Brava presents
Miami Meets Chekhov: Cocktails & Conversation with the creators of The Palacios Sisters radionovela
FRIDAY, JUNE 18
6pm PST Brava’s Facebook Live
FREE
Join us for a casual gathering with The Palacios Sisters radionovela creative team of Cristina García, Adrian Alea, and Greg Landau. They’ll be live on Facebook discussing the unlikely commonalities of 1980s Miami with Chekhov's Three Sisters, the roles of nostalgia and memory, and the best mojito recipes. With Q & A to follow!
If you haven’t already, purchase your tickets to the on demand audio stream of The Palacios Sisters radionovela and listen before the conversation. The radionovela will be available to stream through June 30, 2021.
Cristina García
Co-Conceiver and Playwright
Cristina García is the author of seven novels, anthologies, poetry, non-fiction, and children's books. Her work has been nominated for a National Book Award and translated into fourteen languages. She's currently a playwright-in-residence at Central Works Theater in Berkeley. www.cristinagarcianovelist.com
Adrian A. Alea
Co-Conceiver and Director
Adrian A. Alea is a creative producer and director passionately raising the social consciousness of humanity through story-telling in commercial and non-profit industries of Theater, Live Events, Music Videos, and Film. As a co-founder of ALIALEA PRODUCTIONS, he recently produced two short films for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's digital platform the 'O!' ("ASH LAND" and "YOU GO GIRL") which are official selections at the Academy Award qualifying Pan African Film Festival and the Brooklyn Film Festival. In December, Adrian will also be the Associate Director for ANNIE LIVE! presented on NBC.
Credits: HERCULES (Assoc. Dir, Disney Theatricals and Public Theater’s Public Works), Up, Up, and Away (Fordham University), Henry VIII translated by Caridad Svich (Play On, Classic Stage Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Fucking A (Yale University), STAND by Caridad Svich (Dramatist Guild, with Daphne Rubin-Vega), The Spanking Machine by Marga Gomez (Brava Theater Center, Syracuse Stage), JLo’s All I Have Las Vegas Residency & Ain’t Your Mama music video (Management Associate).
He holds a BA from Columbia University and MS from Northwestern University. Website: adrianalea.com
Greg Landau
Sound Designed, Post-Production, Original music and mixing
Greg Landau is a San Francisco Bay Area music producer, educator, and music historian with a doctorate from UC San Diego's prestigious School of Communication. Over the last 30 years, he has produced eight Grammy-nominated CDs and among the over 100 CDs, numerous film soundtracks, books on audio and podcasts.. He has worked with renowned artists in the U.S, and Latin America, including Carlos "Patato" Valdez, Maldita Vecindad, Jerry Gonzalez, Kepa Junkera, Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, Susan Baca, Bobi Cespedes, Dr. Loco, Pete Seeger, and frequent collaborator, Omar Sosa. He just produced and co-wrote the theme song for the United Nations "World Oceans Day" with Cuban singer violinist, Yiliian Canizares.