He is known for his distinctive deep voice and various roles in a wide variety of film genres. Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, director, and narrator. Marcela Lorca, who helped run the Guthrie Experience for more than 20 years, spoke about some of the famous actors who participated in the graduate actor-training program.Morgan Freeman's voice from BBC Radio 4's The Film Programme, September 12, 2008. Where: Dowling Studio, Guthrie Theater, 818 S. "Not only are we reintroducing an acclaimed playwright of the Spanish Golden Age who transcended her place and her time, we're also interrogating the play and refreshing it for our time," García said. it's so easy to cancel someone, to cast them out," García continued, adding that "Valor" is exciting because it's a classic that speaks to contemporary audiences even as it broadens the canon. In some African societies, when someone commits an offense, instead of casting them out, the offender has an opportunity to own up to their misdeeds in a public way - almost like mini truth and reconciliation commissions, García said. But she sees it as speaking to so-called cancel culture and to the movement for restorative justice. "When you first read the play, and even when you first see it, you think, this guy is a jerk, why is she going after him," García said. Wracked by jealousy, Don Juan acknowledges his misdeeds and restores Leonor's honor by marrying her.
Leonardo wins the heart of Duchess Estrela, Don Juan's latest paramour and further inflames Don Juan by telling him that Leonor also is his. Leonor dresses as a man, styled Leonardo, who, in turn, beats Don Juan at his own game. In the play, Leonor seeks revenge on Don Juan, who seduced her and promised to marry her before callously casting her aside.
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For "Valor" is a revenge comedy of honor with a rare woman with full agency and power at the center. "The way Ana Caro presents these concepts, we land on 'woman.' So, it's almost like, 'And what will she do about it.' " "Mujer," of course, is Spanish for woman. The second word, "Agravio," usually means outrage and grievance. "Valor usually means courage in the face of battle and is not a word usually associated with women," García said. Ana Caro's original Spanish title "splays your imagination open" with its three overarching concepts, García said. García sought and received permission to retitle it as "Valor," with a Spanish pronunciation but meaning the same as in English. García found the title used in that translation, "The Courage to Right a Woman's Wrongs," a bit clunky. The play that we will see as "Valor" had been translated at UCLA for an initiative called Diversifying the Classics. Rodd Cyrus plays Don Juan and Nick Saxton is Tomillo during a rehearsal of “Valor” at the Guthrie Theater’s Dowling Studio.īorn into slavery and adopted by a wealthy family, Ana Caro grew to be one of the most notable Spanish poets and playwrights of her era.
It was "Valor, Agravio y Mujer" by Ana Caro de Mallén (known popularly as Ana Caro), a Spanish contemporary of Shakespeare. She looked at the usual suspects, including the Greeks, the Bard and Brecht before stumbling across a translation of a work from the Spanish Golden Age. "Joe asked, what's emblematic of this theater?" García said, alluding to the reputation of the Guthrie as a home of the classics. This year's show is a departure from years past in that it is not a work devised by the company. She is the third leader of the Guthrie Experience.
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García, a respected theater artist who served as creative director of the national tour of "Fela" and choreographed Haj's memorable production of "West Side Story" at the Guthrie, is the theater's director of education and professional training. He added that it is "an absolute joy to welcome these vibrant artists into our theater community and witness this vital program re-emerge with ingenuity under Maija García." The program has had a profound impact on the careers of dozens of theater artists but also on the field, Guthrie director Joseph Haj said in a statement.
Onwunali of Yale University is the assistant director of "Valor," the showcase production that tops off the experience and runs Wednesday through Sunday at the Guthrie. Guthrie Experience returned this year after a four-year hiatus, with 10 performers hailing from places such as Brown University, University of California, Los Angeles and Juilliard School. Oye Ehikhamhen plays Estella in “Valor,” this year’s showcase production being staged at the Guthrie Theater’s Dowling Studio.
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