On Sunday, February 28 at 2pm Calaca Press will be a community sponsor for a matinee performance of self (the remix) by half Guatemalan/half Iranian, Calacapoet Robert Farid Karimi. The inspiring folks at Moolelo Performing Arts Company are bringing Robert to San Diego for a month long series of performances at the 10th Avenue Theater downtown.
The Calaca sponsored preview performance on February 28 will include an after show Q&A with Robert Karimi followed by a reception with music by Pablo Garduo.
Tickets are $15 for students/seniors and $18 for general public or if you order online at www.moolelo.net you can enter a code for a $5 discount.
The code is: CALACACO
Space is limited (less than 70 tickets left!) and the show will sell out. Order today: www.moolelo.net
Calaca Press will be there supporting one of our own and we hope you will be there too!
Come out and support independent theater and art!
Calaca
p.s. And if you cant make it on Feb 28 try and make to any of the other performances. You will not be disappointed.
Previews Begin February 25, 2010
Press Opening: Friday, March 5, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Mo`olelo at The 10th Avenue Theatre, San Diego
November 16, 2009 - San Diego, CA Critically-acclaimed Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company will present Storyteller/Performance Artist/Def Poetry Jam Performer Robert Farid Karimi in his hip hop play self (the remix) as its next full production, running from February 25 March 21, 2010, at The 10th Avenue Theatre in Downtown San Diego. Press opening will take place on Friday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m.
Directed by Ellen Sebastian Chang, self (the remix) mixes together stories, movement, and music to tell the tale of an American child of Iranian and Guatemalan immigrants growing up in California in the 1970s and 1980s in the shadow of the Iranian Hostage Crisis. Robert Farid Karimi, accompanied by a soundscape created by DJ D Double, tells a "remixed" autobiographical tale of a boy struggling to learn about manhood, nationhood, and neighborhood with the voices and music of his environment helping him along.
"As Robert likes to say, 'The play includes issues of mixed race, issues of Iran, and issues of Michael Jackson,'" laughs Mo`olelo's Artistic Director Seema Sueko. "We are extremely excited to present Robert's work here in San Diego. His writing is poignant and funny, and his onstage talent is immense as he transforms into 23 characters and takes the audience on a journey through schoolyards, churches and discos."
Known for selling out its productions, Mo`olelo is currently booking groups and selling advance ticket vouchers to self (the remix). Information is available at www.moolelo.net or 619-342-7395.
About Mo`olelo:
Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company is a socially-conscious theatre organization dedicated to broadening the scope of San Diego's cultural environment by telling powerful stories that are as diverse as the islands of Hawaii, by paying Equity wages to local actors and developing environmentally-friendly theatre practices. A recipient of the Patt, San Diego Theatre Critics Circle, McDonald Playwriting and the Anti-Discrimination Awards, its mission is to create new works based on research within various communities, produce lesser- known works by master and contemporary playwrights, and educate youth. Mo`olelo means story in Hawaiian. To learn more, visit www.moolelo.net or call 619-342-7395.
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