The House of Bernarda Alba
About
With: Ali Ahn*, Nikki Calonge, Ann Chow, Miyoko Conley, Keiko Green, Carmen M. Herlihy*, Allison Hiroto, Maile Holck*, Mia Katigbak*, Sue Jean Kim*, Kati Kuroda*, Loresa Lanceta, Juni Ng, Natsuko Ohama*, Jeanne Sakata*, Indika Senanayake, Kiat Sing Teo, Sophia Skiles*, Ching Valdes-Aran*, Kristin Villanueva, Simmone Yu, Rochelle Zimmerman
Directed by Chay Yew
Run
June 1 – 23, 2007
Nagelberg Theatre
Baruch Performing Arts Center
150 East 25th Street
(Lexington & 3rd Avenues)
Production Staff
Shannon Sexton: Assistant Stage Manager/Props Design
Dax Valdes: Musical Director
Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams: Set Designer
Stephen Petrilli: Lighting Designer
Clint Ramos: Costume Designer
Fabian Obisppo: Original Music
Mildred Ruiz: Choreographer
Michael G. Chin: Fight Choreographer
Hwi-Won Lee: Associate Costume Designer
Aaron Meadow: Assistant Lighting Designer
Brian Coleman: Technical Director
Kerry L. Chipman: Carpenter
Brian Cote: Scenic Painter
Adam Dorland: Scenic Painter
Lance A. Michel: Master Electrician
Jeanie Lee: Flyer Design
Bruce Johnson: Flyer Design
Ching Gonzalez: Cover Photo
Sam Rudy Media Relations: Press
Kat Stroot: Stage Manager
Reviews
NAATCO’s all-female cast tore into their roles, crafting each character with such care and attention that after a few minutes you hardly noticed the actresses’ ethnicity.
(Nina Shen Rastogi: Nextbook)
Ching Valdes-Aran is so entirely at home in Bernarda’s skin, she seems born to the role – when she issues an order, it’s clear why all who hear her obey… Chay Yew’s adaptation of Lorca’s masterwork adds a chorus of women who serve as neighbors in the story and who also provide the sound of rainfall, the clapping and pounding of a flamenco beat, and the crash of horse hooves against the house. It’s in the use of the chorus that Yew’s version of the play is most successful.
(David Hilder: NYTheatre.com)
Photos
The Company
(Photographer: Bruce Johnson)
The Company
(Photographer: Bruce Johnson)
Ching Valdes-Aran and Kati Kuroda
(Photographer: Bruce Johnson)
The Company
(Photographer: Bruce Johnson)
Maile Holck and Ching Valdes-Aran
(Photographer: Bruce Johnson)
Mia Katigbak, Carmen M. Herlihy and Sue Jean Kim
(Photographer: Bruce Johnson)
Jeanne Sakata, Kati Kuroda, Ching Valdes-Aran and Maile Holck
(Photographer: Bruce Johnson)
Notes
Set adapted from original design by Sarah Lambert, The House of Bernarda Alba, NAATCO 2000
Special thanks: Paula Berggren, Steven Chaikelson, Laura Chen-Schultz, Catherine Coray, Vinny Burich; Ariadne Condos, Romy Dorotan and Amy Besa of Cendrillon; Gerik Goncalves, Lalla Grimes, Intar (Eduardo Machado, Megan Smith, Jose Sanchez, Lorenzo Mans); Will MacAdams, John McDermott, Michael Ou, Fred Small; Micah Valdes
