{"id":668,"date":"2012-04-15T14:58:19","date_gmt":"2012-04-15T18:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=668"},"modified":"2012-04-15T15:09:39","modified_gmt":"2012-04-15T19:09:39","slug":"empanada-for-a-dream-nyc-sat-april-21-through-sun-april-29-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=668","title":{"rendered":"Empanada For A Dream – NYC. Sat, April 21 through Sun, April 29, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Photo courtesy of theateronline.com.)<\/p><\/div>\n

EMPANADA FOR A DREAM<\/a>, a new play created and performed by Juan Francisco Villa and directed by Alex Levy, will be showing at The Barrow Group Theatre at 312 West 36th Street (between 8th and 9th Ave) in New York City. The limited 6 show engagement starts off on Saturday, April 21st and runs through Sunday, April 29th, 2012. Tickets are just $18!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

EMPANADA FOR A DREAM<\/a> is Juan\u2019s story, a growing up story, downtown on Allen Street, 169 Allen, Lower East Side.<\/p>\n

Everybody\u2019s blasting \u2013 bacchata, merengue, salsa, hiphop and rap. And everybody\u2019s cooking \u2013 and there\u2019s boys playing baseball, football, skullies, johnny on the pony \u2013 and this girl \u2013 the most beautiful girl \u2013 watching from a window.<\/p>\n

This is the story of family \u2013 Juan\u2019s tios,\u00a0 his tias,\u00a0 his abuelita,\u00a0 his sister, half sister, his mom and dad \u2013 all on a bed \u2013 little bed \u2013 everybody freezing,\u00a0 everybody laughing.<\/p>\n

EMPANADA FOR A DREAM is a poignant and flavorful portrait of a family and a neighborhood \u2013 set against the secret that destroys it all. It’s a story about growing up. It\u2019s a story about getting out. And coming back — to one boy\u2019s Lower East Side. — (Source: Empanada for a Dream press material.)<\/p>\n

Support Latino artists and independent theatre by attending one of the shows or\/and widely promoting the play via your social networks.<\/p>\n

Thanks in advance for spreading the word!<\/p>\n