David Davila

The cast has been announced for Lone Star Theatre Company’s next Texas Reads event featuring six one act plays about first loves deep in the heart of Texas. Leading the cast of several plays are Allison Maldonado, Julie Benko, Alexander Pepperman, Michael Grew, Tracy Singer, and Don Frame. David Davila directs.

The series of one-acts are by Texas playwrights Emily Comisar, Lindsey Van de Kirk, Daniella Benavides, Judith Leora, Lindsay Hicks, & David Davila.

The Texas Reads series at Lone Star Theatre Co gives playwrights from Texas an opportunity to work with actors and directors to develop their new plays, and gives New Yorkers a reason to have a cocktail and visit with friends.

The reading will take place on Monday, May 6th at 6:00pm at Hourglass Tavern on 46th and 9th ave in New York City.

David Davila’s new play ADAN Y JULIO will receive a benefit reading in San Antonio, TX on May 2nd in preparations for a New York City production in late summer.

The reading, directed by Cindy Kinnear, and produced by Vanessa Garcia, will take place at the Blue Star Arts complex at 7pm on Thursday, May 2nd.

ADAN Y JULIO tells the epic love story of two young men caught on different sides of the deadly Mexican drug war. Adan is a teenage mercenary on a quest… for revenge, but when he meets Julio, the heir to the same drug empire that killed his father, his world is turned upside down by passion. Can Adan and Julio break away from the war-torn world of the Mexico/U.S. border, or is death the only escape?

The doors will open at 7pm. There will be a $20 cover and a $10 food minimum (does not include drinks). The staged reading will begin at 7:30 and will have a 10 minute intermission.

The Blue Star Arts Complex is located at 1414 S Alamo St, San Antonio, TX 78210. For reservations please e-mail vanessarae.garcia@gmail.com.

David Davila is set to direct six one act plays about first loves deep in the heart of Texas for Lone Star Theatre Company’s next Texas Reads event.

The series of one-acts are by Texas playwrights Emily Comisar, Lindsey Van de Kirk, Daniella Benavides, Judith Leora, Lindsay Hicks, & David Davila.

The Texas Reads series at Lone Star Theatre Co gives playwrights from Texas an opportunity to work with actors and directors to develop their new plays, and gives New Yorkers a reason to have a cocktail and visit with friends.

The reading will take place on Monday, May 6th at 6:00pm at Hourglass Tavern on 46th and 9th ave in New York City.

Celebrating the life of Mexican-American superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez,  BROADWAY SINGS SELENA will welcome a starry cast of Broadway’s best performers;  presented at Off-Broadway’s The Underground Theatre on April 1st.

Some of Broadway‘s brightest young talent will sing songs made famous by  Selena Quintanilla-Perez, the queen of Tejano music who was slain on March 31st,  1995. The concert will feature over 15 cover songs to celebrate the life of the  late artist and the impact she had on Latino culture worldwide. Her many hits  include “Como la Flor,” “Dreaming of You,” “I Could Fall in Love,” and “No Me  Queda Mas.” Broadway Sings Selena is presented as part of Lone Star Theatre  Company’s Texas Legends series.

Performers include Courtney Reed  (Aladdin), Luis  Salgado (Women on The Verge…), Gabrielle  Ruiz (Evita), Manuel Stark (NBC’s SMASH), Genny  Lis Padilla (In The Heights), Desi  Oakley (Annie), Anthony  Lee Medina (Spring Awakening), Jose  Sepulveda (Altar Boyz), Margot B. (Rent), Brandon  Contreras (In The Heights), Gizel  Jimenez (West Side Story, In The Heights Westchester), Tyrone  Davis, Jr. (Shrek), Stephanie  Klemons  (In The Heights), Danny George  (Sister Act), Charles  Barksdale  (Sister Act), Victor  Legra, David Davila, Hayley  Anna Norris, Joshua  Gonzales,  Jonah Mayor, and Michael Gioia. Continue reading →

Playwright/songwriter, David Davila, wrote one original song a week for an entire year until he had a canon of songs and nothing to do but put on a concert. After a successful sold-out show at the Laurie Beechman Theater, David Davila and friends are back to rock the Triad with more fun songs about love, sex, strippers, and following your dreams.

