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Book Release - Criers for Hire
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Runtime:
65 Minutes
No intermission
Tickets Start at:
$25
Expect an afternoon of plays about who gets heard. Giovanni Ortega's Criers for Hire and Other Plays is a collection of twelve works about immigrant lives, family, identity, and the trouble of being heard. The evening includes material from the book and a chance to meet the writer.
If you like theater about real people, come meet Giovanni. Tickets include a copy of the book.
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About the Book
Criers for Hire and Other Plays is an anthology of 12 theatrical pieces that engage, enrage, empower, and entertain audiences from many points of view. The plays range from the immigrant's diasporic imagination to climate change theatre action, from a soldier's struggle to a mother's concern, and to humanity's missed connections in a globalized world of instant communication. The anthology offers a way into understanding for people who are still yearning to be heard and seen authentically, wherever they are in their journey through life.
Praise for Giovanni Ortega's Work
"...told humorously and movingly, with fresh colors and details." Los Angeles Times
"...a pitch-perfect climax that mixes laughter and tears..." LA Downtown News
"A hilarious heartwarming cultural triumph." Asian Journal
"Giovanni's gift is hilariously tapping the details of Pinoy life, circa early 1990s, in Uncle Sam's land. I found myself nudging my wife several times as we both laughed at the all-too-real lines and situations..." Inquirer.net
"Criers for Hire most entertainingly introduces a wonderful injection of Filipino culture in early 1990s Los Angeles via a fusion of laugh-inducing situations and tear-duct-emptying relationships." BroadwayWorld
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About the Book
Criers for Hire and Other Plays is an anthology of 12 theatrical pieces that engage, enrage, empower, and entertain audiences from many points of view. The plays range from the immigrant's diasporic imagination to climate change theatre action, from a soldier's struggle to a mother's concern, and to humanity's missed connections in a globalized world of instant communication. The anthology offers a way into understanding for people who are still yearning to be heard and seen authentically, wherever they are in their journey through life.
Praise for Giovanni Ortega's Work
"...told humorously and movingly, with fresh colors and details." Los Angeles Times
"...a pitch-perfect climax that mixes laughter and tears..." LA Downtown News
"A hilarious heartwarming cultural triumph." Asian Journal
"Giovanni's gift is hilariously tapping the details of Pinoy life, circa early 1990s, in Uncle Sam's land. I found myself nudging my wife several times as we both laughed at the all-too-real lines and situations..." Inquirer.net
"Criers for Hire most entertainingly introduces a wonderful injection of Filipino culture in early 1990s Los Angeles via a fusion of laugh-inducing situations and tear-duct-emptying relationships." BroadwayWorld