Leonardo (Colin Hollander) stares off as the Bride (Emely Chavez) stands behind him in silence during the dress rehearsal of “Blood Wedding” in the Dow Arena Theatre at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on March 19, 2018. Photo by Randi Love
The Moon (Sarah Ruth Ryan) talks to nature prior to the fight scene during the dress rehearsal of “Blood Wedding” in the Dow Arena Theatre at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on March 19, 2018. Photo by Randi Love
The Bride (Emely Chavez) hides her disappointed face from her new husband the Bridegroom (Bryan Rojas) after the ceremony during the dress rehearsal of “Blood Wedding” in the Dow Arena Theatre at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on March 19, 2018. Photo by Randi Love
Leonardo (Colin Hollander) stares off as the Bride (Emely Chavez) stands behind him in silence during the dress rehearsal of “Blood Wedding” in the Dow Arena Theatre at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on March 19, 2018. Photo by Randi Love
Young actors in theater don’t always work, but director Valorie Grear thought it would be the best way to go for her rendition of Federico Garcia Lorca’s “Blood Wedding.”
Both leads are fairly new to the stage. Emely Chavez, who plays the Bride, has not appeared in any production at Pierce prior to this play. Also, Colin Hollander, who plays Leonardo acted in a previous production called “Rosecranz and Guildenstern Are Dead” that was directed by Grear.
The plays opening night was March 23, at 8 p.m. and runs through April 1, in the Dow Arena Theatre.
Lorca typically uses fictional nature character’s in his work, so the Beggar and the Moon are helpful characters that lead the play into it’s emotional ending.
The Moon (Sarah Ruth Ryan) represents a masculine, cold and blood-thirsty world and the Beggar (Josh Ryan) represents death itself.
The story surrounded the Bride and her relationship between the Bridegroom and Leonardo.
