The Possible Lives of Dolores Garcia Rodriguez

The Possible Lives of Dolores Garcia Rodriguez
A photojournalist strives to capture the stories of women affected by Nicaragua’s new abortion laws. A healthcare worker battles fatigue, fear and prejudice. And a young girl is torn between her responsibility to her family, and her glimpses of a way of life that will always be just out of reach. Lyric, biting, and darkly humorous, Possible Lives is a collaboration between the award winning team, playwright Jordan Hall (Kayak), and ACTivist founder Zoe Green.

It is a piece filled with complexity, laughter, tears, and a few raised eyebrows.

On a macro scale “Possible Lives” deals with the recent illegalization of therapeutic abortion in Nicaragua. On a micro scale the play delves into our relationship to action. When do we decide to create change, and when do we decide to ignore the issues? All three characters are about to tease apart complex issues in order to discover what they want, where they stand, and what they are willing to do about it. Are you?

Jordan Hall Writer

Jordan Hall is an emerging artist whose work has been dubbed “stellar, insightful” by Plank Magazine, “thoughtful” by CBC Radio, and “vivid, memorable” by NOW. Her writing for the stage includes her short works RedThe Second Last Man on EarthAnnie & Izzy, and Asleep at the Wheel, as well as her full-length play, Kayak, which recently won Samuel French’s 2010 Canadian Playwright’s competition.

Zoe Green Writer/Director

The founder of ACTivist Theatre Collective, Zoe is a Theatre for Living Facilitator and has studied devised theatre with Anne Bogart (NYC), and Zen Zen Zo (AUS). Zoe teaches spin, Pilates, and yoga, and studies Classical Ashtanga Yoga with Beryl Bender Birch (NYC), and Laban Movement Analysis with Integrated Movement Studies (UC Berkeley). She is co-chair for the Amnesty International Vancouver Film Festival. Zoe holds a Commercial Pilots License from CFC, and a BFA from UBC, where she was awarded the UBC Yvonne Firkins Graduating Prize for outstanding achievement in Directing and Staging.

Brian Cochrane Director

Brian grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where he started the Skinny Walrus theatre company in 2004. Some directing credits include: the Canadian Premiere of Itamar Moses’ Love/Stories at Little Mountain Gallery (Kinetichism), Wild Honey, The Flu Season, Rum And Vodka, Far Away (Theatre @ UBC), and assistant directing House/Home (Pi Theatre’s contribution to Hive 3). Brian recently performed in Delinquent Theatre’s Parked as part of Bridge Mix 2011 and will direct Hannah Moscovitch’s East of Berlin for Saskatoon’s Know Tomorrow Theatre company in January 2012.

Cast

Sharon Hernandez Ramirez as Dolores

Sharon H. Ramirez is thrilled to be a part of The Possible Lives of Dolores Garcia Marquez. Inspired to be an actress at the age of 10, Sharon started her theatre studies in 2003 with Espectaculos, Edgar Rico in her native Mexico City. Since then, she has studied voice acting as well as further her theatre studies at the University of Ottawa. She is currently a theatre student at Simon Fraser University. She has filled past roles such as Dora in Dora the Explorer(2004), Glimer in Godspell Musical (2005), as well as part of the chorus of the 2007 production of I Love Rock. Possible Lives sees Sharon filling multiple roles as she has done in Spheres of Influence an SFU’s Black Box Theatre production (2011)

Stefania Indelicato as PJ

Stefania Indelicato is thrilled to be a part of such a provocative and poignant collection of premiere presentations as part of this year’s Vancouver Fringe Festival.  Having moved from Toronto in the fall of 2009 you may have seen her on Vancouver stages in “The Vic” and “Project 2012″.  Stefania would like to thank her family and friends (here and all over the world) for their ongoing love and support, her directors for their vision and commitment to the project, and the writers, without whom she wouldn’t be here today.

 Martha Herrara-Lasso as Marisol

Martha was born in Mexico City in 1986. For six years during her childhood she lived in San Diego, CA, and at thirteen, returned to her hometown. She obtained an undergraduate degree in Playwriting at the National University of Mexico (UNAM), and during the following years worked as screenwriter and developer for several Mexican TV networks. She is currently in her second year of the MA in Theatre at UBC.

A special thanks to our Research Artist and dear friend Nihan Sevinc for her passion and political activism.