52 SONGS: MAKE IT HAPPEN! brings you more songs from Davila’s massive songwriting project, plus a bevy of brand new material from his musicals CORNER GIRL, and F*CKING BEAUTIFUL featuring New York’s hottest singers from Broadway, Television, Cabaret, and Indie Rock. Come out on February 17th to the Triad Theater and hear original music by David Davila in the super-sexy-sequel to 52 Songs: Abridged!

The concert features Brandon Ellis (Once), Jaime Cepero (Smash), Desi Oakley (Annie), Gabrielle Ruiz (Evita), Trevon Davis (Book of Mormon), Margot B (Rent), Manuel Stark (West Side Story), Carmen Ruby Floyd (Avenue Q), Daniel Quadrino (Bye Bye Birdie), Brian Charles Rooney (Three Penny Opera), Lacey Angerosa (Frenemies), Eric Restivo (Naked Boys Singing), Brittany Kiernan (…Spelling Bee), Geoffrey Kidwell (Rated RSO), Hayley Anna Norris (Hatched), Jose Sepulveda (Adan y Julio), Jillian Cox (High Hair & Jalepeños), Stephanie Nash (Unfinished), Katie Hotz (Legends of Rock), Michelle Caniglia (52 Songs), Zach Blane, Sean Havrilla, David Davila, and more.

52 SONGS part 2: MAKE IT HAPPEN! is produced by Vanessa Rae Garcia and directed by Jay Levy, with musical direction by Max Mamon.

This concert is a benefit for Lone Star Theatre Company’s upcoming production of David Davila’s ADAN Y JULIO. Visit Stage 72 at the Triad for tickets.

Arthur Bryan Marroquin

David Davila’s ADAN Y JULIO will come to life on December 22nd when university theatre students from South Texas participate in a reading of the play in the Rio Grande Valley, along the Texas/Mexico border, where the action of the drama unfolds. The reading, produced by Veronique Medrano is being held to promote the awareness of equality in Texas and to promote peace along the border.

The reading stars South Texans, Arthur Bryan Marroquin (The University of Texas Austin) and Eddy Cavazos (Texas A&M Kingsville) as the star-crossed lovers Adan and Julio. They will be joined by Veronique Medrano (The University of Texas Pan American), Karen Rodriquez (The Unviersity of Texas Austin), Vanessa Chavez (The Unversity of North Texas), Evelyn Rodriguez (The University of North Texas), Samuel Gonzales (South Texas College), and David Davila.

ADAN Y JULIO tells the story of young gay lovers who are stuck on two different sides of the Mexican drug war which has claimed more lives than the war in Iraq. ADAN Y JULIO is scheduled to make it’s world premiere in New York City in 2013 at Lone Star Theatre Company.

Per Arthur Bryan Marroquin, “This play is important because it carries a universal message of love and war in South Texas, that most Americans have been ignoring for years. It’s up to the audience to take from it what they will. If they’re willing to listen they will be exposed to a world that has been under their noses for years, or they can continue to disregard it as they always have. It’s our job as actors to bring the story to life so that those who choose to listen can hear the message and spread it. I truly believe that change can come.”

The reading will be held at Moon Beams, in Edinburg, TX on December 22nd at 5:00pm. It is open to the public.

The initial cast has been announced for the upcoming reading of David Davila’s new musical, CORNER GIRL: THE MUSICAL. Leading the cast in the roles of brother and sister, Tara and Ryan, are Stephanie Nash and Braden Bradley.

They’ll be joined by Brandon Martin as the mysterious Man in Mask, Zoë Sloan-Weiss as the innocent and naive prostitute, Aura, Sam Heldt as a patron, Ele Bernstein as famed burlusque performer named Liza, and David Davila himself as the looming dark figure, the Commander.  They will read scenes from the new musical on Tuesday December 11th along with several other musical theatre writers presenting works in progress at Primary Stages at 6:00pm.

Featuring music and lyrics by David Davila & Tara Fike, and a book by David Davila and Ryan Ramirez, CORNER GIRL is the story of a destitute brother and sister (Tara and Ryan) who must turn to the seedy underground world of prostitution and human trafficking in search of a better life. Soon Tara and Ryan’s worlds are turned upside down by an infamous burlusque performer named Liza, a mysterious man in a mask, and murder. Will they find the better life they’re dreaming of, or will they end up back on the streets… or even worse… in their graves?

This reading is presented as part of Primary Stages annual Fall playwright festival. Please RSVP to intern@primarystages.org.