In April 2016, Shelter had a two week run in East Los Angeles’ Lincoln Park.
Shelter Press Photos:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7eg8wrx67vk6q9x/AAAQq9mzK83GHkC194Bq_Loca?dl=0
Shelter Press Release:
https://calarts.edu/news/2016-feb-4/shelter-young-asylum-seekers-inspire-new-theatrical-production
FOLLOWING ARE LINKS TO SELECTED PRESS FOR SHELTER:
Television and online video:
PBS SoCal (English, 6:13 min.)
http://video.pbssocal.org/video/2365747917/
Los Angeles Times (English, 1:13 min.)
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-seeking-shelter-20160331- premiumvideo.html
EFE (Spanish, 1:25 min.)
http://mexico.servidornoticias.com/56_america/3737126_refugio-obra-inspirada-en-el-peligroso-exodo-de-menores-centroamericanos.
English-language press:
American Theatre:
Finding 'Shelter from the Storm
http://www.americantheatre.org/2016/06/23/finding-shelter-from-the-storm/
Los Angeles Times:
Feature – online and in print
CalArts' 'Shelter' gives voice to the Central American kids fleeing to the U.S. without their parents
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-shelter-play-calarts-20160403-story.html
Los Angeles Times, Culture Monster blog:
CalArts play 'Shelter' gives voice to immigrant children
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-shelter-gives-voice-to-immigrant-children-20160318-story.html
Photo gallery, Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-shelter-play-calarts-20160403-story.html
National Public Radio:
Child Migrants' Harrowing Journey Brought To Life On Stage
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/04/07/473416755/the-harrowing-journey-of-unaccompanied-child-migrants-inspires-art
Associated Press:
Distributed to over 100 media outlet’s coast-to-coast: Recreating Hazardous Journey to U.S. Rings True with Actors
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/39bbdc2dfac748e4b6b5d71c9482b2b2/recreating-hazardous-journey-us-rings-true-actors
ThinkProgress:
New Play Hopes To Humanize The Plight Of Immigrant Kids Seeking Refuge In The U.S.
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2016/02/18/3749665/shelter-unaccompanied-play/
KQED FM—California Report:
L.A. Stage Drama Journeys to the Heart of Child Immigrant Crisis
http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/04/10/l-a-stage-drama-journeys-to-the-heart-of-child-immigrant-crisis
Generation Progress:
In Shelter, The Perilous, Human Realities Of The Immigration Crisis Take Center Stage
http://genprogress.org/voices/2016/04/08/42931/in-shelter-the-perilous-human-realities-of-the-immigration-crisis-take-center-stage/
HowlRound:
Unacompannied Minors Seek Shelter
http://howlround.com/unaccompanied-minors-seek-shelter
Reviews
LA Weekly:
Shelter Brings the Horrors of the Central American Refugee Crisis to the Eastside of L.A.
http://www.laweekly.com/arts/shelter-brings-the-horrors-of-the-central-american-refugee-crisis-to-the-eastside-of-la-6815346
Spanish-language press:
Los Angeles Times:
Spanish feature – linked to English version of L.A. Times online
El drama de los niños centroamericanos que emigran solos hacia los EE.UU., expuesto en una obra teatral
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/hoyla-lat-el-drama-de-los-ninos-centroamericanos-que-emigran-solos-hacia-los-ee-uu-expuesto-en-una-obra-teatra-20160401- story.html
Hoy:
Spanish translation of Los Angeles Times feature
El drama de los niños centroamericanos que emigran solos hacia los EE.UU., expuesto en una obra teatral
http://www.hoylosangeles.com/latimesespanol/hoyla-lat-el-drama-de-los-ninos-centroamericanos-que-emigran-solos-hacia-los-ee-uu-expuesto-en-una-obra-teatra-20160401- story.html
Hoy:
Original feature coverage of the play
'Shelter' lleva al teatro el drama de los niños centroamericanos que emigran a EE.UU.
http://www.hoylosangeles.com/espectaculos/hoyla-art-shelter-lleva-al-teatro-el-drama-de-los-ninos-centroamericanos-que-emigran-a-ee-uu-story.html
Hoy:
Columnist Agustín Durán interviewed youth in Shelter audience
Shelter: los sueños de niños centroamericanos en medio de intensa hostilidad
http://www.hoylosangeles.com/noticias/local/hoyla-loc-shelter-los-suenos-de-los-ninos-centroamericanos-en-medio-de-intensa-hostilidad-20160416-story.html
EFE:
Video and articles distributed to over 300 media outlets in the US and Latin America
“Refugio”, obra inspirada en el peligroso éxodo de menores centroamericanos
http://www.efe.com/efe/usa/cultura/refugio-obra-inspirada-en-el-peligroso-exodo-de-menores-centroamericanos/50000109-2890428
Reforma:
Llevará teatro a calles de Los Ángeles
http://www.reforma.com/aplicacioneslibre/articulo/default.aspx?id=804241&md5=cfe6fc6b6cde8cf0e2861bc659a6cfaa&ta=0dfdbac11765226904c16cb9ad1b2efe%20-%20ixzz44J6EcxkO