ABOUT THE PLAY
Swept up in an immigration raid and deported to Mexico, Rio, Luz and Sal are suddenly immersed into indigenous prophecies surrounding B’aktun 13, the final era in the Mayan calendar. In the Yucatán, they encounter Mayan deities Ixchel, goddess of water and moon, and Ahpuch, god of death, who lead the trio deeper into a mythological universe. Time revolves like a Mayan calendar as each must face the consequences of their pasts. When the end of the era of B’aktun 13 arrives on December 21, 2012, will the world change? Or will they?
B'aktun 13 plays Jan. 12-21, 2012 at the Milagro Theatre (525 SE Stark St., Portland). Performances are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and 2 p.m. matinees on Sunday Jan. 15 and Saturday, Jan. 21. Tickets are $12-$24 and can be purchased online from www.milagro.org, over the phone by calling 503-236-7253 or in person from the theatre office at 425 SE Sixth Ave.
SPECIAL EVENTThe 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday, Jan. 21 will be followed by a free resource fair featuring an open mic readers theatre led by Los Porteños writers group; environmental activities, such as group papermaking, and representatives from VOZ, Union Verde, PCUN and others.
B’aktun 13 is a participating production of the 2012 Fertile Ground festival of new works. After its two-week run in Portland, B’aktun 13 will go on tour to schools, colleges and universities around the country. The scenery and props are intentionally minimalistic for flexible performance venues and non-traditional performance spaces.
ENSEMBLE
Tricia Castañeda-Gonzales … Luz
Dañel Malán … Ixchel and AhpuchDaniel Moreno … Rio
Ajai Terrazas-Tripathi … Sal
PRODUCTION TEAM
Matthew B. Zrebski … Director
Dañel Malán … Costume Designer, Teatro Milagro Artistic Director
Katelan Braymer … Lighting Designer
Tomás Rivero … Muralist
Rory Merritt Stitt … Sound Designer
Estela Robinson … Production Manager
Andrew Phoenix … Technical Director/Master Carpenter
Amber Peoples … Stage Manager
Russell Young and Tim Krause … Art Card Design
Sylvia Malán, Rory Stitt and Adrienne Shelnutt … House Managers
José E. González … Executive Director
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Matthew B. Zrebski is a multi-award winning playwright, composer, script consultant, and producer-director from Austin, Texas. He has served as the Artistic Director for Youth Could Know Theatre, Theatre Atlantis, and Stark Raving Theatre. He has mounted over 40 world premieres and has had many of his own plays produced, including the planet ME, Neck, A Place Called Timothy, Parts, After the Zipper, Darkstep and Dawning, The Vespiary, Ablaze, Hunter in the Corner, The Aquavarian, Handprint Alley, and Rubber 'n' Glue. Matthew teaches playwriting through the Literary Arts WITS program as well as for Visions and Voices at Portland Center Stage. He is also an occasional guest professor at Pacific University.
ABOUT THE CAST
Dañel Malán co-founded the Miracle Theatre with her husband, José E. González, and in 1989 created the bilingual-touring program, Teatro Milagro, which also includes the BEAT and Puentes arts-integrated training programs. Under her artistic direction, Dañel has created and produced over 20 original bilingual plays that have toured throughout the U.S., Mexico and Canada. As a playwright her recent works include Duende de Lorca (2011) biography of the Spanish poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca; American Sueño (2009), a play with music by Joaquín López about the effects of immigration on families; El Último (2009) a bilingual ecodrama, ZAPATISTA (2008) the story of SubComandante Marcos and FRIDA, un retablo (2007), a surrealist vision of one of Mexico’s greatest artist. In addition to researching and writing several play, Ms. Malan has also written and produced four books of bilingual curriculum for English-as-a-Second Language instructors.
Daniel Moreno has performed in Miracles production’s for several years, which include The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa and appearing in Miracle’s Día de los Muertos festivals: La Carpa Calavera, La Carpa del Ausente and La Carpa del Maestro. Teatro Milagro’s touring productions include El Último, American Sueño and Duende de Lorca. His recent performances in Portland area theatres have included CRT’s critically acclaimed Oklahoma!, PAC’s showing of Big Love and Pelú Theatre's A Suicide Note from a Cockroach. Additionally he works in the Milagro office as a production assistant, house manager, volunteer coordinator and administrates OYE, the Latino Sexual Health Coalition.
Tricia Castañeda-Gonzales is from Portland, where she received a degree in Theatre Arts from Linfield College. While she has been engaged in theatre since her early years, she also has a strong background in education and works as a pre-school teacher. In addition to acting with Miracle Theatre Group, Tricia has also worked in Portland with defunkt theatre, Willamette Shakespeare, Portland Playhouse and CoHo Productions. When she is not teaching you may find her building a set or stage managing. This is Tricia’s first year as a company member of Teatro Milagro.
Ajai Terrazas-Tripathi is originally from Corvallis, Oregon, where he graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in Theatre Arts. During his time at OSU he performed many memorable roles in such plays as Picasso at Lapin Agile, Much Ado about Nothing, Woyzek, The Silent Woman, and An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein. Ajai has also directed Bringing it all Back Home, No Exit and Doric Wilson's Street Theatre. He has also recently produced Stories of Discrimination: The Death Rattle, an original play based on real-life stories for the nonprofit Rainbow Health Resources based in Corvallis. In addition to beginning his second year of touring with the company, he also assists with grant writing and development of Milagro’s community outreach efforts.
ABOUT THE SPONSORS
This production is sponsored by Juan Young Trust, La Bonita Restaurant and Just Out newspaper.
Miracle Theatre Group’s 2011-2012 season is sponsored in part by Meyer Memorial Trust, The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, The Kinsman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Oregon Arts Commission, Regional Arts & Culture Council and Work for Art, El Centinela, and El Hispanic News.
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