PARAMOUNT WORKSHOP — MAY 2025

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MIJA at Paramount Theatre’s Spark Lab Series

This spring, Mija was honored to be selected for Paramount Theatre’s inaugural Spark Lab Series, a week-long developmental workshop residency designed to support new theatrical works. Guided by a talented creative team and supported by Paramount’s wonderful staff, a brilliant cast of Chicago-based actors, Broadway talents Marina Pires & Omar Lopez-Cepero & Mija's close collaborator Adriana Ripley, presented a public concert reading of the piece. The experience was invaluable in refining the narrative, strengthening the storytelling, and connecting with audiences in a new way. We’re grateful to have shared this step in Mija’s journey with the vibrant Paramount community and deeply grateful to The Aurora Women’s Empowerment Foundation and Healing Illinois. (Learn more ...)

DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY

October 1, 2017 — First read-through at the Hollens Home Studio, Eugene, OR
February 24, 2018 — Read-through at the Hollens Home Studio, Eugene, OR
February 17, 2019 — Read-through at Oregon Contemporary Theatre (OCT), Eugene, OR
May 16, 2020 — Zoom Read-Through
June 13, 2021 — Read-Through at One Voice Productions Studio
October 23 & 24th, 2021 — The Music of Milagro (former title) in Concert — A staged concert featuring a full band and, 5 principal singers, chorus of 6 singers, 4 dancers w/ a narrator. Select scenes and songs performed live, in two performances at The Shedd Institute in Eugene, OR. (more info below)
July 10, 2022 — 20-hr workshop & staged Reading at Oregon Contemporary Theatre in Eugene, OR
January 29, 2023 — LA workshop weekend and reading at Studio (Teatro) Luna in Boyle Heights, CA
April 24, 2023 — Table Reading at TBD Productions in New York, NY
Spring 2023 — Eugene O'Neill Theater Center 2023 NMTC - Semifinalist
May 30, 2023 — Latiné Musical Theatre Lab, Table Reading Series at Teatro LATEA, New York, NY
June 27-29, 2023 — Development work with principle actors, Los Angeles, CA
Oct 6, 2023 — Fundraising Concert for NAMT at FUMC, Eugene, OR
Oct 26-27, 2023 — NAMT's 35th Annual Festival of New Musicals, New World Stages, NY
June 29, 2024 — Concert Reading for live audience at Teatro Nacional in Guatemala City (more info below)
Spring 2025 — Pipeline Arts Foundation 2025 Semifinalist
May 12-17, 2025 — Development workshop & Concert-reading at Paramount Theatre in Aurora, IL
Coming Fall 2025 — A-List Latin Celebrities Join Mija EP!

SUMMER 2024

Oct 26-27, 2023 NAMT Finalist presented at The 35th Annual Festival of New Musicals at New World Stages in NYC

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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