Converging Art and Activism!
This Is All Just Temporary at the Anacostia Arts Center
convergencetheatre.org
FIVE STARS! - "Director Elena Velasco guides her cast adeptly through the small space....Using projections, movement, and some classic storytelling techniques, this production puts a new spin on the theme that the people we love the most can also make us feel the most “stuck."...This Is All Just Temporary deftly highlights the strength of the feelings of both love and guilt a family can elicit in us, and how we sometimes must come together to make impossible choices." - Jon Bavoso, DC Theatre Scene
dctheatrescene.com/2018/01/22/just-temporary-convergence-theatre-review/
"This is All Just Temporary breaks your heart and then puts you back together even stronger than before." - Kendall Mostafavi, DC Metro Theater Arts
dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2018/01/24/review-just-temporary-convergence-theatre-womens-voices-theater-festival/
This Is All Just Temporary at the Anacostia Arts Center
convergencetheatre.org
FIVE STARS! - "Director Elena Velasco guides her cast adeptly through the small space....Using projections, movement, and some classic storytelling techniques, this production puts a new spin on the theme that the people we love the most can also make us feel the most “stuck."...This Is All Just Temporary deftly highlights the strength of the feelings of both love and guilt a family can elicit in us, and how we sometimes must come together to make impossible choices." - Jon Bavoso, DC Theatre Scene
dctheatrescene.com/2018/01/22/just-temporary-convergence-theatre-review/
"This is All Just Temporary breaks your heart and then puts you back together even stronger than before." - Kendall Mostafavi, DC Metro Theater Arts
dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2018/01/24/review-just-temporary-convergence-theatre-womens-voices-theater-festival/
This Is All Just Temporary by Olivia Haller. Actors featured: Taunya Ferguson and Fabiolla da Silva. Stage Management: Laura Schlachtmeyer; Lighting and Projections: Philip da Costa; Set Design: Alex Miltetich IV; Costumes: Madeline Belknap; Props: Carrie Kirby. Photo credit: Ethan Malamud.
Convergence Theatre
2017 Helen Hayes Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company Award Nominee
2017 Helen Hayes Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company Award Nominee
HELEN HAYES RECOMMENDED!
Rave Reviews for Hansel and Gretel!
"...A riveting performance in which words would be superfluous...Bertocci and Velasco have done an amazing job of making this production entrancing to children and adults alike." - Mary Ann Johnson, MD Theatre Guide
Rave Reviews for Hansel and Gretel!
"...A riveting performance in which words would be superfluous...Bertocci and Velasco have done an amazing job of making this production entrancing to children and adults alike." - Mary Ann Johnson, MD Theatre Guide
Hansel and Gretel produced by Synetic Theater. Adapted, choreographed and directed by Elena Velasco and Tori Bertocci. Featuring Sharisse Taylor, Justin Jarod Bell and Raven Wilkes (as Witch). Set and Puppetry by Philip da Costa; Lighting Design by Kelly Rudolph; Costumes by Dominique Gabby; Sound by Koki Lortikipandize; Stage Managed by Tess Wagner. Photo Credit: Johnny Shryock.
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CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR CONVERGENCE THEATRE'S WITCH!
"....Mesmerizing to watch, and movingly performed." - DC Metro Theatre Arts.
dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2016/10/17/review-witch-convergence-theatre-mead-theatre-lab-flashpoint/
"...Spiritual and all-encompassing." - MD Theatre Guide
mdtheatreguide.com/2016/10/theatre-review-witch-at-convergence-theatre/
"The game cast of director Elena Velasco's Witch knit together shades of The Crucible and The Exorcist to provide an arresting experience that serves as a dark morality play and timely reminder of women's ongoing fight for safety and equality." - DC Theatre Scene
dctheatrescene.com/2016/10/17/witch-potent-brew-convergence-theatre/
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BHAVI the AVENGER triumphs!
Honored by DCMetroTheaterArts Best of 2015
Best Directors of a Play in Professional Theatres
Best Plays in Professional Theatres
Best Performances
http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2015/01/04/dcmetrotheaterarts-best-of-2015-18-directors-play-in-professional-theatres/
http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2015/12/21/dcmetrotheaterarts-best-of-2015-best-plays-in-professional-theaters4/
http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2015/12/26/dcmetrotheaterarts-best-2015-8-best-performances-play-professional-theatres1/
BHAVI the AVENGER triumphs!
Honored by DCMetroTheaterArts Best of 2015
Best Directors of a Play in Professional Theatres
Best Plays in Professional Theatres
Best Performances
http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2015/01/04/dcmetrotheaterarts-best-of-2015-18-directors-play-in-professional-theatres/
http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2015/12/21/dcmetrotheaterarts-best-of-2015-best-plays-in-professional-theaters4/
http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2015/12/26/dcmetrotheaterarts-best-2015-8-best-performances-play-professional-theatres1/
Bhavi the Avenger. Written by Tearrance Chisholm, directed by Elena Velasco. Featuring Marquis D. Gibson and Latia Stokes. Set design and shadow puppetry by Josh Rosenblum; lights and projections design by Nate Collard; costumes by Madeline Belknap. Photo credit: Tori Boutin
Theatre Washington Feature
Take Ten Interview with Elena Velasco, Artistic Director of Convergence Theatre
theatrewashington.org/content/take-ten-elena-velasco
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Take Ten Interview with Elena Velasco, Artistic Director of Convergence Theatre
theatrewashington.org/content/take-ten-elena-velasco
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