The Non-Equity Jeff Awards, affectionately known as “theater prom,” came roaring back after a four-year hiatus at the Park West on Monday, March 27. And it’s safe to say the program, directed by Adrian Abel Azevedo, was a lovefest through and through. The awards show (coming on the heels of the packed opening of the […]
Tag: Myrna Salazar
Jorge Valdivia takes the reins at Chicago Latino Theater Alliance
The death of Myrna Salazar, cofounder and executive director of the Chicago Latino Theater Alliance (CLATA), in August, a month before the fifth annual Destinos: Chicago International Latino Theater Festival kicked off, was a huge blow to the performing arts community, including Jorge Valdivia, who worked closely with Salazar and CLATA in his role as […]
Stranger things
What if the person you love—the one you want to spend the rest of your life with—were to confess a secret so bizarre, so disturbing, that it makes you question whether you know them at all? How do you truly accept every part of a person when you can’t begin to understand one of their […]
Remembering Myrna Salazar 1947-2022
Next month, the Chicago Latino Theater Alliance will present the fifth annual Destinos Chicago International Theater Festival. But it will be bittersweet; the woman most responsible for making the festival a reality, CLATA cofounder and executive director Myrna Salazar, won’t be there to see it. Salazar died on Wednesday, August 3, two weeks after celebrating […]
Latino arts organizations tell funders: ‘Here we are’
Back in 1996, the late playwright August Wilson delivered an address at the annual conference for Theatre Communications Group, the national service organization for theaters in the U.S. Entitled “The Ground on Which I Stand,” Wilson’s speech (later released as a book) took aim at racism and Eurocentrism in American theater, particularly when it comes […]
Destinos al Aire brings Latinx culture to the drive-in
Their annual festival is on pandemic pause, but CLATA still celebrates the diversity of local theater companies.
Destinos sets a course for greater representation of Latinx stories
Now in its third year, the Chicago International Latino Theater Festival celebrates artists at home and abroad.
The Chicago International Latino Theater Festival celebrates the city’s role in supporting Latinx artists
“They just keep coming, and they’re trained and talented.”
The first Chicago International Latino Theater Festival brings 11 productions from five countries
And organizer Myrna Salazar wants you to buy a ticket.