Music and Lyrics by JOSÉ CRUZ GONZALEZ | Directed by HENRY GODINEZ
Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, MARCH 14 – APRIL 5, 2020
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Spending her days caring for her ailing mother, Lucha yearns to break her monotonous routine. Here’s a wild idea: an all-girl mariachi band! But it’s the 1970s, and girls can’t be mariachis… or can they? As Lucha and her spunky cousin hunt for bandmates, dodge disapproving relatives, and bring Mom along for the ride, they wonder: will the band come together? American Mariachi is a heartwarming and hilarious comedy about family, progress, and the freedom to dream big that will send your heart soaring and put a bounce in your step with a wave of vibrant, infectious live music.
A huge hit in San Diego and Denver, now coming to Dallas, before moving on to Chicago.
Please expect to be at the show approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Act 1, one hour; Intermission, 15 minutes; Act 2, one hour
STAY LATE after the show: 15 minutes
A co-production with Goodman Theatre
Dallas Theater Center Guild Salon 2020 Celebrates AMERICAN MARIACHI
Monday March 2, 6:00PM
Latino Cultural Center
2600 Live Oak St. Dallas Texas
The evening will begin with cocktails in the MPR Gallery surrounded by The Dreamer/Parallel Universe: The Works of Armando Sebastian, a Dallas-based Latinx artist whose work explores and focuses on the 1990s melding together of music, fashion, raves and club kid culture. After a seated dinner the Salon program begins with featured guest speakers.
Kevin Moriarty, Enloe-Rose Artistic Director of Dallas Theater Center
Jose Cruz Gonzalez, American Mariachi Playwright
Henry Godinez, American Mariachi Director
Cynthia Flores, American Mariachi Music Director
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♦ JOIN US FOR DESSERT AND DISCUSSION! Through Culture Pass Dallas, a limited number of FREE tickets are available Guild Salon 2020. Join us for the dessert and discussion portion of our evening, which includes a special demonstration and performance by Mariachi Imperial de Dallas Texas! Login with your Dallas Public Library card here to secure your seats today!
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GLORIA VIVICA BENAVIDES Regional credits include: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Theatre Three); Where Earth Meets the Sky (Cara Mia Theatre Co.); Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue (WaterTower Theatre); so go the ghosts of mexico, part two (Undermain Theatre); Smile, Smile Again (Ochre House Theatre); and Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare Dallas). Gloria serves as Manager of Education Programs at Dallas Theater Center. She earned her BFA in Acting from the University of North Texas.
GIGI CERVANTES (Miss Fezziwig, Charitable Woman #1) is excited to make her Dallas Theater Center debut! Recent area theater credits include The View Upstairs at Uptown Players, Glorious! at One-Thirty Productions, so go the ghosts of méxico (parts two and three) at Undermain Theatre, and Our Town at Circle Theatre. Gigi is also an award winning singer-songwriter with two solo albums, One of Those Years and Nothing but Angels, plus This Texican-American Life as one half of the duo The Shameless Boohoos.
TIFFANY SOLANO DeSENA (Lucha Morales) joined Dallas Theater Center’s Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company last season. Dallas Theater Center credits include: Public Works Dallas’ As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and A Christmas Carol. She has performed at theaters nationwide, including The Mark Taper Forum, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, South Coast Repertory, San Jose Repertory, Mixed Blood Theatre and Will & Company. Other notable credits include Cesar and Ruben: The Musical, written and directed by Ed Begley Jr.; and flying on a magic carpet in Disney’s Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular as Princess Jasmine. Locally she has performed with Dallas Children’s Theater, Cara Mía Theatre Co. and Dallas Museum of Art / Arts & Letters Live. She has also appeared in numerous commercials, television, and film productions. She is represented by Kim Dawson Agency. Para mi familia (Bryan, Sofia, Nolan & Mom)! IG: @tiffanydesena
CHRISTOPHER LLEWYN RAMIREZ (Mateo) is a member of Dallas Theater Center’s Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company, where his credits include: In The Heights; Public Works Dallas As You Like It; Twelfth Night; Sweat; White Rabbit Red Rabbit; Hair; Hood:The Robin Hood Musical Adventure; and PublicWorks Dallas TheTempest. Chris received his BFA in Theatre Performance from Baylor University in 2013. His other stage credits include: The Great Distance Home, Elliot, A Soldiers Fugue (WaterTowerTheatre); Empathitrax (SecondThoughtTheatre); An Octoroon (StageWest); It Shoulda BeenYou,Titanic (Uptown Players); Zoot Suit, blu, Crystal City 1969 (Cara MíaTheatre Co.); Hands on a Hardbody (TheatreThree); The Winter’s Tale, Pericles, The King’s Face (Shakespeare Dallas); and director of Little Shop of Horrors with Junior Players. He taught high school theatre for three years at the Jack E. Singley Academy in Irving,TX where his UIL one-act-play team advanced to the 6A state meet in 2016. He is currently the voice of Seth in the new anime Radiant with FUNimation and is represented by the Kim Dawson Agency. @chrisllewynramirez
