FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Clatsop Community College Arts & Ideas is pleased to add another event to its calendar! The River Theater, in collaboration with the Lower Columbia Hispanic Council, presents Mi Vida Gitana, a cross cultural romance between a young Spanish gypsy girl and an American boy, intertwined with adventurous gitano tales of love and deceit. Mi Vida Gitana will play for one night only, on Saturday, June 3rd at 8 PM at Clatsop Community College Performing Arts Center, located at 16th and Franklin, in Astoria. This special performance is made possible through sponsorship by Clatsop Community College Arts & Ideas. Admission is $10 and reservations can be made by calling the River Theatre at 503-325-7487.

Both orphans in their own ways, Liliana and Charlie make a pact that unites them in spite of their disapproving families. Rose, Charlie’s mother, wants only the best for her son, but will her deceit drive him away from his American life to the uncertain world of the gypsies?

This romantic tale springs forth from Liliana’s letters from prison, remembering not only her own sad past but the dangerous heritage of her ancestors. Charlie, new to Spain, is forced to move in with his mother after being kicked out of military school. He finds solace in the street life of Pamplona, where he meets Liliana and her keeper, Don Armando, the lord of the gitanos. Will their love be strong enough to break the bonds that keep Liliana and Charlie tied to their traditions?

Milagro company actress, Maya Malán-González, plays the role of Liliana and the multitalented Jeffrey Watson joins Milagro for his first season in the role of Charlie. Omar Vargas of Ecuador is Don Armando, El Capítan of the Gitanos. Dañel Malán is Rose, the American mother with a gypsy past. Direction is by Dan Ruiz and Choreography is by Laurena Marrone, artistic director of the Flamenco Arts Academy.

For more information about Teatro Milagro and it’s programs, visit www.milagro.org.
The 2006 season of touring of Mi Vida Gitana is made possible in part by the
Autzen Foundation, Boeing, Juan Young Trust, Weekes Foundation, Target and El Hispanic News