July 12, 2012

The Mother Love Show

Jennifer Sage Holmes, Director at Casa0101 joins Mother Love in studio to chat about the newest play opening at the Boyle Heights theater on July 20. Jennifer is Directing in conjunction with Whittier College where she is the Director of Theater. The play "Lorca In A Green Dress" is based on the 20th century poet Federico Garcia Lorca is possibly the most important Spanish poet and dramatist of the twentieth century. Garcia Lorca was born June 5, 1898, in Fuente Vaqueros, a small town a few miles from Granada. His father owned a farm in the fertile vega surrounding Granada and a comfortable mansion in the heart of the city. His mother, whom Lorca idolized, was a gifted pianist. After graduating from secondary school Garcia Lorca attended Sacred Heart University where he took up law along with regular coursework. His first book, Impresiones y Viajes (1919) was inspired by a trip to Castile with his art class in 1917. In 1929, Garcia Lorca came to New York. The poet's favorite neighborhood was Harlem; he loved African-American spirituals, which reminded him of Spain's "deep songs." In 1930, Garcia Lorca returned to Spain after the proclamation of the Spanish republic and participated in the Second Ordinary Congress of the Federal Union of Hispanic Students in November of 1931. The congress decided to build a "Barraca" in central Madrid in which to produce important plays for the public. "La Barraca," the traveling theater company that resulted, toured many Spanish towns, villages, and cities performing Spanish classics on public squares. Some of Garcia Lorca's own plays, including his three great tragedies Bodas de sangre (1933), Yerma (1934), and La Casa de Bernarda Alba (1936), were also produced by the company. http://www.casa0101.org/ Mother Love & Mr. Kennedy discuss current events, the contiuing Penn State scandal. http://www.themotherloveshow.com/