Carralajeando con ellas: Mujeres of Carralejas ALL WEEK....MIL GRACIAS!
JESSICA KADISH ⁞ works in Chicago as an actor, director, dramaturg, and
teaching artist. As an actor, she has most recently appeared in "La Pasión
Según Antígona Pérez" with Teatro Aguijón (dir. Marcela Muñoz) and
"The Americans" at the Logan Square Avondale Arts Center (dir. Coya
Paz). As a director, she regularly collaborates with 2nd Story and Erasing the
Distance, where she has directed some of the company's first-ever Spanish
language performances. As a dramaturg, she has worked on "No Roosters in
the Desert" (dir. Tanya Saracho) at Prop Theater and "Las Hermanas
Padilla" (dir. Juan Castaneda) at Chicago Fusion Theater. As a teaching
artist, she has worked with the Goodman Theatre's General Theatre Studies
program, Erasing the Distance's residency at Al Raby High School, and the
University of Chicago's Teaching Lab Collaborations.
During 2009 and 2010 she lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, studying sociology at the University of Buenos Aires, collaborating with human rights theatre collective Teatro Por La Identidad, and volunteering as a teaching artist at the Casa del Niño in the suburb of Florencio Varela. She also studied movement at the Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas, theatre for the blind at Teatro Ciego, aerial dance at Danza Aerea, and teatro foro with a local teatro del oprimido ensemble. While in Buenos Aires she also performed in the world premiere of "X Cantidad de Personas Que Tienen Puesto Un Jean Azul" an internationl Argentine-German collaboration for the Dramaturgias Cruzadas festival.
Jessica is a proud Artistic Associate with Erasing the Distance, a theater company that works to shed light on mental health topics. She trains regularly at Black Box Acting Studio and is a recent graduate of the University of Chicago with a degree in Theater and Performance Studies and a minor in Human Rights. She is thrilled to be performing with Colectivo El Pozo for the first time and grateful for the opportunity.
During 2009 and 2010 she lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, studying sociology at the University of Buenos Aires, collaborating with human rights theatre collective Teatro Por La Identidad, and volunteering as a teaching artist at the Casa del Niño in the suburb of Florencio Varela. She also studied movement at the Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas, theatre for the blind at Teatro Ciego, aerial dance at Danza Aerea, and teatro foro with a local teatro del oprimido ensemble. While in Buenos Aires she also performed in the world premiere of "X Cantidad de Personas Que Tienen Puesto Un Jean Azul" an internationl Argentine-German collaboration for the Dramaturgias Cruzadas festival.
Jessica is a proud Artistic Associate with Erasing the Distance, a theater company that works to shed light on mental health topics. She trains regularly at Black Box Acting Studio and is a recent graduate of the University of Chicago with a degree in Theater and Performance Studies and a minor in Human Rights. She is thrilled to be performing with Colectivo El Pozo for the first time and grateful for the opportunity.
LAURA CROTTE ⁞ actress, vocalist, stage director, educator, and community organizer hails from Mexico where she studied Dramatic Literature and Theatre at UNAM. She was trained at the Anthropology of Theatre Lab in Chapultepec, and was part of Tablas y Diablas Comedy dell Art Mask Lab conducted by Jean Marie Binoche in Xalapa, Veracruz. She was trained by Abraham Oceransky, Alicia Martinez, Juan José Gurrola, and Héctor Mendoza. Her credits in Mexico include puppets, musicals, dramatized readings, and original works on national and international tours.
In Chicago, she was recently featured at House of Blues in Sones de Mexico´s concert “Revolucion”,and has been vocalist with Orquesta La Tira and Hoy Son. Her theatre credits include “The Sins of Sor Juana” and “Electricidad” at Goodman Theatre´s Albert house and at their Owen house in “Esperanza Rising” and “Mariela in the Desert”. There, she has performed, directed, and adapted a Mexican Musical version of Lorca´s Blood Wedding. “Al son que me toques, Lorca” opened the 2008 Goodman Latino Theatre Festival where in 2003 she also performed “La Casa de Bernarda Alba” with Teatro Aguijon traveling later to Peru and Argentina. As a former Teatrovista member she was featured at Chopin Theatre in “Another part of the house”, “Blind mouth singing”, and “The Sins of Sor Juana” at the Mexican Fine Arts. She has stage read with Steppenwolf, Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago Dramatist, Teatrovista, and Goodman Theatres. Laura has toured Chicago public schools, libraries, and Community Centers with her solo mask performances of Nanatzin and Tecucistécatl accompanied by cello, bass, jaranas, or harp telling ancient Mexican myths and legends. Ms. Crotte recently concluded the McArthur Foundation International Connections cultural exchange, a program she ran between LSNA (Logan Square Neighborhood Association) education staff in Chicago and scholars, artists, and community organizers in Veracruz, Puebla, Morelos, Hidalgo, D.F. and the state of Mexico.
In Chicago, she was recently featured at House of Blues in Sones de Mexico´s concert “Revolucion”,and has been vocalist with Orquesta La Tira and Hoy Son. Her theatre credits include “The Sins of Sor Juana” and “Electricidad” at Goodman Theatre´s Albert house and at their Owen house in “Esperanza Rising” and “Mariela in the Desert”. There, she has performed, directed, and adapted a Mexican Musical version of Lorca´s Blood Wedding. “Al son que me toques, Lorca” opened the 2008 Goodman Latino Theatre Festival where in 2003 she also performed “La Casa de Bernarda Alba” with Teatro Aguijon traveling later to Peru and Argentina. As a former Teatrovista member she was featured at Chopin Theatre in “Another part of the house”, “Blind mouth singing”, and “The Sins of Sor Juana” at the Mexican Fine Arts. She has stage read with Steppenwolf, Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago Dramatist, Teatrovista, and Goodman Theatres. Laura has toured Chicago public schools, libraries, and Community Centers with her solo mask performances of Nanatzin and Tecucistécatl accompanied by cello, bass, jaranas, or harp telling ancient Mexican myths and legends. Ms. Crotte recently concluded the McArthur Foundation International Connections cultural exchange, a program she ran between LSNA (Logan Square Neighborhood Association) education staff in Chicago and scholars, artists, and community organizers in Veracruz, Puebla, Morelos, Hidalgo, D.F. and the state of Mexico.
