Raíces Theatre Company

VOCES LATINAS Reading Series
Elliot, A Solidier’s Fuge
by Quiara Alegria Hudes

Sunday, January 25th at 6pm
Road Less Traveled Theater
639 Main St. (Use the Washington Street Entrance)
Free Admission!
Reading is in English

Cast in rehearsal

Melding a poetic dreamscape with a stream-of-consciousness narrative, Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue takes us on an unforgettable journey across time and generations. Lyrically tracing the legacy of war on a single Puerto Rican family, this Pulitzer Prize finalist is the first installment in Quiara Alegria Hudes’ The Elliot Trilogy. Directed by Road Less Traveled’s Artistic Director Scott Behrend nd starring Anthony Alcocer, Smirna Mercedes-Pérez, Victor Morales and Dan Walker.

DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTEDED TO FEBRUARY 15, 2015!

Call for Submissions

            Desde el Puente

                10 Plays/10 Minutes each

                                       1^st Annual 10 Minute Play Festival                                                   

Calling all Latino Playwrights to submit to Desde El Puente, Raíces Theatre Company’s 1st Annual 10 minute Play Festival.  Ten plays will be chosen to have a 4 day run from June 11 to June 14 2015 in Buffalo, NY.

Please read our submissions guidelines carefully. Submissions that do not follow our guidelines will not be taken seriously. 

Playwrights: May submit a maximum of 2 One Act Plays no longer than 10 minutes, if you find yourselves with more than 10 pages on hand ( or less) please read it aloud and time it.   All plays must have a cast no larger than 6 characters and minimal set requirements as there is no time for elaborate set changes.  All plays must deal with subject matter that relates to the Latino culture. If selected your play will be cast, produced and directed by Raíces Theatre Company. All plays will run every night. Selected plays will receive at $20 royalty. Please email your submissions to play to raicessubmissions@gmail.com in standard format WORD or PDF. Subject line should have your name and title of the play. Body of email should contain your contact information (name, mailing address, telephone number and email)

Deadlines: All submissions must have arrived before February 15, 2015. An email confirmation will be sent to you when we receive your play. If we select your play for the festival we will notify you no later than April 31^st, 2015. Please do not email us asking for status, if you are selected you will be notified. Please note that Plays will be read as they come so the earlier you submit your play the better, once we have 10 that we like we reserve the right to close the submissions before the dateline.

We look forward to reading your work!

Raices Presenta con Honor y Alegria LA LUZ DE UN CIGARRILLO

4 al 7 de diciembre
jueves, viernes, sabado 7:30
domingo 6pm

$15 la entrada

Nos Vemos en el Teatro

 Call for Submissions

            Desde el Puente

                10 Plays/10 Minutes each

                                       1^st Annual One Act Play Festival                                                   

Calling all Latino Playwrights to submit to Desde El Puente, Raíces Theatre Company’s 1st Annual One Act Play Festival.  Ten plays will be chosen to have a 4 day run from June 11 to June 14 2015 in Buffalo, NY.

Please read our submissions guidelines carefully. Submissions that do not follow our guidelines will not be taken seriously. 

Playwrights: May submit a maximum of 2 One Act Plays no longer than 10 minutes, if you find yourselves with more than 10 pages on hand ( or less) please read it aloud and time it.   All plays must have a cast no larger than 6 characters and minimal set requirements as there is no time for elaborate set changes.  All plays must deal with subject matter that relates to the Latino culture. If selected your play will be cast, produced and directed by Raíces Theatre Company. All plays will run every night. Selected plays will receive at $20 royalty. Please email your submissions to play to raicessubmissions@gmail.com in standard format WORD or PDF. Subject line should have your name and title of the play. Body of email should contain your contact information (name, mailing address, telephone number and email)

Deadlines: All submissions must have arrived before December 31st, 2014. An email confirmation will be sent to you when we receive your play. If we select your play for the festival we will notify you no later than April 31^st, 2015. Please do not email us asking for status, if you are selected you will be notified. Please note that Plays will be read as they come so the earlier you submit your play the better, once we have 10 that we like we reserve the right to close the submissions before the dateline.

We look forward to reading your work!

Main Productions @ Ujima Theater Company 545 Elmwood ave.

