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Mando Alvarado

MANDO ALVARADO

  
Nationality:    USA
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Mando Alvarado is an award winning playwright/screenwriter. His plays A King of Infinite Stage and Sangre were produced by NYC SummerStage and he wrote the book for the bilingual musical A Yellow Brick Road that premiered at the Lortel for TheaterWorks USA. His first feature film, Cruzando, which he co-wrote and co-directed is available on DVD and was distributed by Vanguard Cinema. Alvarados play Post No Bills was produced by Rattlestick.

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         (O)n the 5:31         Aesop's Way         Basilica         Binge: Short Plays With All the Fixins!         Go Greek         King Of Infinite Space, A         Lion And the Mouse - A Radio Show         Pharr Tx         Post No Bills         Rear Exit         Throat         We're Mexicans         Yellow Brick Road, The         You Are Now the Owner Of This Suitcase

(O)n the 5:31

Synopsis:
A bar. A blind date. And a trip into what could have been and what really happened.

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1st Produced:
-    2010

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

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Genre:
100 min one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Aesop's Way

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Organisations:
Mixed Company/LeaP

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Basilica

Synopsis:
the church going working class family put of a face to hide their secrets from the town. But the townspeople love gossip. In South Texas, two things loom largethe Catholic Church and Texas prideand Joe Garza, a strong, hard-working man, embodies one more than the other. But when he learns that Gilbert Gonzalez has returned as the new pastor at the basilica, Joes confronted with the choices he made in life and questions the past the only way he knows howwith anger, pride, and a biting tongue.

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1st Produced:
Theatre Alliance, Washington D C    -

Organisations:
Pangea Projects

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Binge: Short Plays With All the Fixins!

Synopsis:
In these short plays food is a character, a metaphor, a Dramatic force of its own. Binding the plays together is a series of provocative videos that address the grotesque reality of today's food politics
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by Michael John Garces, Kara Lee Corthron, Sibyl Kempson, Kirk Lynn, Bekah Brunstetter, Mando Alvarado

1st Produced:
InterArt Theatre, NY    2008

Organisations:
the Shalimar

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
short plays

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Go Greek

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
Pangea Projects

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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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King Of Infinite Space, A

Synopsis:
This is a rock musical based on Hamlet, using songs by Pearl Jam (performed live by the cast).
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
HERE Arts Center - Dorothy B. Williams theater
145 6th avenue, New York, NY 10013    18 Jul 2012

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Genre:
rock musical

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Lion And the Mouse - A Radio Show

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Genre:
Ten minute play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Pharr Tx

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1st Produced:
Sonnet Rep theatre    2007

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Post No Bills

Synopsis:
Fleeing the Texas border town she grew up in, Reyna arrives in the big city, with nothing but her dream of becoming a singer/songwriter. Taking up with a pair of street musicians, she discovers that love is violent, friendship is pain, and the true music comes from the depths of your soul.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Rattlestick theatre
224 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10014    19 Nov 2009

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Rear Exit

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Rattlestick theatre
224 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10014    17 Oct 2010

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Throat

Synopsis:
It follows Cesar Rodriguez, a soldier fresh off the plane from Iraq, who escapes the bloody sands of a wartorn country to face the reality of living with the guilt of mistakes and the pressure of fulfilling promises made. With the help of his best friend, a therapist, and love-stricken pigeons in the park, Cesar goes to war with the demons of his past and the only victor is truth.

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1st Produced:
45th Street Theatre, NY    2006

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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We're Mexicans

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the book "Woman Hollering Creek" by Sandra Cisnero

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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Yellow Brick Road, The

Synopsis:
This is an all-new salsa and merengue-infused musical inspired by the Wizard of Oz. In Chicago, the windy city, Dora Inez Garza is preparing for her fifteenth birthday celebration - a traditional quinceanera. Her mother and uncles have worked so hard to make it an exciting fiesta for her, but Dora, feeling caught between the expectations of her heritage and her desire to be like any other contemporary American teenager, doesn't understand why the tradition is so important to her family. With a little help from a mysterious woman and her enchanted gift, Dora is swept up into a gran tornado that drops her (and her little chihuahua, too) in a magical world where she must slip on the ruby zapatillas and take a journey of self-discovery, dancing down the yellow brick road. She seeks the only person who can help her return to the world she knows - the superstar with all the answers: the Wizard of Oz - la Maravillosa Maga de Oz. along the way she befriends a tongue-tied scarecrow, a heartless iron chef, and a cowardly mountain lion, but a crazy, mean bruja intent on total world domination will stop at nothing to steal Dora's stylish, yet super powerful shoes
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
Book By: Mando Alvarado And Tommy Newman; Music And Lyrics By: Jaime Lozano And Tommy Newman

1st Produced:
Lucille Lortel theatre
121 Christopher Street, New York, NY 10014    27 Jul 2011

Organisations:
Theatreworks/USA

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
musical 60 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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You Are Now the Owner Of This Suitcase

Synopsis:
a young woman arriving from ecuador accidentally switches suitcases with a mysterious stranger. Her quest to recover the missing suitcase will lead her to encounter lovers, dreamers, fighters, a magical cell phone, books that come to life, and the best guitar player in the world. Picking up where last year's 167 Tongues left off, You are Now the Owner Of This Suitcase is the second part of a trilogy exploring the emotional geography of Jackson Heights, Queens, the most culturally diverse neighborhood in the world.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
author: Mando Alvarado, Jenny Lyn Bader, Barbara Cassidy, Les Hunter, Joy Tomasko, Gary Winter, Stefanie Zadravec. Conceived And Directed By: Ari Laura Kreith

1st Produced:
P.S. 69, 77-02 37th ave., Jackson Heights (Queens), NY    11 Mar 2010

Organisations:
Theatre 167

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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