Auditions in San Antonio for Bethlehem by Octavio Solis, Proxy Theatre, June 22, 2013

(Performing at the overtime Theatre Center, 1203 Camden Street, San Antonio, 78215 - click for map)

Coming up next is Bethlehem by Octavio Solis, directed by Aaron Aguilar! If you're interested in being involved with our last show of our second season, come to auditions June 22nd at noon!

From books.google.com:  Characters: 2 male, 5 female.  Winner of the 2003 National Latino Playwriting Award.  A dark work about self-knowledge and the nature of evil, where the devil lives in a godless world. Lee, accompanied by his photographer girlfriend Dru, arrives in El Paso to interview Mateo, (a convicted murderer recently released), over a period of a few days. During the intense interview process, Lee so empathizes with his subject's life in the past that he merges his own past with it in order to reenact it. The bloody conclusion draws upon the dangers of defining the nature of evil.

Upcoming: Reading by Playwright Octavio Solis at University of Texas, April 20

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The University of Texas Michener Center for Writers is proud to host a reading by playwright and director OCTAVIO SOLIS at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at Avaya Auditorium, ACE 2.302. The event is free and open to students and the public. The auditorium is located at the corner of 24th and Speedway on campus, with parking available two blocks east in the San Jacinto Garage.

Solis, a native of El Paso, Texas, who has lived for many years in San Francisco, is the award-winning playwright of MAN OF THE FLESH, PROSPECT, SANTOS & SANTOS, BETHLEHEM, THE PASTURES OF HEAVEN, and LYDIA. His many honors include NEA and McKnight Fellowships, a National Theatre Artists' Residency, the Will Glickman Playwrights Award, and grants from the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays and the Pew Charitable Trust. He has been visiting artist with the Michener Center and the Department of Theatre and Dance this spring.

Octavio will read short selections from his plays and other work—and maybe even sing a little opera!

For more information, see www.utexas.edu or call 471-1601.

Marla Akin,Program Coordinator,UT MCW