Meet part of the cast of "Dance for a Dollar"

In rehearsal now is our next —and last production for this season—“Dance for a dollar" a dance/theatre World Premiere created by Mariana Carreño King and Daniel Jáquez opening May 2, 2013. Meet part of the assembled of fantastic actors featuring a mix of familiar faces and performers making their Milagro debut.

Orion Bradshaw is ecstatic to be doing his first show with Milagro, and to add some more dance credits to his résumé! What a wonderful and challenging ride it has been. So many thanks to Daniel, Caitlin, and this great cast! Orion is Managing Director/ Co-Founder of Portland’s Post5 Theatre, as well as a Drama/ Shakespeare teacher for NW Children’s Theater and other companies. Orion can next be seen as Antony in Antony & Cleopatra, and as Cassius in Julius Caesar this summer!  

Vicente Guzmán-Orozco returns once again to the company of his professional debut (almost 20 years and hundreds of performances later). He was last seen in Miracle’s The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa. Other memorable shows from Vicente’s many years at Miracle include Heroes and Saints, Corazón Gitano and Te llevo en la sangre. Other favorite productions include Cupid and Psyche (Stark Raving Theatre), ¡Entusiasmo! (Do Jump!) and Take Me Out (Artists Repertory Theatre).

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Nurys 'Nunu' Herrera, is from Lima, Peru, and started to study acting at the age of 12, continuing to study what she loves most, graduating with a degree in acting. Nurys is a veteran of the Milagro stage — this will be her 25th play! Nurys was last seen in ¡Viva La Revolución!,  Ana en el trópico, Raiz and in La Celestina. She feels very happy to be directed by Daniel Jaquez for the third time :)  And also, work with some old stage friends and new ones, as well! Besides acting, Nurys is busy with voice-over jobs and TV commercials. She'd like to dedicate her work to her lovely family and her unconditional friends!

Alex Leigh Ramirez graduated from Lewis and Clark College with her BA in Theater Arts in 2010 and was an acting apprentice with Portland Playhouse for their America season 2011-2012. She has since settled in Portland as an actor and performance artist some of her favorite roles include: Ensemble in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Portland Playhouse), Annabella in Tis Pity She's a Whore (Compass Repertory), Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Post 5 Theater), and her original one woman show Songbird, performed at the 1 Festival (Water in the Desert).

Maria de los Angeles Sanchez Soultaire was born in Puerto Rico where she studied acting as free electives while pursuing her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.  In those years she participated in TV and movie theater commercials, fashion shows and was featured in local magazines.  Soon after college she moved to New York where she deepened her love for theater experiencing the great Broadway plays.  Life took her to Rome, where she lived 14 years before moving to Portland in 2007.  In Rome she also studied theater and was casted as Charlotte Wallace in the play Terapia di Gruppo (Beyond Therapy) by Christopher Durang, and made other TV/theater appearances. Maria was part of the ensemble of RAIZ and most recently portrayed Dona Tichi in Las Metichis during the celebration of the International Day of Women 2013.  She's really excited to return to Miracle Theater and to work with Director Daniel Jaquez in this production