MESSAGE FROM HOST, MICHAEL MIZERANY:

Yes, I am turning 59! Also, the play I just premiered, A TWISTED BARGAIN (also the first play in my Thrillogy Series), will be touring to Los Angeles in the fall. 

Join us not only for birthday shenanigans (and cake), but also for a play reading. DIE ALREADY!, a new gay slasher comedy, is the third play in my Thrillogy Series. 

In lieu of gifts, we are asking attendees for a donation of $25 per person in support of THE TWISTED BARGAIN performances in Los Angeles. You can't attend? You can still make a donation in celebration of my birthday!!! 

A homage to every horror film ever made where the killer just won’t stay dead, DIE ALREADY! tells the bloody tale of a one night stand gone horribly, horribly wrong. 

Featuring performances by Brian Braddock, Sidney Franklin, Christopher Miller, Stephen Simpson, and Shaun Tuazon. Kay Marian McNellen will read stage directions.

Please be advised that DIE ALREADY! contains profanity, sexual dialogue and graphic descriptions of violence, murder, mayhem and quite a few laughs.

The fifth grade talent show is approaching, and everyone is abuzz at Baldwin Elementary. Winston wants to win the talent show with his cheerleading routine to prove to others that he’s more than the unfriendly “Fishboy” nickname they call him. Introverted artist Gina wants nothing to do with the talent show, and she knows that the overzealous (and generally unpleasant) twin sensations, Randy and Brandy, are probably going to win it all anyway. But with the persistence of Elliott, the school’s new kid and resident rebel, these unlikely friends form Hoopla, a dazzling hula hooping trio, and help each other navigate through the pressures of being a kid.

A fun play for the whole family!

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Theatre Alliance of San Diego Performing Arts League hosts an important round table on the API POV. 
Love these theatre icons on the panel with me: Jesca Prudencio, Kim Montelibano Heil, Eric Keen-Louie, Gingerlily Lowe, Cassiopeia Guthrie, and more...

#TheatreAlliance #SDtheatre #SanDiegoTheatre #SanDiego

Milagro in association with Teatros Unidos- A Newly Formed National Latinx Theatre Collective Announce:

The INGENIO 2020 Live Virtual Theatre Festival 
streamed September 25th – October 4th. Two weekends of readings of 6 new plays by Latinx playwrights as a celebration of resilience. 

Ingenio /ēn ‘he nē oh/: Spanish for wit, ingenuity; the inventive and creative capacity to create; a sugar cane refinery.

Who: Milagro, Baktun12 & Borderlands Theater, Cara Mía Theatre & Teatro Vivo, Teatro Luna West, TuYo Theatre, and In The Margin Theatre

What: INGENIO 2020

When: September 25 – October 4

Where: Online! Links to the Live Zoom Readings will be sent to you when you register on Eventbrite!

Tickets: Register via Eventbrite

In 2017 Milagro, Portland’s historic Latino theatre dedicated to new play production since 1985, launched INGENIO, a space where Latino/a/x playwrights of all races can develop their plays in a safe, supportive environment with mentors and artists to whom they can relate and support their script being driven to the next stage of production.

INGENIO solves one of the biggest and inequitable gaps in the American Theatre New Play Development Pipeline–the lack of access non-white playwrights have to space, time, and pay for leading artists to gather around new plays and offer them a professional development process. The INGENIO process provides an intrinsic step in the growth and development of several new full-length theatrical works each year. A long term changemaker, INGENIO interrupts many of the given reasons gatekeeping structures of predominantly white theatrical institutions give for not accepting more plays by Latina/o/x writers.

“It felt really wonderful to have support for a piece still in progress, to be recognized by a Latinx theatre company, and to get to be a part of what feels like a really loving and unique community of artists. (…) The company’s willingness to support emerging writers (all of us writing very risky, “out there”) plays was really wonderful to experience. It’s incredibly rare that a company will take a chance on unknown writers and give us space/time to experiment. I felt really, really lucky to be included this year and hope to continue a relationship with the company.” — Adrienne Dawes, Playwright _ Ingenio 2018

Rehearsals and workshops culminate in readings and feedback sessions with audiences of theatre professionals and members of the public. But in 2020, INGENIO goes national!

Due to the ongoing uncertainty of the pandemic, INGENIO 2020 moves to the digital realm, with rehearsals, workshops, and readings shifting online. INGENIO 2020 offers the opportunity for collaboration beyond geographical limitations, being produced this year in association with Teatros Unidos, an emerging collective of Latinx theatre organizations.

“In a time of darkness and isolation, Teatros Unidos has been a beacon for all of the good that can come out of this terribly confusing moment. Theatre is being challenged to figure out how it will translate itself into the next chapter. This has been a reminder that collaboration is central, that no one knows everything, but that together we have all the wisdom necessary to thrive no matter the circumstance. To now expand that circle out to include these playwrights and the artists that will bring their pieces to life, is extraordinary”, says Alexandra Meda of Teatro Luna West.

In addition to Milagro, readings will be presented by Baktun12 & Borderlands Theater, Cara Mía Theatre & Teatro Vivo, In The Margin Theatre, Teatro Luna West, and  TuYo Theatre. These organizations came together after a call from Milagro Executive Director, Jose Gonzalez to other Teatro Artistic Directors around the US: How are you surviving, and how can we work together through this crisis? The result has been twice-monthly meetings that range in conversation and resulted in this first joint producing effort. All participating organizations will broadcast the full schedule to their audiences expanding each play’s reach.

