“Me hubiera gustado ser maestra*.” I remember my abuela saying to me when I asked her what she would have been if she could’ve gone to university. Thanks to R.Evolución Latina, I was able to see Radical directed by Christopher Zalla and starring Eugenio Derbez. Based on a true story,the film follows the sixth-graders of Jose Urbina Lopez …
El pasado 9 de septiembre fue uno de esos días que se quedan tatuados en la memoria y el corazón. Ese día fue mi segundo aniversario viviendo en Nueva York, dos años desde que dejé mi tierra natal de Monterrey, México con el sueño de estudiar y hacer una carrera en teatro musical, siguiendo los …
My name is Nicholas Quirindongo and I am an actor born and raised in Morningside Heights, NYC. I had the privilege of being one of R.Evolución Latina’s summer interns alongside my now friend Maria Lozada-Belisario. I am a proud Boricua and I love being able to say that I grew up in a diverse working …
I had forgotten the essential part of theater! By Nicky Read More »
“The goal is not to create performers, it is to instill belief” – Heather Hogan Navigating my Latina identity has always been a complex endeavor. I was pushed aside because of it, but ashamed because I didn’t embrace it? I was praised for assimilating with the mostly white theatre community in high school, abandoning my …
Written by Marita A. McKee (BWS Class of 2023) Reimagining Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Fat Ham follows Juicy, a young Black queer man, as he grapples with his identity and the rather complicated task of avenging his father’s death (it is a tragedy, after all). And while I was somewhat familiar with the classic masterpiece, seeing this …
By: Maria Belisario It is a challenge to instill the Shakespeare genre to the newer and younger minds of today, but Fat Ham has done just that. This 500-year-old story is turned upside down in a jam-packed 95-minute show, with no intermission! There were many moments where I laughed my butt off, where my heart …
By: Kayci Rose Kimberly Akimbo was an extremely well-performed & well-written show. Centered on 16-year-old Kimberly, born with a disease that causes rapid-aging, the musical’s main message was to live life without letting anything or anyone hold you back. It also implored it’s audience to be unapologetically authentic; the universe will always send people who …
By Kiwii Villalobos As an immigrant and as a Latinx I was taught that, in this country, just to be considered for an audition I had to be the very best in a room, and still, my immigration status, my accent, my nationality, and things like that, which are inherently mine, would get on the …
By Rebecca Girija Jimenez It’s easy to tell yourself, “I need to take more risks, I should step out of my comfort zone.” And sure, most of us try to, but rarely are we in environments where we feel safe and free enough to step out of our comfort zone and not judge ourselves. The …
HI THERE! My name is Paulina Molgora and I am writing from Mexico City. I´m 17 years old and have a heart full of love and passion for art, especially for musical theatre. I was born and grew up in Mexico City. I´m super Chilanga (Chilang@ is a person born in Mexico City), a lover …