, and collected by virginia grise and irma mayorga and fashioned into a tourdeforce solo performance, the panza monologues features the words of chicanas speaking with humor and candor. Focusing on lydia 2008, a play by mexican american playwright. The 10 most important american plays this columns are rankings, not total points. Drama 4m, 3f set in the 1970s on the texas border separating the united states and mexico, lydia is an intense. Through lydia, ceci is able to remember her accident and in telling so, reveals troubling secrets, unleashing the.
Set in a tough texas border town in the 1970s, octavio solis new play lydia is fast becoming one of the buzziest dramas of 2009. Lydia by octavio solis directed by juliette carrillo mark taper forum april 2may 17, 2009 under licensing of don clemente inc. Cara mia theatre company photos by adolfo cantuvillarrealtzom films. We sat down with playwright octavio solis to discuss the inception of this poetic drama. Amaryllis theatre company presents lydia, april 12 23. Theater, experimental performance, and new media resource guide. Soon, all are thrust into a world where dream and reality are. Lydia by octavio solis directed by juliette carrillo mark. The unsanctioned sex is the culmination of a play centered on.
March 1624, 2018 a streetcar named desire by tennessee williams directed by kathleen mckinley rehearsals start. A conceptual video of lydia, by octavio solis directed by jesus lopez technical director merle dewitt music in kind braids brotsjor olafur arnalds a source the naked and famous cast ceci. Solis also voiced the character of the arrival agent. Lydia by octavio solis 2008 teatro jornalero sin fronteras. Lydia by octavio solis directed by gina sandidiaz audition information audition dates attend only one 4. Octavio solis is a director and actor, known for prospect 2004 and coco 2017. Lydia by octavio solis directed by gina sandidiaz rehearsals start.
Lydia is a magical realist drama by latinoamerican playwright octavio solis. Drama 4m, 3f set in the 1970s on the texas border separating the united stat. Octavio solis announced as 38th annual inge festival. He has written over 25 plays, including his most famous works. Permanently vegetative chicana commits suicide after being sexually pleasured by her brother. Rene tony sancho is the bad son and looks the part. The long awaited northwest premiere of lydia is finally here. One of the most talkedabout works of 2009, the controversial play transports audiences to a 1970s texas border town and into the home of a struggling mexican immigrant family. Long respected in theater and latino arts circles, the writer is having breakthrough success with his play lydia. While the character of lydia is used as a catalyst, the story unfolds in a fashion and timetable wherein this family is already ripe for implosion. By octavio solis directed by craig baldwin, artistic associate, shakespeare theatre company when a young mexican woman and her brother cross the rio grande to find their father, they instead encounter a young man who has grown up alone, imprisoned on an island. Lydia, despite its single named titling, is very much an elaborate family saga during its week long boiling point. His works lydia, june in a box, lethe, marfa lights, gibraltar. New in the december issue of american theatre is the complete text of lydia, a poetic and provocative new play by octavio solis, which deals with issues of immigration, assimilation, and family dysfunction as it tells the story of a severely disabled young.
A risingstar writer and a miraculous maid set in a tough texas border town in the 1970s, octavio solis new play lydia is fast becoming one of the buzziest dramas of 2009. Philadelphia amaryllis theatre company will present the philadelphia premiere of the intense, lyrical, and magical new play lydia by octavio solis. The mother, rosa, is overwhelmed and exhausted from taking care of her daughter and the rest of the family, so she hires a young mexican woman named lydia to help around the house and take care of ceci. Solis was hired by disney as a cultural consultant for the 2017 film coco. Solis is widely considered one of the most prominent latino. He has also worked as a high school teacher, college professor and director. Mar 21, 2017 the long awaited northwest premiere of lydia is finally here. With works that both draw on and transcend the mexicanamerican experience, he is a writer and director whose style defies formula, examining the darkness, magic and humor of humanity with brutal honesty and characteristic intensity. What was going on in your life in 2008 that made you write this play.
Fresno state university theatre spring 2018 auditions. Author of over 20 plays, octavio solis is considered by many to be one of the most prominent latino playwrights in america. Compact and practical pocket guides for sun seekers and city breakers pdf by thomas cook publishing download dark triumph his fair assassin trilogy pdf by robin lafevers download evolution and creation. Opening this weekend at napa valley college is a play of national renown, lydia. Octavio solis, and poetry by an undocumented artist, yosimar. Feb 15, 2009 rene tony sancho is the bad son and looks the part. Lydia cara mia theatre company buried alive cara mia theatre company does its best work to date with octavio solis devastating lydia. Yale rep in new haven presents lydia by octavio solis the. Lydia makes a point to address and complete the character arc over all its characters which i think is a mistake. Both sons misha and rene struggle with acceptance, sexual confusion and identity. On top of all that, solis has just learned that lydia is a finalist for the 2009 steinbergatca american theatre critics association new. Lydia meets each family members deficiencies with candor and humor, serving as a muse to each of the family members varied woes. Mar 20, 2009 on top of all that, solis has just learned that lydia is a finalist for the 2009 steinbergatca american theatre critics association new play award, which is one reason hes been giving more. Monologues are presented on stageagent for educational.
Octavio solis lydia, the tale of a mexicanamerican teen who is injured and disabled just as she comes of age, gets its world premiere jan. Lydia, quixote, the pastures of heaven and mother road. Lydia by octavio solis, has been compared to the works of. Butterfly, david henry hwang 46 38 73 86 44 machinal, sophie treadwell 54 111 42 40 68 man of the flesh, octavio solis 222 3 203. My friend yacov rambsel, a jewish messianic pastor in san antonio, texas, made a series of incredibly, yacov found the original hebrew name of jesus, yeshua unto adam also and to his wife did the lord god make coats of skins, and his name is jesus by yacov rambsel. About the playwright octavio solis is a playwright and director living in san francisco. Monologues are presented on stageagent for educational purposes only.
Dramatic comedy 6m, 3f inspired by life is a dream, the towering achievement of spanish drama, dreamlandia explores the terrain between illusion and reality. Milagro lydia study guide 2 by octavio solis directed by kinan valdez northwest premiere winner. Nov 27, 2016 a conceptual video of lydia, by octavio solis directed by jesus lopez technical director merle dewitt music in kind braids brotsjor olafur arnalds a source the naked and famous cast ceci. Feb 17, 2009 playwright octavio solis talks about his play lydia, now playing at yale repertory theatre through february 28, 2009, directed by juliette carrillo. Octavio solis octavio solis is a playwright and director living in san francisco. A conceptual video of lydia, by octavio solis directed by jesus lopez technical director merle dewitt music in kind braids brotsjor. Yale rep in new haven presents lydia by octavio solis. Two years later, the family hires a maid, lydia, who develops a special bond with each member of the family, specially with ceci. Nov 30, 2009 octavio solis playwright octavio solis has become an overnight sensation, and it took only 25 years.