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Playing on Fridays in October at 7pm
Just Arts: Social Justice Arts Festival
Hosted by Olney Theatre
Co-curated by Chil Kong, Kevin McAllister, Elena Velasco and Nicole A. Watson

www.facebook.com/events/352744115776487/


Just missed: 
Guerrilla Theatre Works: Boiling Point 
Saturday, September 12th 3:30pm 
Featured at Encuentro/Philosophies of Liberation International Conference
philosophiesofliberation.org/
Summer 2020 Digital Feature: 
The Decameron
Produced by Synetic Theater
Released July 10, 2020

synetictheater.org/event_pages/the-decameron/

"
Elena Velasco is a strong local director and performer in her own right and brings to this fellowship that is Synetic her most serious lens on theatre for social justice....The work is full of restrained sorrow and rage." - Susan Galbraith, DC Theatre Scene. 
dctheatrescene.com/2020/07/12/review-synetic-theaters-the-decameron-day-three-from-somber-to-sexy/
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More digital performances:
 

Snapshots 2.0 by Asif Majid, directed by Nikoo Mamdoohi
Produced by Convergence Theatre 
 

www.facebook.com/events/573272579892736/


DMV QFest 2.0 and DMV QFest 3.0
Co-Produced by Convergence Theatre, Adventure Theatre MTC and 4615
A festival of new 10 minute plays by DC-based POC playwrights and artists.  

Catch on Convergence Theatre's Facebook
 www.facebook.com/convergencetheatre/videos/966529087129219/



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2019 Highlight: The Magical Piñata 
by Karen Zacarias y Deborah Wicks la Puma 
Directed and choreographed by Elena Velasco 
Keegan Theatre
1742 Church Street NW 
Washington, DC 20036
December 2019
https://keegantheatre.com/playrahka/meeting/the-magical-pinata/



​(Magical Piñata featuring Danie Rodriguez y Ruth Diaz.  Set Design by Matthew Keenan. Costumes and Puppets by Nitya Ramlogan. Props by Cindy Jacobs. Lights by Dan Martin. Projections by Tewodross Melchishua Williams. Stage Managed by Iylana Rose-Davila. Photo credit: Mike Kozemchak)



Óyeme, the Beautiful 
A  work by Miriam Gonzales, chronicling the lives of immigrant students seeking asylum. 

Original direction and choreography by Elena Velasco
Special tour in the Washington, DC area
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