Café Vida

April 26-May 20, 2012

Written by Lisa Loomer

Directed by Michael John Garcés

Scenic Design by Nephelie Andonyadis

Costume Design by Meghan E. Healey

Lighting Design by Tom Ontiveros

Sound Design by Bruno Louchouarn

Choreography by Ana Maria  Alvarez

Production Stage Management by Nikki Hyde

Time and Dates

April 26- May 20, 2012

Thursday - Saturday @ 8pm and Sunday @ 2pm

Los Angeles Theater Center

Community collaboration with Homeboy Industries and Homegirl Café

Synopsis

Acclaimed playwright Lisa Loomer pens the first production in Cornerstone Theater Company's The Hunger Cycle, Café Vida. Chabela and Luz are rival homegirls ready to leave the life and begin anew at Café Vida- the only place in the city that gives young women and their troubled pasts a genuine second chance to start a new life free of violence. It's here that these former enemies choose "la vida" over "la muerte" as they learn to compost, tend a garden, julienne an onion, and rock your lunch order with a smile and a heaping side of transformation.

Production Team 

Written by Lisa Loomer 

Directed by Michael John Garcés 

Scenic Design by Nephelie Andonyadis 

Costume Design by Meghan E. Healey 

Lighting Design by Tom Ontiveros

Sound Design by Bruno Louchouran

Dramaturg - Juliette Carrillo 

Assistant Costume Designer - Marie Growden & Joe Kucharski

Props Artisan - Sean T. Cawalti 

Choreographer - Ana Maria Alvarez

Stage Manager - Nikki Hyde

PA/Stage Management - "MC" Earl

Production Manager - Joel Veenstra

Producer/AAD - Laurie Woolery 

Associate Producer - Ashley Walden 

Technical Director - Wayne Nakasone

Café Vida Scholar - Denise Sandoval 

Cast