Justina Machado
in Like Water for Chocolate the Musical

March 27-April 17, 2011




Sundance Institute announced the artists and projects selected for its 2011 Theatre Lab to be held at The Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, from March 27-April 17. The centerpiece of Sundance Institute’s Theatre Program, the Theatre Lab is a three-week developmental retreat designed to provide a private, creative environment for playwrights, directors, composers and librettists to devise and refine new work with the support of creative advisors, full casts and rehearsal space.  This year, Sundance has 31 fellows or generative artists, including playwrights, composers, directors and creative teams. Sundance Institute is grateful for the assistance of the Performing Arts Residency program at The Banff Centre.

Justina Machado
stars along side
CHITA RIVERA
in the musical version of
Like Water For Chocolate
Sundance Institute's 2011 Theatre Lab
to be held at The Banff Centre
March 27-April 17

Lila Downs, composer

Paul Cohen, co-composer

Quiara Alegria Hudes, bookwriter

Ted Sperling, co-director

Michael Levine, designer

Michael Curry, puppet designer


Like Water for Chocolate is a musical adaptation of the best-selling 1989 novel by Mexican author Laura Esquivel. Making her musical theater debut, Mexican singer-songwriter Downs wrote the songs with her long-time collaborator Cohen, and the script is by Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-nominee Hudes. Like Water for Chocolate incorporates Mexican cooking and the power of food, the magical realism of Mexican folk tales, and both contemporary and ancient theater techniques.


Sundance Institute:

Sundance Institute is a global nonprofit organization founded by Robert Redford in 1981. Through its artistic development programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, composers and playwrights, the Institute seeks to discover and support independent film and theatre artists from the United States and around the world, and to introduce audiences to their new work. The Institute promotes independent storytelling to inform, inspire, and unite diverse populations around the globe. Internationally recognized for its annual Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Institute has nurtured such projects as Born into Brothels, Trouble the Water, Son of Babylon, Amreeka, An Inconvenient Truth, Spring Awakening, I Am My Own Wife, Light in the Piazza and Angels in America. www.sundance.org

The Banff Centre:
The Banff Centre is Canada’s creative leader in arts and culture. A post-secondary learning institution located in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, The Banff Centre’s mission is Inspiring Creativity. In this powerful mountain setting, exceptional artists and leaders from around the world create and perform new works of art, share skills and knowledge in an interdisciplinary environment, explore ideas, and develop solutions in the arts and leadership. The Banff Centre supports international creative residencies in opera, ballet, contemporary dance, music, and visual and literary arts. www.banffcentre.ca




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