INGENIO 2020 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

• Friday, September 25th  (SOLD OUT)

​(Go to Milagro’s Facebook Page during the performance time and date for a live restream via Facebook) 

5:00pm PDT Milagro Presents: The Play You Want by Bernardo Cubrîa  

• Saturday, September 26th

5:00pm PDT Baktun12 & Borderlands Theater Presents: Sancocho by Christin Eve Cato

• Sunday, September 27th  (SOLD OUT)

Go to Cara Mía’s Theatre or Teatro Vivo’s Facebook Page during the performance time and date for a live restream via Facebook) 

5:00pm PDT Cara Mía Theatre & Teatro Vivo Presents: spayce boys by Mateo Hernandez
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• Friday, October 2nd 

5:00pm PDT In The Margin Theatre Presents: Sabor by AnaSofîa Villanueva

• Saturday, October 3rd 

5:00pm PDT TuYo Theatre Presents: Saints Go Marching by Matt Barbot

• Sunday, October 4th 

5:00pm PDT Teatro Luna West Presents: City Without Altar by Jasminne Mendez

Ingenio /ēn ‘he nē oh/: Spanish for wit, ingenuity; the inventive and creative capacity to create; a sugar cane refinery.

Our next THEATRE is the CURE (TITC) Worldwide Online Event will be on: 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝗝𝗨𝗟𝗬 31st, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 𝗔𝗧 𝟲:𝟯𝟬𝗣𝗠 𝗣𝗦𝗧.
This week’s theme is….
"𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝙄 𝘿𝙄𝘿 𝙊𝙉 𝙈𝙔 (𝘽𝙇𝘼𝙉𝙆) 𝙑𝘼𝘾𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝙤𝙧 𝙈𝙔 𝙑𝘼𝘾𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝙁𝙍𝙊𝙈..."
𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘, click here to view this week’s show!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81210389225?pwd=ZWZOM2tGbS9wMkFrMXZ3WEY5dHdWdz09

Our event is offered to you for FREE, with a SUGGESTED DONATION of $7. Your generous donations will be evenly distributed to compensate TITC artists for their hard work.
To donate, click here: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme2/theatreisthecure

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗧 𝗜𝗦...
THEATRE IS THE CURE is a bi-weekly online theatrical event of creative collaborations celebrating theatre, community and connection by creating original material to “cure,” at least for a bit, isolation, malaise, apathy and any misconceptions that hope is lost or that theatre isn’t still alive and thriving!
Our show features monologues written by playwrights and other writers from all over the world, directed by directors all over the world, with actors performing live from locations all across the country… and around the globe! Since our premiere, our artists ranges from Hungary, England, China, Australia, Ireland and across the United States!
TITC events will be held bi-weekly on Friday at 6:30pm PST until artists can once again sit together in a darkened room and enjoy the magic of theatre in-person.

𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦:
𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦:
If you are interested in writing a monologue with this week’s theme, please send an email to theatreisthecure@gmail.com to request prompts with the email subject line:
“REQUESTING PROMPTS FOR JULY 17th SHOW”
*Submission deadline is Sunday, July 12th, 2020 at 3:00pm PST.
𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦:
If you would like to be considered for this week’s event, please send your resume to theatreisthecure@gmail.com with email subject line:
“CONSIDER AS DIRECTOR FOR JULY 17th SHOW.”
𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦:
If you would like to be considered for this week’s event, please send your headshot and resume to theatreisthecure@gmail.com with email subject line:
“CONSIDER AS ACTOR FOR JULY 17th SHOW.”
Casting Notes:
1. Actors not known by the producer may be asked to submit a brief self-tape.
2. As a worldwide event, we are proud to present diverse artists, thus we are ACTIVELY seeking actors of color.
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗜𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦:
Based on given prompts, each WRITER will be given at least 24 hrs. to write one original 2-minute monologue. These monologues will be submitted anonymously to a panel of rotating judges to be scored. The top 10 monologues will be chosen for each week’s show. (Monologues that are chosen, but greatly exceed the time limit will be edited at the producer's discretion.)
Then, DIRECTORS are matched with a script and an ACTOR to rehearse via teleconference.
Finally, all artists' collaborative work will culminate in a LIVE worldwide theatrical online event on Friday!
𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗦:
This event is being curated and produced by the award-winning and critically-acclaimed Logan Squared Productions (www.logansquaredproductions.com).
Logan Squared Productions (L2P) has been creating award-winning artistic projects for the joy, inspiration, and betterment of humanity for more than seven years. Co-producers and creators of L2P, Ron Logan and Hannah Logan, always have a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and we work when we can to create a platform for other artists to shine. Writers, actors, directors, and technical artists of many ethnicities, ages, levels of experience, and abilities have been part of L2P productions. We also have a commitment to gender inclusivity in our creative process.
The co-producers of Logan Squared Productions hold themselves to high artistic standards as they stay committed to their primary aim; to tell stories that bring to light important issues, challenge the status quo, and inspire creativity, inclusivity, and community in a world desperately in need of stories that matter.
Theatre is certainly not the cure for racism or ignorance but it can be a means by which to shine a line on it and, we, as artists, can do our part to use our gifts to change the status quo.
𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔:
Facebook:
Theatre is the Cure

Instagram: @theatreisthecure
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_HEYdtSWat9zfDbDstwiLg
If you have already seen a show and liked it, please gives us a review here:
https://better-lemons.com/production/theatre-is-the-cure/