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ENG: This week is featuring another LIVE Merendiando from CAMINOS 2019! Monica and Camila chat with the amazing playwright, actor and producer, Christine Quintana. They chat about multilingual theatre, being Chicano in Canada, women’s work in theatre, and learn a new word: “crunchy-lingual”. Grab yourself a tasty snack and listen up! Muchas gracias a Dulcinella Bakery and McAuslan Brewery for sponsoring our live merendiandas!  All Merendiando episodes are in Spanglish. New episodes of Radio Aluna Theatre are released every Wednesday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts.  Radio Aluna Teatro is produced by Aluna Theatre with support from the Metcalf Foundation, The Laidlaw Foundation, The City of Toronto, The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council. Aluna Theatre is Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, with Sue Balint & Gia Nahmens; Radio Aluna Theatre is produced by Camila Diaz-Varela and Monica Garrido. For more about Aluna Theatre, visit us

Welcome to first LIVE episode of Merendiando! This year we had the opportunity to be part of the CAMINOS Festival - every night before the evening’s shows, we hosted an interview in front of a live audience.  In this live episode, Monica and Camila shared a merienda with some of the members of Grupo Teatro Libre. Founded in 2008, Grupo Teatro Libre creates collective community theatre in Spanish, representing original creations and Latin American playwrights in their original language, while always promoting solidarity and respect for human rights. We talked about how the group started and how has being part of it has shaped their lives as well of where do they see it going in the next 10 years. Grab a snack and let’s get started!  Be sure to check out the Dia de Los Muertos Celebration at Wychwood Barns this Saturday October 26th for community performances, altars, and traditional food.   Muchas gracias a Dulcinella Bakery and McAuslan Brewery for sponsoring our live merendiandas!  All Merendiando episodes a

In this episode you get to know more about your hosts, Monica and Camila. They talk about their lives as queer artists living in Toronto, their connection with Mexico, what it is to be first and second generation Mexican, Spanglish as a language, their art practices, and how this podcast came to be, amongst other things. Grab a snack and dive in with us!    All Merendiando episodes are in Spanglish. New episodes of Radio Aluna Theatre are released every Wednesday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts.  Radio Aluna Teatro is produced by Aluna Theatre with support from the Metcalf Foundation, The Laidlaw Foundation, The City of Toronto, The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council. Aluna Theatre is Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, with Sue Balint & Gia Nahmens; Radio Aluna Theatre is produced by Camila Diaz-Varela and Monica Garrido. For more about Aluna Theatre, visit us at alunatheatre.ca, follow @alunatheatre on twitter or instagram, or ‘

ENG: This week, Monica and Camila dive back into conversation with some of the artists in this year’s CAMINOS Festival. You’ll hear the artists’ thoughts on their creative process, heritage, multilingualism, assimilation and spirituality… just to name a few things. Listen in on conversations you wouldn’t regularly get to hear from behind the scenes. Grab a snack and let’s get started! CAMINOS is a performance festival co-produced by Aluna Theatre and Native Earth Performing Arts that showcases new performance experiments on the road to becoming something more. Local, national and international artists push the boundaries of theatre, dance, performance art, music, visual arts, and installation. Running October 9 to 13th!  Check out the performances from artists featured in this episode!  Siranoush, with Lara Arabian and Carla Melo Sol, Luna & Stella, with Andrea Cabeza, Victoria Urquhart and Araceli Ferrara The Art of Storytelling, with Joseph Recinos  One Night, with Yousef Kadoura, Vik Hovhanisian, Harri

ENG: Welcome to season 2 of Merendiando, as part of Radio Aluna Teatro! This week, Monica and Camila invite you into conversation with some artists in this year’s CAMINOS. What happens behind the scenes when making a performance? What are these artists thinking about right now? Listen in on conversations you wouldn’t regularly get to hear from behind the scenes. Grab a snack and let’s get started! CAMINOS is a performance festival co-produced by Aluna Theatre and Native Earth Performing Arts that showcases new performance experiments on the road to becoming something more. Local, national and international artists push the boundaries of theatre, dance, performance art, music, visual arts, and installation. Running October 3 to 13th!  Check out the festival performances from artists featured in this episode!  Bypass with Monica Garrido and Lucia Linares Leon  The Mente with Paula Carreño and Misette Parata  We are, what we are. with Alexandra Montealegre and Leticia Torrejon  Jose with Mateo Torres  All Merend

