{"id":73,"date":"2024-02-06T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T00:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqd.mah.mybluehost.me\/themes\/anymag\/main\/?p=73"},"modified":"2024-05-20T15:54:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T20:54:31","slug":"citizen-journalism-azuay-community-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/06\/citizen-journalism-azuay-community-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"CITIZEN JOURNALISM &#8211; Azuay Community Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"73\" class=\"elementor elementor-73\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e5a31 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a7e5a31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98f6764 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"98f6764\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b2f961 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b2f961\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - 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v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Azuay Community Theater launches a record six-show season in a new, permanent home in El Centro<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a894318 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a894318\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By John Olson<br \/>Photos courtesy of Teatro Community Theatre<\/p><p>ACT will for the first time present a six-show lineup of hits and lesser-known gems from Broadway and a staged radio play of one of Hollywood\u2019s most loved holiday films, all previously unproduced here and in a new, comfortable El Centro location.<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2330\" src=\"http:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Its-Wonderful-Life-3-e1707235039406-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Its-Wonderful-Life-3-e1707235039406-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Its-Wonderful-Life-3-e1707235039406-1024x607.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Its-Wonderful-Life-3-e1707235039406-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Its-Wonderful-Life-3-e1707235039406-1536x911.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Its-Wonderful-Life-3-e1707235039406.jpg 1755w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p>Cuenca\u2019s original, English-language theater company, Azuay Community Theatre, has announced that it will perform the six plays between November 2023 and August 2024 in its new, stairless ground floor performance space at Vega Mu\u00f1oz 14-46 (between Esteves de Toral and Coronel Talbot).<\/p><p>The company is presently preparing the space located just an eight-minute walk from Parque San Sebasti\u00e1n&#8217;s many restaurants.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2329\" src=\"http:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Its-a-Wonderful-Life-5-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"Azuay Community Theater - Issue 44\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Its-a-Wonderful-Life-5-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Its-a-Wonderful-Life-5-1024x657.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Its-a-Wonderful-Life-5-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Its-a-Wonderful-Life-5-1536x986.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Its-a-Wonderful-Life-5-2048x1315.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p>And it is re-instituting its popular Social Hour Lounge with beverage service.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60477eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60477eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e24544a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e24544a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2327\" src=\"http:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Its-a-Wonderful-LIfe-2-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"Azuay Community Theater - Issue 44\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Its-a-Wonderful-LIfe-2-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Its-a-Wonderful-LIfe-2-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Its-a-Wonderful-LIfe-2-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Its-a-Wonderful-LIfe-2-1536x1084.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Its-a-Wonderful-LIfe-2-2048x1446.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The company had performed for several years in a space on Ordo\u00f1ez Lasso and staged two plays this past June and August in the Sala de Carrasco Theater of the Casa de la Cultura Building.<\/p><p>The season kicks off with <em>The Cemetery Club<\/em>, a comedy-drama about older adults dealing with the loss of their spouses that was a Broadway play before being adapted as a film starring Ellen Burstyn and Olympia Dukakis. For the holidays, ACT will present <em>Miracle on 34<sup>th<\/sup> Street<\/em>.<\/p><blockquote><p>This year, 2023, is its third year of a completely different, staged radio play version of a holiday classic.<\/p><\/blockquote><ul><li>In February, the company will present Neil Simon\u2019s <em>The Prisoner of Second Avenue<\/em>, a comedy about the stresses of big city life.<\/li><li>It will be followed by the classic comedy <em>Blithe Spirit<\/em>, by Britain\u2019s legendary writer and actor No\u00ebl Coward.<\/li><li>April\u2019s show will be the suspense comedy <em>Murder at the Howard Johnson\u2019s<\/em>, in which a married couple and an illicit lover consider murder as the solution to their love triangle problems.<\/li><li>The season will conclude with the Tony Award- winning play <em>The Waverly Gallery<\/em>, a poignant and often hilarious play about a family dealing with the onset of dementia, by the author of the films <em>Manchester by the Sea<\/em> and <em>You Can Count on Me.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4585415 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4585415\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-374e733 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"374e733\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4569e67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4569e67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - 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