Real Women Have Curves Arrives at the Pasadena Playhouse
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Real Women Have Curves, a comedy by Josefina López, starts performances this evening the Pasadena Playhouse.
The play, which provided the basis for the film of the same name starring America Ferrera, takes place in a tiny sewing factory in East L.A. Five full-figured women working at the factory race to meet an impossible deadline in an attempt to save their sewing factory from going under. The play not only celebrates real bodies and life in southern California, but also the incredible bond when women work together.
Seema Sueko directs the play, which features Blanca Araceli, Santana Dempsey, Diana DeLaCruz, Cristina Frias, and Ingrid Oliu.
"When Christina, Santana, Blanca, Ingrid and Diana walked into the audition room and read one of the scenes together, it just popped. It was electric," says Sueko. "They were able to create a bond in the few minutes that is vital to the success of this ensemble play. The character Ana says it in her final monologue of the play, 'Women are powerful, especially when working together,' and these five women captured that. I am so honored to work with them."
The creative team includes David F. Weiner (set design), Abel Alvarado (costume design), Josh Epstein (lighting design), Cricket S. Myers (sound design), Hethyr "Red" Verhoef (stage manager), and Marissa Bergman (props master).
Performances will run through October 4.
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