TeAda Productions and Highways Performance Space present
TeAda’s New Visiting Artist Program Launch

FARID MERCURY
Written and performed by Robert Farid Karimi
Featuring guest artist Shahryar Amiri

November 14-15, 2008
Friday and Saturday at 8:30pm
$20/$15

Highways Performance Space
1651 18th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404

for tickets, call (310) 315-1459 or visit the Highways Website

Frustrated by the looming spectre of war with Iran, performance artist Robert Farid Karimi seeks out divine intervention in the form of sainted pop star Freddie Mercury. Part documentary theater, part rock concert, Farid Mercury tells the story of Iranian/Guatemalan robertito who must face the demons of the Iranian Hostage Crisis, Patriot Act, and Iran-Iraq War, all the while balancing the Chicano Punk Rock Scene, his search for a wrestling champion, and the death of his Iranian grandmother.  In this installment, Karimi brings his national search to Los Angeles, home to largest Iranian community in the country and discovers the Freddy Mercury inside us all.

FARID MERCURY is supported in part by the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission; Target; and Poets & Writers Inc. through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.

This project is made possible in part by a grant from the National Performance Network's Residency Program, major contributors of the National Performance Network include the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Altria, Metlife Foundation and the Nathan Cummings Foundation. For more info: www.npnweb.org

TEADAWORKS 2009: Healing Aloud

TEADAWORKS NEW PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL SERIES
HEALING ALOUD

Bringing voice to the health needs of Los Angeles' communities.

Creating Healthy Communities by:
Performing
Speaking
Dancing
Shouting
Staging
Vocalizing

Uncovering tales of struggle from the Eastside to the Westside and across the nation.

TeAda Productions and CASA 0101 present

HEALING ALOUD, Part One

March 6-8, 2008
Friday & Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm
$20

CASA 0101
2009 E. First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90033

BREAKFAST WITH MY MOTHER
written by Maria Martinez
A play about three generations of Chicana women and the role reversal of their lives as dementia enters the isolated world of retirement, gardens, and Spanish-language television.

HEALING MARS
written and performed by Marcella Pabros-Clark
“Healing Mars” delves into the world of going against Doctor’s orders.  Taking a holistic approach to Rheumatoid Arthritis, Marcella Pabros-Clark challenges the monsters of prescription drugs and health insurance.  Creating theatrical dance through multimedia, she reclaims her body, mind, and soul.

TeAda Productions presents

HEALING ALOUD, Part Two

May 15-17, 2009
Friday & Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm
$20

2100 Square Feet
5615 San Vicente Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90019

MAMI, MAMI, QUIEN SOY? YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE
written and performed by Raquel Salinas
While facing sibling rivalries and her mother’s dementia, a woman finds herself the keeper of her mother’s stories.  Veteran solo performer Raquel Salinas crafts a magnificent multi-character tale of caregiving.

CARRIE’S WEB
written and performed by Shyamala Moorty
Spiders have often been a source of humans’ deepest nightmares.  However, in this story, they may actually save the day!  Carrie, a body-conscious, high heel-loving spider is spinning out new moves when her world collides with a young, scared human girl who's dealing with a terrible family secret.

HEALING ALOUD, PARTS ONE AND TWO is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles Immigrant Funders Collaborative, the California Arts Council, and the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.