BRUISING FOR BESOS (Part of The Xiqana Xronicles: a series of dramatic solo offerings)
BRUISING FOR BESOS
Yoli Villamontes recreates distant and not-so-distant memoria to explore the effects of physical and emotional traumas, namely domestic violence. Her fraught journey is
tempered with doses of good humor and reflection.
Many thanks to Cherríe Moraga, artist-in-residence at Stanford University, where as a graduate student Adelina penned the first drafts of this dramatic work in 2004. The play was workshopped at UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, allgo, and La Peña Cultural Center. Final dramaturgy on the play was conducted by Jon Imparato and Rose Marcario.
Photo
Credit: Nancy Chargualaf Martin
The play World-Premiered
on February 20, 2009 at the
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's & Davidson/Valentini
Theater.
Bruising for Besos was extended twice due to
critical praise and popular demand. The play was
directed by
Rose Marcario and produced by Jon Imparato.
Rose Marcario most recently produced the world
premiere of the lesbian musical, The Break Up Notebook, winner
of the L.A. Ovation Award and L.A. Drama Critics Circle award
for best new musical. In 2006 she received the LACE award for
her 20 years of contributions to gay and lesbian arts and
entertainment. She has produced and directed more than 20
world premiere productions in Los Angeles, and has worked as
an actor and director at L.A. Theatre Center and the American
Conservatory Theatre to name a few. She is a co-founder of the
Gay and Lesbian Theatre Alliance.