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
Set Design: Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams Costume Design: Clint Ramos Lighting Design: Stephen Petrilli Original Music: Fabian Obisppo Musical Director: Dax Valdes Stage Manager: Kat Stroot Assistant Stage Manager/Props Design: Shannon Sexton Choreographer: Mildred Ruiz Fight Choreographer: Michael G. Chin Associate Costume Designer: Hwi-Won Lee Assistant Lighting Designer: Aaron Meadow Technical Director: Brian Coleman Flyer Design: Jeanie Lee & Bruce Johnson Cover Photo: Ching Gonzalez Press: Sam Rudy Media Relations Set adapted from original design by Sarah Lambert, The House of Bernarda Alba, NAATCO 2000
