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Woodbridge Kids Dance to Rwandan Pop on the Green

by Paul Bass | Jun 17, 2008 3:03 pm

… only in New Haven. At least during Arts & Ideas.

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Ideat Village Opens in Style

by Sarah Vanderbilt | Jun 16, 2008 9:29 am | Comments (1)

As chamber music wafted across the green Saturday afternoon, a different scene was underway at Pitkin Plaza, where graffiti artists and break dancers showed off their talents to a steady hip-hop beat.

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Bradbury’s Setting: Your Home Entertainment Center?

by Allan Appel | Jun 16, 2008 9:15 am

A pretty friendly city — as far as authoritarian places go.

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Jazz Headliners Announced

by Paul Bass | Jun 12, 2008 3:46 pm | Comments (3)

Giacomo Gates. Wycliffe Gordon. Jesse Hameen II. A band of New Haven “all-stars.”

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Wheels, Wheels, Wheels!

by Melinda Tuhus | Jun 6, 2008 4:40 pm | Comments (3)

This unicycle was just one of the wheels that rolled onto the Green in preparation for a festival dance of the people, by the people and for the people.

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Nalo Hopkinson Comes To Class

by TOM FICKLIN | Jun 4, 2008 8:30 am

Jamaican-born poet Nalo Hopkinson read from her work Tuesday to a creative writing class as part of the Yale Summer Reading Series. Click on the play arrow for a sample.

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Terryl Daluz Scores

by TOM FICKLIN | Jun 2, 2008 9:49 am

NH’s own nominated for NAACP Theatre award. Press release follows.

Contact: Terryl Daluz FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Telephone: 203-668-8736
Email: HYPERLINK “mailto:gq_rell@hotmail.com” gq_rell@hotmail.com

AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE AND LATINO MALE NOMINATED FOR AN 18TH ANNUAL NAACP THEATRE AWARD FOR BEST PLAYWRIGHT LOCAL
Two LA writers speak on issues that affect teens growing up in the system through their original play, “MASKS.”

Writers/actors Terryl Daluz and Mann Alfonso says, race wasn’t even a factor when they wrote this fictitious but true to life story about two young men, an African American and a Latino who befriend each other, grow up in the system together, struggle to make it into manhood together, while battling with their past together. “The funny thing is, coming from where we come from on the east coast, African American’s and Latino’s coexist happily,” says Mann. “When we wrote this play we didn’t even think about the dynamics of race,” says Terryl. Mann says, “It’s just about two young men that grew up in the system with no one else but each other.” It wasn’t until performing this piece in front of an audience that both Terryl and Mann realized the impact of their characters being friends made such a statement, especially in such a racially charged climate right now in LA. “One Latino young man that came to see it was fascinated with the fact that our characters had such a strong connection and that we were really friends. That’s what he got from the play,” says Terryl.

MASKS addresses many issues that young people that grow up in the foster care/juvenile justice system have to cope with. Issues of Sex; to fill a void, Drugs; to cloud their mind from all the pain, Violence; for protection or to gain respect and Family; The feeling of abandonment. Mann and Terryl are not only the writers, actors, directors and producers of their play MASKS but they are counselors working in the LA juvenile justice system. They have at least 20 years experience combined. This prompted them to write their story. “We felt like the voices of these young people need to be heard because they rarely are,” says Terryl. “Most teenagers that live in group home facilities have been in and out of the system most of their lives.” A big percentage of them end up in the adult penitentiary system, says Mann.

The play chronicles the lives of 2 fictitious characters by the names of Jason Miller and
Tonyo Geraldo, aka J Boogie and TG. They both were placed into the system at an early
age for similar but different reasons. Their initial meeting at the group home starts off
with a rocky start but through time their bond becomes unbreakable. Watch their lives
unfold in front of you as they struggle to over their obstacles and persevere to reach their
goals.

The irony of it all is, Mann and Terryl met and befriended each other working the
graveyard shift at a group home in Northridge, CA. “It’s funny, we met one time before
after a concert but didn’t even know it. Here we are 2 actors/counselors that moved to
LA both from New England to pursue our acting careers, while still working in the social
service field in which we have the same number of years experience but didn’t even
realize we met before, until like 5am,” says Terryl. Terryl had the concept for the play
but he needed a comedy edge, so he brought it to Mann. “The play wrote itself,” says
Mann.

Come see this riveting piece of art that takes you on a journey through time, where music
relevant to each era transcends each scene, where you’ll laugh, cry, dance, and sing.
“We wanted to capture the true essence of the theater, where tragedy and comedy
meets.”

Showing at The NoHo Actor’s Studio, located at 5215 Magnolia Blvd., North
Hollywood, CA 9160. Friday, July 11th and Saturday, July 12th at 8pm and Sunday,
July13th at 5pm. After Sunday’s performance there will be an after show Q&A.
Admission is $20 per ticket and special group rate for youth organizations. To reserve seats, email your name, telephone number, number of seats and date of show to HYPERLINK “mailto:masks.play@gmail.com” masks.play@gmail.com. Check out our myspace at HYPERLINK “http://www.myspace.com/masksplay” www.myspace.com/masksplay

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