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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1995)
30 ▼ o c to b « r 2 0 . 100 9 ▼ Just o ut “The themes we’ve dreamed” are at the L et T hem E ntertain Y ou 1 ONE Mill SHOW! P R E S E N T E D BY / O N B R O A D W A Y Local companies Miracle Theatre Group and Imago have what it takes to astound excite and delight FoLJ PRODUCTION , Written by T David Drake by Risa Krive at Rockaway Beach “Where the Pacific Ocean is open 365 days a year!” Y our hosts : G eoff P faff & D anny L eines 421/423 N. 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Burnside 231-8926 M ILLENNIUM 248-0163 A A: Since 1947 V mxxsv & has assisted the film industry as well, securing ll the w o rld ’s a stag e ...o f major roles for Hispanic actors in locally filmed multicultural and multimedia art productions and commercials. performed and produced in the Miracle Theatre Group has attracted funding upcoming season by some of from such diverse sources as the National Endow Portland’s most popular players. ment for the Arts, the Oregon Arts Commission, Miracle Theatre Group (Teatro Milagro), the McKenzie River Gathering, Black United Fund of largest Hispanic arts organization in the North Oregon, the U S West Foundation, Bank of America, west, has planned a month-long festival of art and and the Heathman Hotel. theater events to celebrate Dia de los Muertos. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is consid different seasonal mingling with the mys ered by many to be Mexico’s most important and teries will be presented by the internation popular holiday. It is traditionally a festival of welcome for the souls of the beloved dead who, it f i ; ally acclaimed theater ensemble Imago. This Portland-based theater company has been is believed, return once a year for a few hours to featured three times at the International Children’s enjoy the earthly pleasures they knew in life and to commune with their loved ones. The living delight Festival in Taiwan. Imago’s national reputation in preparing food and drink for their dearly de led to its inclusion this autumn in “Passport ’95,” an annual AIDS benefit and multimedia fashion parted guests. The living create ofrendas (altars) extravaganza organized by Elizabeth Taylor and decorated in honor of their dead. The Day of the Dead is celebrated annually on Nov. 2. The festival sponsored by M acy’s San Francisco. Imago opened and closed the runway events with its itself lasts for a month; most rituals and events take “Rhythms of Hope” performance. Imago created place from Oct. 28 to Nov. 2. a collage of ever-changing surroundings, trans There is a worldwide calendar correspondence porting the audience to strange lands and un- to this celebration of the lifting of the veil between the realms of the living and the dead. Our Halloween holiday, from the pagan European All Hallow’s Eve (later christened All Saints Day), was originally a similar cel ebration. At this time the yearly cycle of the agricultural harvest was completed, the earth’s New Year just begun. The time of the cross roads between the death of the old crops and the germination of the new crops is also an intersection for the commingling of the spirit and material realms, where the dead and the living meet. The living en tertained their spirit visitors with sweet treats. The later Christian overlay of fear and morbidity ob scured the pagan purpose of the holiday. Halloween is commonly celebrated in the United States with- Carol Triffle and Jerry Mouawad star in Buffo out awareness of the origin of the known worlds. The company charmed the heart mystery of the masquerade, and without connec and tricked the eye with a brew of cLy, papier tion or contact with our loved ones who have mâché, wood, wire, foam, video, electrom :s, light passed on. ing and sound. The show was an explosion of Now the Miracle Theatre Group brings this magical dance, mime, music and mask illusion uniquely Mexican celebration to Portland for all fusion. ages and cultures to partake in the festivities. A wide Imago returns to Portland this October to kick variety of events and activities, including two plays; a First Thursday opening of artist-created altar off its home season with the play Buffo. Buffo exhibitions; a children’s altar- and mask-making delighted children of all ages at the world premiere last spring. The Oregonian declared it “a satisfying workshop; a community altar creation; an evening romp through the underworld.” Buffo now features of poetry, film and discussion entitled “The Cel a new ending, for those who’ve already seen it, and ebration of Death in Mexico”; and a self-guided promises pleasure for all. The story follows a boy altar tour, are all part of the seasonal excitement. on his journey through the center of the earth, only Miracle Theatre Group has developed a broad to find that he was headed for home all along. range of programming throughout metropolitan Remind anyone of Dorothy? and rural Oregon, Washington and Idaho to pro vide quality Hispanic theater, arts and cultural Thanks to our abundance of local talent, we experiences for the Northwest. The artistic excel don’t have to go to Broadway to be entertained. We lence of these performances and the sound fiscal can find theatrical satisfaction and travel all over management of the organization have attracted the worlds without going further than our own wide audiences and funding sources. The work of backyard. important Hispanic playwrights, artists and schol ars is shared with general audiences and with low- Most o f the events in the Dia de los Muertos and moderate-income Spanish-speaking audiences. I Festival will take place at Miracle Theatre Miracle Theatre Group assists in the develop Group's new performance center, at 525 SE ment and support of a regional Hispanic arts com Stark St., in Portland. For more information munity. Its presence on the Portland theater scene about or tickets to events, call 236-7253. has influenced other theater companies to assess Buffo plays through Nov. 18 at the Imago and expand their bicultural offerings. Major and Theatre, 17 SE Eighth Ave., in Portland. minor theater companies have followed Miracle’s Tickets are available through Fred Meyer lead by showcasing plays by Hispanic authors and Fastixx 224-8499 or Imago 231-9581. casting Hispanic actors in various roles. Miracle