LA LUZ DE UN CIGARILLO de Marco Antonio Rodríguez
dirigida por Victoria Pérez
4 al 7 de Diciembre, 2014 (in Spanish)
General Admission $15.00

DESDE EL PUENTE-Annual One Act Play festival
June 11-14, 2015
General Admission $15.00

VOCES LATINAS Reading Series @ Road Less Traveled Theater 639 Main St.
(all readings are free to the public)

Yo Soy Latina by Linda Nieves-Powell
directed by Victoria Pérez
September 21, 2014

Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue
by Quiara Alegria Hudes
directed by Scott Behrend
January 25, 2015

La Edad de la Ciruela
by Arístides Várgas
directed by Sheila M. López
March 15, 2015 (in Spanish)

Subversive Theatre Collective in Collaboration with Raíces Theatre Company Present

DEATH AND THE MAIDEN
by Ariel Dorfman
Directed by Rebecca Ward
Starring Rolando Martín Gómez,Victor Morales  and Victoria Pérez 

“Raíces co-founders Victoria Pérez and Rolando Martín Gómez as Paulina and Miranda, and the estimable Victor Morales as Gerardo, are extraordinary, particularly the frenzied Pérez, in this vexing work.”-Ted Hadley Buffalo News 5/29/14
“Direction by Subversive’s Rebecca Ward…gets every last drop of blood, sweat and tears from her cast – one that’s unforgettable – and lets the story tell itself. No tricks. Upfront. Close.” -Ted Hadley Buffalo News 5/29/14

DEATH AND THE MAIDEN
by Ariel Dorfman
Directed by RebeccaWard
Starring Rolando Martín Gómez, Victor Morales and Victoria Pérez

Set in the immediate aftermath of a military junta’s reign in an un-named Latin American country, this savagely intense masterpiece tells the story of a former political prisoner who comes face-to-face with the man she THINKS was responsible for her rape and torture… but how can she be sure?  Torn between truth and lies, memories and delusions, justice and revenge, she must make an impossible choice that could destroy her and those around her.

May 22-June 14 (no show on June 13th)
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm
at Subversive Theatre Company’s Manny Fried Playhouse
255 Great Arrow Ave.
(Third floor of Buffalo’s Great Arrow Building)

General Admission $25, $20 for students, seniors, and Thursdays are pay-what-you can night.  For more information visit http://www.subversivetheatre.org or call 716 408 0499

Raíces  Presenta

Divorciadas, Evangélicas y  Vegetarianas

De Gustavo Ott
Dirigida por Sheila M. López

Divorciadas, Evangélicas y Vegetarianas es una hilarante comedia sobre tres mujeres en crisis, luchando consigo mismas y con el mundo que las rodea.

Protagonizada por Kelly Hernández, Smirna Mercedes-Pérez y Wilda Ramos con narración por María Del Pilar Pérez

Domingo 23 de Marzo 6pm
Road Less Traveled Theater
639 Main St. Buffalo, NY 4203

$5.00  Donación Sugerida

Auditions for the staged reading of

WELCOME TO ARROYO’S

By Kristoffer Diaz
Directed by Rosa Fernández-Rivera

Thursday, March 13
5:00PM-8:00PM.

 The Market Arcade Building
617 Main St.
Buffalo 14203
(this is NOT the Market Arcade “Movie” Complex)

 Please email rfsanchez7@gmail.com to reserve a slot.

You will need to prepare a 1 minute monologue. Actors
auditioning for TRIP or NELSON will need to prepare 30 seconds
of a contemporary or old school rap in addition to a 1 minute
monologue. Must be available for the reading on Sunday April 27^th 6pm with 2-3 rehearsals prior. 

We are looking for the following:

ALEJANDRO ARROYO – male/24/Puerto Rican
Owner of and bartender at Arroyo’s Lounge

AMALIA (MOLLY) ARROYO – female/18/Puerto Rican
Angry Graffiti artist

TRIP GOLDSTEIN – male/24/Jewish
DJ/rapper at Arroyo’s

NELSON CARDENAL – male/24/Filipino
Trip’s DJ/rap partner

OFFICER DEREK – male/22/African-American
Rookie New York City police officer. New to New York.

LELLY SANTIAGO – female/24/Puerto Rican.  Suburban college student

Raíces Theatre Company is proud to be a part of this unified event spanning four cities celebrating the 100th anniversary of Latin America’s greatest poets born in Puerto Rico: Julia de Burgos. A choral reading of Carmen Rivera’s play:

“Julia de Burgos: Child of Water”

 ¡QUE DICHA LA NUESTRA!

Monday February 17th 7pm at Pucho’s Social Club 261 Swan St. FREE!

Directed by Sheila M. López

Starring Sarielys Matos, Victoria Pérez and Rolando M. Gómez