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Casting Announced for Two Staged Readings for “Mundo de las Mujeres”
March is National Women’s History Month, and this year, Milagro will celebrate its third annual Women’s History Month festival, Mundo de las Mujeres, with events scheduled from March 11-21, 2026. Mundo de las Mujeres was created to center the voices of Latina/e women whose creativity is shaped not only by culture and heritage, but by the realities of living, dreaming, and making art in a time when our communities are at the heart of national conversations. As featured last week, two playwrights will have plays presented as staged readings....
read moreMeet the Artists of “Mundo de las Mujeres”
As we march toward March and Women’s History Month, we’re getting ready to host the third annual incarnation of our Mundo de las Mujeres festival, designed to center the voices of Latina/e women whose creativity is shaped not only by culture and heritage, but by the realities of living, dreaming, and making art in a time when our communities are at the heart of national conversations. The artists we’ve invited to participate work in disciplines ranging from theatre to visual arts to stand-up. Let’s look closer at who...
read moreMaya Malan-Gonzalez Named Milagro’s Interim Artistic Director
Maya Malan-Gonzalez, the celebrated performer, storyteller, and teatrista who has been a lifelong member of Milagro, has been named organization’s new Interim Artistic Director. Her appointment, which went into effect on January 1, 2026, will bridge a leadership gap while Milagro prepares to launch a nationwide search to identify its next Artistic Director. Malan-Gonzalez will continue in her role as Milagro’s Board President, which she assumed last year, after having been named to the Board in 2021. Since the beginning of Milagro’s current...
read moreSor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648–1695), the playwright of our upcoming production Los Empeños de una Casa, stands as one of the most brilliant figures of the Baroque world in the Spanish-speaking Americas. Sor Juana lived in New Spain, a colony formed after the Spanish conquest, where society was shaped by both European control and Indigenous continuity. Spanish conquistadores had come to the Americas seeking wealth—especially gold—and to expand the Catholic faith. As a result, colonial life was structured around religious authority, imperial...
read moreWhy Use Puppets to Tell the Story of Young Frida Kahlo?
Milagro’s January 2026 production, Autoretrato de Fridita, is a reworking of a past Milagro play about Frida Kahlo in her younger years, Mijita Fridita, which twice has been featured in our MainStage Theatre. Under the leadership of Yosmel López Ortiz, this new production is told through puppetry – but why? Originally produced as a Teatro Milagro touring production for the 2017-2018 season, Mijita Fridita was developed as a piece of devised theatre, a collaborative process in which the ensemble of actors and designers works with a director to...
read moreLearn More About Frida Kahlo
In January, Milagro presents Autoretrato de Fridita, a work of puppet theatre adapted and directed by our own Yosmel López Ortiz. We’re pleased to share this excerpt from our complimentary bilingual study guide, available online: Frida Kahlo, daughter of Guillermo Kahlo and Matilde Calderon, was born in Mexico City in 1907. Her life was to be a long series of physical traumas, and the first of these came early. On September 17, 1925, Frida’s life changed forever. The bus she was riding in collided with a trolley car, causing a metal...
read moreA Xmas Cuento Remix 2020 Who’s Who
Andrés Alcalá (Director, Editor, Abuelo Javier, Eddie, Police Officer, Caroler) Thrilled to be doing another show with Milagro while using another set of skills in animation and video production. As well as bringing to life, the role of Caroler and Abuelo. Other shows at Milagro include Oye Oya! , Kiss of the Spider Woman, Clean, Bicycle Country, Deporting the Divas, Two One Man Shows – Men on the Verge of a His-Panic Breakdown part I and II. He has performed all over Portland, including roles such as Shrek and George Banks in Mary...
read moreEl Día De Los Muertos at Milagro
Every year starting midnight on October 31st, through November 2nd, Latinos celebrate el Día de los Muertos. It is a tradition where people come together to remember and reflect on loved ones that have passed. One of the practices of the tradition, include building an ofrenda, or an altar that displays pictures of family members, friends, or important figures that have died. The idea of the Day of the Dead, is that the door that separates the world of the living and the world of the dead is opened. Spirits of those that have passed then have...
read moreA Look Inside Wapato Island Farm from Radio Milagro Episode 2
Jennifer sits down with Radio Milagro Podcast Producer and Host Miguel Acuña Photo by Liset Puentes Jennifer Rose Marie Serna is a Latina folk herbalist, mother, regenerative farmer, land activist, skill educator, and owner of Wapato Island Farm. Learning from her great Abuelita, Grandma Mary, a Mexican yerbatera and family matriarch, Jennifer began her journey with plant wisdom, healing, and food as nourishment at a young age. She has been learning herbalism for most of her life, which...
read moreThe Play You Want (INGENIO 2020) Who’s Who
Ken Yoshikawa (Sam Gold / Chay Yew/ Variety Reporter) Ken is a Portland-based actor, poet, and playwright. Like you, perhaps, he puzzles on the nature of the Self and mortality in a time of moral and environmental crisis. He is grateful for his friends and family for their love. He is grateful to Milagro and this cast for an opportunity to create together. Previous credits include 1984 (Artists Rep), Renaissance:Technically (Portland Center Stage),The Journal of Ben Uchida (Oregon Children’s Theatre), and Chitra, the Girl Prince (NW...
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