EN: Monica and Camila had the pleasure to talk to Liliana Suarez Henao. Liliana gave voice to Julia, one of the title characters in our Spanish presentation of MADRE by Beatriz Pizano. In this final episode of our first season, we discuss Liliana’s experiences making theatre in Medellin, developing Spanish language theatre in Canada, and negotiating the roles of actor, audience, mother, and daughter, among many others. Grab a snack and get ready to listen to a Meriandiando episode in Spanish! Nahuatl, an indigenous language of the Nahua people in Mexico. La Bella Managua Bello, Antioguia, Colombia The Refuge of Freidel, a play by Liliana Suarez y Bea Pizano Ex-Fanfaria Teatro, a theatre group based in Medellin, Antioquia Fyodor Dostoyevsky, famous Russian novelist   Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy The Red and the Black by Stendhal This is the last episode of our first season! Thank you all so much for tuning in. We’ll be back in the fall with more stories and conversations celebrating our local Latinx-Canadian

EN: Monica and Camila sit down with an amazing multi-disciplinary performance artist and our friend, Jessica Esmeralda Zepeda----more----- also known as Sinvergüenzilla . In this episode we talk about mental health, what it means to be a mother, inheriting traumas and our relationships to them, and Sinvergüenzilla’s current theatre crushes. Grab a snack and munch with us! La Bella Managua Adrienne Maree Brown, author of Emergent Strategy and Pleasure Activism El Salvador’s Civil War, 1980 – 1992 Dani Zelko, Reunion Vero Diaz, Phoenix Rising Studios Women Who Run With Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn Blank Canvas, Toronto based art collective Mona Faith Mousa, poet  (on instagram @grl.friday) Augusto Bitter, local theatre artist Yolanda Bonnell, local theatre artist Dainty Smith, local dance + burlesque artist El Toro, local theatre + boylesque artist ESP: Esta semana, Mónica y Camila se sentaron a p

It's the Year of Disasters.  Madre is a theatrical memoir that follows Julia de Maria Auxiliadora, an aging woman in Colombia who is fighting to maintain a sense of self as she succumbs to Alzheimer’s. As Julia’s lifetime of memories unravels, her adopted daughter Angela returns from Toronto to care for her, and to make one last desperate attempt to resolve their conflicted relationship while Julia still recognizes her. This is third (and final) instalment of our presentation of Madre, by Beatriz Pizano. This episode is also available in Spanish. New episodes are released every Saturday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts.  The story so far: It's "the year of disasters", according to Julia. She is still denying her Alzheimer’s, despite being diagnosed by 2 different doctors. Angela is left alone to figure out the reality of the situation. Credits:  Marcia Benett as Julia Kim Nelson as Angela Margarita Valderamma as the young Julia Carlos Diaz as Jorge + the Cab driver Rosalba Martinni as Do

Es el Año de los Desastres. Madre es una memoria teatral que sigue la vida de Julia de María Auxiliadora, una mujer en Colombia que lucha por mantener su sentido de sí misma cuando sucumbe ante el Alzheimer. Mientras los recuerdos de la vida de Julia se desenredan frente a ella, su hija adoptada, Angela, regresa de Toronto para cuidarla y hacer un último y desesperado intento de resolver su relación conflictiva, antes de que Julia la olvide. Acompáñanos en este tercero episodio de Madre de Beatriz Pizano (parte 3 de 3). Este episodio también está disponible en Inglés. Nuevos episodios cada Sábado. La historia hasta ahora: Julia y Ángela buscan ayuda. A pesar de que Julia ha sido diagnosticada por 2 médicos diferentes, ella continúa negando su Alzheimer. Angela se queda sola descubriendo la realidad de la situación. Créditos de producción: Liliana Suarez Henao como Julia Kim Nelson como Angela Carlos Diaz como Jorge/Taxista Margarita Valderrama como Julia Joven Rosalba Martinni como Doña Anna/ Doctora Monica G

Guilt. Memory. A mother and daughter battle against Alzheimers in a country at war.  Madre is a theatrical memoir that follows Julia de Maria Auxiliadora, an aging woman in Colombia who is fighting to maintain a sense of self as she succumbs to Alzheimer’s. As Julia’s lifetime of memories unravels, her adopted daughter Angela returns from Toronto to care for her, and to make one last desperate attempt to resolve their conflicted relationship while Julia still recognizes her. This is second instalment of our presentation of Madre, by Beatriz Pizano. This episode is also available in Spanish. New episodes are released every Saturday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts.  The story so far: Julia is deteriorating rapidly, and she can't distinguish between dreams, reality, and the memory land. When her daughter Angela finally arrives to Medellín, she finds Julia's apartment in a terrible state and realizes that something is terribly wrong.  Credits:  Marcia Benett as Julia Kim Nelson as Angela Ma

