As you probably know Teatro has its own home at 321 W. 6th Street in downtown Oxnard. We continue to be very grateful to Pablo García and his construction company which did a great job of converting a building that had been empty for 10 years into a small and intimate Teatro space. We are happy to be here and are getting very active, especially as the COVID pandemic is coming under control. You will be receiving announcements about all the activities soon, if not already.
Summer Theatre Camp
Spots still available!
In person 2-Week Summer Theatre Camp with Ms. Alina.
June 28-July 9 (no camp Jul 5)
9 AM -12 PM
LIVE Performance July 9 at 2 PM
Fee: $90 / Scholarships available
Where: 321 W 6th St., Oxnard
For registration Call or Email Alina
805-341-3837
cenalio@aol.com
Teatro de las Americas to present a “Summer Theatre Camp” Monday through Friday from 90 a.m. to noon, June 28 through July 9 (no camp July 5), at 321 W. 6th St., Oxnard
A Live Performance will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, July 9.
Open to your ages 7 to 15, with 16 students for the in-person camp.
Cost is $90, but scholarships are available.
Free Event
April 22, 2021
7pm/pst
Indígenas Américas-Cuentos de Creación
Storytelling with members of
the Gabrieleno Tongva
Filmed at Kuruvungna Springs
by
Guerra Style Pictures
Festival for the Italian audience and, at the same time, on Teatro de Las Americas and Main Stage West virtual seasons for the American audience.
The audience can book to participate to the TALK with the company and other guests curated by Enrico Piergiacomi, By writing an e-mail you will receive the invitation and all the instructions.
INVENTING LIFE is a doc-film about TELL TALE, a theatre-dance piece that engages on stage the authors and their two children. The documentary has been filmed in theaters, locations in wild nature and in abandoned spaces: a theater company working in the absence of live performing. A proof of necessity. A dialogue with nature and with a theatre crowded by absents.
It is with a heavy heart that I tell you that our great friend Jim Valdez died yesterday. Jimmy was with us for many years. His sense of humor always bubbling.
He was on stage, building stages, and always available for problem solving. He and Juanita were also generous donors and patrons. They were happy to support the costs of renovating the downtown teatro.
They moved to Phoenix last year. Juanita passed several months ago. Jim moved in with his sons and and spent his last months happily with them and their families. Jim’s son Dennis tells me it was a great joy for him to have his Dad with them.
We miss you Jimmy and we hope you are helping celestial teatros build sets.
Inventing Life is a doc/film about Tell Tale, a theatre-dance piece that engages the authors and their two children. A piece of life on stage, that should have opened in California and Oregon in April 2020, remaining on the verge of our common uncertain future. An engaging, poetic work about the unfinished: a search to elevate the present to a mutual encounter between distant human beings.
The documentary has been filmed in theaters, locations in wild nature and in abandoned spaces: a theater company working in the absence of live performing. A proof of necessity. A dialogue with nature and with a theatre crowded by absents.
Using active imaginations and active bodies, kids will dive into a world where anything is possible! Physical theatre blends comedy, improvisation, clowning, and acting into a one of a kind learning experience that engages students verbally, physically, visually, and intellectually. Ages 7-11 FREE
Join Ventura County Youth Poet Laureate,
Oxnard’s own Angelina Leaños for an Open Mic Night!
Friday, December 3, 2021
6 pm @ Teatro de las Americas: 321 W 6th St.
We welcome performers of any kind – music, spoken word, poetry and more – to come share their talent!
The event is free and open to the public.
This past year, 2020, has been a mixed reality for your Teatro, an example of “Good News, Bad News.”
THE GOOD NEWS:
Teatro now has a home of our own in Downtown Oxnard. We accomplished this long sought goal because of your generosity. The repairs and renovation of the building at 321 W. 6th Street cost in the neigborhood of $42,000. That money came from individual donors and business sponsors. We are overwhelmed by your generosity and at a loss to find the words to thank you adequately.
THE BAD NEWS:
Due to the Corona Virus we are unable to welcome you to our teatro. As a consequence, there were no live stage productions in 2020.
BUT:
We rose to the challenge by bringing Virtual Theater to you vía Zoom:
· a series of conversations with Latinx actors and
· acting classes for adults and children.
Merino Productions is a Multilingual Solutions Agency based in Ventura County with a national and international curriculum in video productions, voice-overs and document translations.
Our experience with local government agencies, has shown a need to raise awareness on multiple subjects such as domestic violence, sexual abuse, drunk driving, drug addiction, personal growth and multicultural awareness.
Merino Productions has decided to start a new community awareness program on all these matters and will be volunteering hours to create a series of on-going bilingual (English and Spanish) videos. We are looking for volunteer actors and actresses of all ages to help us create these video messages.
YO CUENTO (I TELL) continues..
with James Donlon
Tuesdays:
August 18, 25,
September 8, 15
7-8PM
Learn basic storytelling, acting, directing, and staging to produce an original Teatro work using your own personal stories.
James Donlon: actor, director, and playwright presenting his original performance work internationally for 5 decades.
Film coach to Oscar winners.
Pre-registration required, no fees
info@teatrodelasamericas.org
James Donlon: actor, director, and playwright presenting his original performance work internationally for 5 decades. Film coach to Oscar winners.
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Pre-registration required, no fees
Sign up now, send email to info@teatrodelasamericas.org
NEW THEATER OPENING SOON
once COVID restrictions allow us to open
………MEANWHILE via ZOOM………
The process to obtain our own theater began last year with negotiations with the City of Oxnard, which was completed on November 20, 2019, when Teatro President, Juan González, signed the lease to rent the building at 321 W. 6thStreet in Downtown.
Pablo García and his son Javier are working on the renovation of the building at 321 W. 6thStreet and it is coming along great. It will certainly be ready for plays and workshops by the time the Corona Virus restrictions are lifted.
We hope all of you are doing well and wearing facemasks during this pandemic. Not masks like the ones James Donlon and Alina Ceñal are wearing!
A good friend of our Teatro has been making face masks and donated many to us. If you do not have a face mask, contact Margaret Cortese by text (805-231-0127) or email (info@teatrodelasamericas.org). We will find a way to get it to you.
Jimmy, Becky, Holly, Bob We honor you! / ¡Los elogiamos! Beginning in 2016, Teatro created the “Volunteer of the Year Recognition”. The first awardee was James (Jimmy) Valdez. At that time Jimmy had been on, behind and building the stage for many…
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Teatro de las Américas presents on Zoom “Platicas on Wednesdays with IVONNE COLL of ‘Jane, the Virgin’ at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19.
Pláticas on Wednesdays :
(Thank you IVONNE COLL, for spending time with us on the last platica !!)
CARLOS GOMEZ –
“The Beauty and the Baker”
September 16, 7PM PT
CARLOS FERRO
Telenovela actor from Mexico,
October 14, 7PM/PST
Join us via ZOOM as we chat with Latinx professional entertainers.
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