July 17, 2013
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East County
Beaverton
Latina Theater
Tour
Ladies o f
Luna to
perform at
Milagro
T eatro L una is breaking free o f Chi
cago to bring their groundbreakin
w ork to P o rtlan d ’s M ilago Theatre
525 S.E. Stark St.
P o rtlan d n ative M ay a M alan
G onzalez is jo in in g the touring cas
o f L una U nlaced, the headlininj
perform ance o f the N orth America]
leg o f this national tour.
T eatro L una is the n a tio n ’s onh
P a n -L a tin a T h e a tre C o m p a n y
M alan-G onzalez toured extensi veh
w ith T eatro M ilag ro ’s national tour
ing com pany, is now based in Chi
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cago and has not p erform ed in P o rt­
land since 2008.
“I am so excited to be back on the
M ilagro M ain stag e,” says M aya.
I m so blessed to be w orking w ith
a teatro in C hicago and returning to
m y ro o ts.”
L una has been called “Theatre
that m atters” by the New Y ork Times.
The C hicago Tribune says that Luna
“...w earsits Latina cultural specific­
ity w ith an ease that is both rich and
fully A m erican.”
In “Luna U nlaced,” the ladies
use m onologues, songs, im prov,
scenes and poetry to delve into a
w hole slew o f issues ranging from
our sexuality, adventures in im m i­
gration, unfortunate racist encoun­
ters, and the som etim es self-in ­
duced dram a that m akes up our lives
as Latinas in the USA.
“Slightly cam py, som etim es se­
rious, alw ays deployed w ith m e­
ticulous timing, professionalism and
talent, L una U nlaced is a show with
staying p o w er” says TheatreJones.
In a second show by the touring
LUNA UNLACED t
The all-Latina theatre company
Teatro Luna makes a stop at the
Milagro Theatre in Portland with
their original new performances
Luna Unlaced and Generation Sex.
com pany, “G eneration S ex ,” L una
bares all w ithout blushing as it dives
into how technology im pacts our
sex lives and w hat we find titillating
in a digital w orld. From sexting to
Skype to online dating, the Ladies
o f L una w ill guide you through our
stories o f finding love and satisfac­
tion for the m illennial generation.
“L una U n laced ” plays on F ri­
day, July 19 and Saturday, July 20,
continued
on page 10