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The Latiné Musical Theatre Lab presents: 4X Latiné

Brenda Luz Orellana has their NYC Directing debut in the upcoming Latine festival 4X Latiné . Directing two shows for the night “ARENA: A HOSUE MUSIC-al” and “Keep Me In Mind”

“ARENA: A HOUSE MUSIC-al” -set in 1990’s Los Angeles in a time and place where LOVE was the drug, friends became FAMILIA and the music gave us LIFE! This show has given voice to a generation that came together during a turbulent time of racial injustice aimed at the Latino population, the AIDS epidemic, and a historical aspect of how the Latino LGBT community of Los Angeles fought bravely to be seen.

“Keep Me In Mind” is this heartfelt and vulnerable tale, a devoted a Oman must reckon with her past, present and future hen Carin for her ailing mother with terminal dementia gets in the way of starting a family with her wife.

Join us this Tuesday April 12th, at 7pm at Teatro Latea.

Sun Kissed Montañas Etudes Article

In Sun Kissed Montanas or The Way the Sun Hits the Mountains, writer and performer Brenda Orellana blends characters from Salvadorian and Appalachian Folklore in her play set in Knoxville, TN. Go behind the scenes with Mask Designer Kerry Lee Chipman.

Knox News: Alias Grace

“Brenda Orellana, masters the difficult role of Grace. Whether she's the happy teenager of flashbacks or the guarded, perhaps lying prisoner, Orellana never falters. Grace may be a murderer but she's always sympathetic.”

The Educated Podcast

Episode 16: Intitutional Racism in Theatrical Education. This episode, Mat and Natalie sat down with Brenda Orellana, McKinley Merritt (theatre alums of University of Tennessee, Knoxville), and your third host, Carolina Xique (theatre alum of Cal State Long Beach) to talk about how they are combating institutional racism in the traditional Western theatre education system. How do the micro- and macro-aggressions used against BIPOC students affect the whole student body? And what can alums and current students do to change it?

I Am A Rose by Brenda Luz Orellana

Guest artist Brenda Luz Orellana was invited to perform a sneak peak of their solo show I Am A Rose at California State University Summer Arts. Watch them perform the story of a woman fighting for their right to stay soft as they navigate the trauma of a patriarchal world on July 17th at the John Wright Theatre.