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23 Feet In 12 Minutes: The Death And Rebirth Of New Orleans (Fringe Festival 2010)

by Stephen Tortora-Lee on August 27, 2010

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6 Characters Based On 60 Interviews in 60 Minutes Equals Countless Emotions


Deanna Pacelli is a hero.  Or several of them actually, and also a victim, and often enough some observers.  In 23 Feet in 12 Minutes Deanna puts on many characters and pulls stories from many moving moments as she recounts the events starting with Hurricane Katrina from the eyes of 6 characters drawn from more than 60 accounts of what happened after the storm hit, the water rose, and chaos spread.

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Omarys Concepcion Lopez Perez Goes To Israel (To Speak To God At The Wailing Wall) – (Fringe Festival 2010)

by Antonio Miniño on August 16, 2010

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This one woman show at the New York International Fringe Festival is the stuff we live for here at The Happiest Medium; as managing director Karen Tortora-Lee will tell you, our mission is to highlight, showcase and celebrate our favorite medium, and that is exactly what writer/performer Leila Arias does in Omarys Concepcion Lopez Perez Goes To Israel (to Speak to God at the Wailing Wall). It takes a certain kind of performer to pull off a solo-show, and Ms. Arias has the spunk, chops and enthusiasm to transport us to Jerusalem, the Bronx and Puerto Rico in a 40 minute journey.

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