Anita the Musical – First FREE Public Reading!
Saturday October 15, 4pm
Harold Dixon Studio Theatre
UA School of Theatre, Film, & Television
After a year of closed development workshops, Borderlands Theater invites the general public to the first public reading of playwright Milta Ortiz‘s most ambitious work to date written in collaboration with composer and co-lyricist Quetzal Guerrero.
Directed by Kinan Valdez, featuring UA Theatre and Pima theatre students, and Borderlands Theater actors, the reading is co-presented by the UA School of Theatre, Film, & Television. Anita was commissioned by Borderlands Theater and initial development was supported by a National Association for Latina/o/x Arts and Culture Border Narrative Change Grant, a Mellon Projecting All Voices Fellowship awarded to Milta Ortiz from Arizona State University and Network for Ensemble Theaters grants. This current workshop is supported by the NEA Musical Theatre division.
About the Musical
Anita, like the other girls at Southwest Skies youth shelter, has been separated from her parents at the border. Trying to find them, Anita stumbles into Luz Dorada, a charismatic PR executive at the shelter’s PR blitz. Anita’s exuberance wins Luz over, and she eventually signs on to help her find her parents.
Anita, the musical, centers Latina characters and pays homage to the intermingling of the Southwest borderlands with cumbia, bolero, jazz, and trap pop fusions. Anita is the timeless tale of resilience and hope against all odds highlighting the power in community.
More info: http://www.borderlandstheater.org/
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