Culpa. Recuerdos. Una madre y una hija luchan contra el Alzheimer en un país en guerra. Madre es una memoria teatral que sigue la vida de Julia de María Auxiliadora, una mujer en Colombia que lucha por mantener su sentido de sí misma cuando sucumbe ante el Alzheimer. Mientras los recuerdos de la vida de Julia se desenredan frente a ella, su hija adoptada, Angela, regresa de Toronto para cuidarla y hacer un último y desesperado intento de resolver su relación conflictiva, antes de que Julia la olvide. Acompáñanos en este segundo episodio de Madre de Beatriz Pizano (parte 2 de 3). Este episodio también está disponible en Inglés. Nuevos episodios cada Sábado. La historia hasta ahora: La salud de Julia se está deteriorando rápidamente, no puede distinguir entre sueños, realidad, y memoria. Cuando su hija Ángela llega finalmente a Medellín, encuentra el apartamento de Julia en un terrible estado, dándose cuenta que algo está terriblemente mal. Créditos de producción: Liliana Suarez Henao como Julia Kim Nelson com

Join us for the first instalment of Madre by Beatriz Pizano (part 1 of 3). This episode is also available in Spanish. New episodes are released every Saturday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts.  About the play: Madre is a theatrical memoir that follows Julia de Maria Auxiliadora, an aging woman in Colombia who is fighting to maintain a sense of self as she succumbs to Alzheimer’s. As Julia’s lifetime of memories unravels, her adopted daughter Angela returns from Toronto to care for her, and to make one last desperate attempt to resolve their conflicted relationship while Julia still recognizes her. We want to give a special shout out to the Vanguardia Dance Festival, running at Native Earth’s Aki Studio from April 2 - 6 2019! Vanguardia Dance is interested in the dissemination of contemporary artistic practices of dance artists with Latin American background in Canada, maintaining conversation with the rest of the country and the world. This festival pushes the boundaries of ‘contemporar

Acompáñanos en este primer episodio de Madre de Beatriz Pizano (parte 1 de 3). Este episodio también está disponible en Inglés. Nuevos episodios cada Sábado.   Acerca de la obra: Culpa. Recuerdos. Una madre y una hija luchan contra el Alzheimer en un país en guerra. Madre es una memoria teatral que sigue la vida de Julia de María Auxiliadora, una mujer en Colombia que lucha por mantener su sentido de sí misma cuando sucumbe ante el Alzheimer. Mientras los recuerdos de la vida de Julia se desenredan frente a ella, su hija adoptada, Angela, regresa de Toronto para cuidarla y hacer un último y desesperado intento de resolver su relación conflictiva, antes de que Julia la olvide.   Créditos de producción: Liliana Suarez Henao como Julia Kim Nelson como AngelaCarlos Diaz como Jorge/Taxista Margarita Valderrama como Julia JovenRosalba Martinni como Doña Anna/ DoctoraMonica Garrido como Leonila/Secretaria/Mujer en la TV/ Voz de anuncio en el Aeropuerto Augusto Bitter como Doctor/Portero. Dirección de Carlos Díaz SF

EN: In this episode, Monica and Camila sit down with the Artistic Director of Aluna Theatre Beatriz Pizano. We talked about power, being a woman in the arts, immigration, war, magic realism, menopause, amongst many other things.  Beatriz also wrote Madre, the next play we’ll be presenting as part of Radio Aluna Theatre. Grab a snack and dive in with us!This episode (and all Merendiando episodes) are in Spanglish. The Radio Aluna Theatre plays are available in English and Spanish versions. New episodes of Radio Aluna Theatre are released every Saturday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts. ESP: En este episodio, Mónica y Camila se sentaron a platicar con la Directora Artística de Aluna Teatro, Beatriz Pizano. Hablamos de las dinámicas de poder, ser una mujer en el mundo de las artes, inmigración, guerra, realismo mágico, menopausia, entre otras cosas. Beatriz también escribió Madre, la próxima obra que escucharan como parte de Radio Aluna Teatro. Agarre un snack y comencemos! Este episodi

EN: Hola todoxs! We just wanted to say hello, and stay tuned for a full Merendiando episode next week. We took a little break and you should too! To learn more about the Indigenous Food for Babies class, visit the Ojikikens Early Years Program.   And don't forget, Augusto Bitter's play CHICHO is playing from March 7th to 24th 2019 at Theatre Passe Murailles!   Photo from Casa Maíz.    Radio Aluna Theatre works like this: First we’ll present a full-length stage play adapted for the radio, in a series of episodes. Then your hosts Monica and Camila will present a Merendiando episode, where we’ll discuss topics that the play inspires with community members, artists involved in the production, and/or whatever our heart desires. Think of it as a book club for plays.   All Merendiando episodes are in Spanglish. The Radio Aluna Theatre plays are available in English and Spanish versions. New episodes of Radio Aluna Theatre are released every Saturday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts.    ESP: Ho

