Melba LaRose, Gladys Perez, Juan Boeris, Carmela Davis
Stage Manager Nathalie Regnier-Cortes
Guitarist Juan Boeris
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"Song of the Simple Truth - El Canto de Julia de Burgos" (Puerto Rico's national treasure poet)
is adapted from the bilingual book edited & translated by local poet Jack Agueros. With a cast
of three Latino and African-American actresses, it features original songs, live guitar, Latin dance
choreography, a costume scheme of colorful Spanish shawls, and musical/ dramatic interpretations of the
work of this remarkable poet. It was performed at World Trade Center Tower One for the Manhattan
Community Arts Fund Awards Ceremony of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council on September 4, 2001. The
show has toured throughout the Northeast and was featured at Donnell Library's World Languages Collection,
Queens Theatre in the Park's AT&T Latino Cultural Festival, NYU's RISE: Latina Conference, the HERE Arts Center, and the Nuyorican
Poets Café. It is now on tour locally and multi-state to remote communities and universities,
supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Read a detailed description about Julia de Burgos.
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