RECENT
This summer, the entire Mija creative team traveled to Guatemala, to present Mija, for the first time, in a beautiful concert reading at the “Hugo Carrillo” Camara Theater in Guatemala City. The full Guatemalan cast also shared the stage with Broadway's Marina Pires & our fabulosa Adriana Ripley! The audience response blew us away and we can't wait to return for a full staged production! Date TBD
DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY
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October 1, 2017 — First read-through at the Hollens Home Studio, Eugene, OR
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February 24, 2018 — Read-through at the Hollens Home Studio, Eugene, OR
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February 17, 2019 — Read-through at Oregon Contemporary Theatre (OCT), Eugene, OR
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May 16, 2020 — Zoom Read-Through
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June 13, 2021 — Small cast Read-Through at One Voice Productions Studio
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October 23 & 24th, 2021 — The Music of Milagro in Concert — A staged concert featuring a full band, 5 principal singers, chorus of 6 singers, 4 dancers w/ a narrator. Select scenes and 15 songs performed live for two evenings of audiences at The Shedd Institute in Eugene, OR. (more info below)
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July 10, 2022 — Staged Reading with full cast at Oregon Contemporary Theatre in Eugene, OR
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January 29, 2023 — LA workshop weekend and reading at Studio (Teatro) Luna in Boyle Heights, CA
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April 24, 2023 — Table Reading at TBD Productions in New York, NY
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Spring 2023 — Eugene O'Neill Theater Center 2023 NMTC - Semifinalist
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May 30, 2023 — Latiné Musical Theatre Lab, Table Reading Series at Teatro LATEA, New York, NY
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June 27-29, 2023 — Development work with principle actors, Los Angeles, CA
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Oct 6, 2023 — Fundraising Concert for NAMT at FUMC, Eugene, OR
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Oct 26-27, 2023 — NAMT's 35th Annual Festival of New Musicals, New World Stages, NY
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June 29, 2024 — Concert Reading in Guatemala City
Oct 26-27, 2023 NAMT Finalist presented at The 35th Annual Festival of New Musicals at New World Stages in NYC
The Music of Milagro
(formerly titled)
OCT 23 & 24TH, 2021 at the Shedd
CONCERT CAST/CREATIVE
Adriana Ripley — Gabriela (Gabi) Milagros Mishel Armstrong
Evynne Hollens — Mami/Luisa (Luci) Valeria June Armstrong
Gaby Moreno — Maria (Mishel) Alejandra Ramírez
Justin Jones — Javier García de León
Lyn Burg — Narrator
Chorus (All vocal parts) — Las Enfermeras, Salsa students/dancers
Lexy Neale, Johanna Gilbert, Charlie Arthur,
Beny Peneloza & Kori Nyamute
MUSICIANS
Anna Gilbert — Vocalist & Keys
Vicki Brabham — Music Director & Keys
Ricardo Cardenas — Guitar
Oscar Watson — Percussion
Niels Miller — Bass
Lizzy Donovan — Cello
Alexis Garnica — Trumpet
Original Choreography by