EN: Welcome to Radio Aluna Theatre! Join us for our fourth episode of Season 1, and our first Merendiando episode! Radio Aluna Theatre works like this: First we’ll present a full-length stage play adapted for the radio, in a series of episodes. Then your hosts Monica and Camila will present a Merendiando episode, where we’ll discuss topics that the play inspires with community members, artists involved in the production, and/or whatever our heart desires. Think of it as a book club for plays.  This week, Monica and Camila sit down with the wonderful Toronto-based theatre artist Augusto Bitter. Augusto voiced the title character of Leo in Leo by Rosa Labordé, the play we've been following for the past three weeks. In this episode we talk about leaving home, finding home, tar sands vs. Tarzan, and learning our Latinx history through plays. Grab a snack and dive in with us!  This episode (and all Merendiando episodes) are in Spanglish. The Radio Aluna Theatre plays are available in English and Spanish versions.

Welcome to Radio Aluna Theatre! Join us for the third episode of Léo, by Rosa Labordé (part 3 of 3). This episode is also available in Spanish. New episodes are released every Saturday. Subscribe to this show wherever you get your podcasts.  About the play: Leo is a one-act play told from the perspective of a twenty-year-old pleasure centered man who has become a desaparecido (disappeared) in the Chilean military coup d’etat of 1973. Leo takes us on a journey through childhood, first friends, first loves and an abruptly ended adolescence. This is third and final part of our presentation of Leo, by Rosa Labordé. The story so far: Leo, Rodrigo and Isolda are becoming an adolescent love triangle. Isolda and Leo are seen flirting intimately by Rodrigo, at the same time that an attraction between Leo and Rodrigo is on the rise. Rodrigo is a leader of the Socialist youth, participating in the reconstruction of the country. Leo and Isolda do not care about social issues the way he does. Salvador Allende is elected:

Bienvenidos a Radio Aluna Teatro! Acompáñanos en este segundo episodio de Leo de Rosa Labordé (parte 2 de 3). Esta episodio tambien esta disponsible en Inglés. Nuevos episodios cada Sábado.   Acerca de la obra: Leo es una obra en un acto contada desde la perspectiva de un hombre de de veinte años centrado en el placer. de veinte años que se ha convertido en un desaparecido durante el Coup d’etat Militar de Chile en 1973. Leo nos lleva en un viaje a través de su infancia, primeros amigos, primeros amores y el abrupto final de su adolescencia. Esta es la tercera y final parte de Leo escrita por Rosa Labordé. La historia hasta ahora: Leo, Rodrigo e Isolda se están convirtiendo en un triángulo amoroso adolescente.  Isolda y Leo han estado coqueteando sin que Rodrigo sepa, al mismo tiempo la atracción entre Leo y Rodrigo está creciendo. Rodrigo  es el líder de la juventud socialista, que participa en la reconstrucción del país. Leo e Isolda no están interesados en esto. Salvador Allende es el presidente electo :

Bienvenidos a Radio Aluna Teatro! Acompáñanos en este segundo episodio de Leo de Rosa Labordé (parte 2 de 3). Nuevos episodios cada sábado.   Acerca de la obra: Leo es una obra en un acto contada desde la perspectiva de un hombre de de veinte años centrado en el placer. de veinte años que se ha convertido en un desaparecido durante el Coup d’etat Militar de Chile en 1973. Leo nos lleva en un viaje a través de su infancia, primeros amigos, primeros amores y el abrupto final de su adolescencia. Esta es la segunda parte de nuestra presentación de Leo escrita por Rosa Labordé. La historia hasta ahora: Leo, Isolda y Rodrigo son amigos de la infancia. Leo es un joven poeta. El dice que su padre desapareció en el triángulo de las Bermudas. Vive con su Madre que es ciega. Rodrigo es un apasionado de la política, y esta muy involucrado en el proceso social por el cual  su país está pasando. Isolda es muy buena para robar. Ella y Rodrigo son pareja. A medida que los tres amigos se convierten en adolescentes, no se v

Welcome to Radio Aluna Theatre! Join us for the second episode of Léo by Rosa Labordé (part 2 of 3). New episodes are released every Saturday.  About the play: Leo is a one-act play told from the perspective of a twenty-year-old pleasure centered man who has become a desaparecido (disappeared) in the Chilean military coup d’etat of 1973. Leo takes us on a journey through childhood, first friends, first loves and an abruptly ended adolescence. This is second part of our presentation of Leo, by Rosa Labordé. The story so far: Leo, Isolda and Rodrigo are childhood friends. Leo is a young poet. He says his father disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. He lives with his blind mother. Rodrigo is passionate about politics, and very involved in the social process the country is going through. Isolda is very good at stealing. She and Rodrigo are a couple. As the three friends become teenagers, they don’t see eye-to-eye on everything. Wonder what these wonderful actors look like? You are in luck! See them performing ons