La Bestia: Sweet Mother
Theatrical Productions
La Bestia: Sweet Mother has been performed numerous times: at Theater at the 14th Street Y “Laba House of Culture” (NYC, January 2014), Here Arts Center’s “Downtown Urban Arts Festival” (NYC, May 2015), Theater for the New City’s “Dream Up Festival” (NYC, September 2015), Drama League (NYC, December 2016), and Wild Project Theater’s “International Human Rights Art Festival” (NYC, December 2018). It was also presented as a dance piece at th Takoma Park Theater (MD, September 2014).
Here is a video of the dance/theater production, by the JChen Dance Project, at the Wild Project Theater (NYC), December 2018.
Writer / Creator - Tom Block
Producer / Director / Co-Choreographer - Jessica Chen
Co-Choreographer - J Hsiung
Dancer / Spoken Word Artist - Graceann Dorse
Dancer - Rafael Sanchez
Dancer - Elizabeth Cowperthwaite
La Bestia: Sweet Mother
Wild Project Theater
December 2018
photos by Danny Boyd
Elizabeth Cowperthwaite and Rafael Sanchez
Graceann Dorse, Rafael Sanchez and Elizabeth Cowperthwaite
GraceAnne Dorse and Rafael Sanchez
Elizabeth Cowperthwaite, GraceAnne Dorse and Rafael Sanchez
Elizabeth Cowperthwaite, GraceAnne Dorse and Rafael Sanchez
Elizabeth Cowperthwaite and GraceAnne Dorse
Elizabeth Cowperthwaite, GraceAnne Dorse and Rafael Sanchez
Elizabeth Cowperthwaite, GraceAnne Dorse and Rafael Sanchez
Elizabeth Cowperthwaite, GraceAnne Dorse and Rafael Sanchez
Elizabeth Cowperthwaite, GraceAnne Dorse and Rafael Sanchez
Elizabeth Cowperthwaite, GraceAnne Dorse and Rafael Sanchez
Elizabeth Cowperthwaite and Rafael Sanchez
Elizabeth Cowperthwaite and GraceAnne Dorse
Elizabeth Cowperthwaite
GraceAnne Dorse and Elizabeth Cowperthwaite
La Bestia: Sweet Mother
Theater at the 14th Street Y
January 2014
Cast
Eliana Gonzalez (Valencia)
Larissa Dzegar (Suzette)
Millie Torchetti (Huma)
Patrick Bolger (Male Voice)
Desiree Miller (Cello/Music Director)
Rebecca Weiss (Singer)
Liz Higgins (Dancer/Choreographer)
Directed by Tom Block
photos by Gili Getz
Set for La Bestia: Sweet Mother, Theater at the 14th Street Y, January 2014
Dancer Liz Higgins and Singer Becca Weiss in La Bestia: Sweet Mother at the Theater at the 14th Street Y, January 2014
Liz Higgins (Dancer) and Becca Weiss (Singer)
Mimi Torchetti (Huma) with Patrick Bolger (Male Voice)
Patrick Bolger (Male Voice) and Eliana Gonzalez (Valencia)
Mimi Torchetti (Huma) with Patrick Bolger (Male Voice) and Liz Higgins (Dancer)
Becca Weiss (Singer) and Liz HIggins (Dancer)
Stage
Larissa Dzegar (Suzette)
Patrick Bolger (Male Voice) and Huma (Millie orchetti)
Eliana Gonzalez (Valencia) and Larissa Dzegar (Suzette)
Becca Weiss (Singer) and Liz Higgins (Dancer)
Cast