{"id":246055,"date":"2013-04-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/moxie-stages-rivera\/"},"modified":"2013-04-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T07:00:00","slug":"moxie-stages-rivera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/moxie-stages-rivera\/","title":{"rendered":"Moxie stages Rivera"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong>Poetic script transfixes with mystery and magic<\/p>\n

Por Charlene Baldridge | Cr\u00edtico de Teatro SDUN<\/p>\n

What sound does the moon make and from whence does his light emanate? Find out as Moxie Theatre presents Jos\u00e9 Rivera\u2019s evocatively titled \u201cReferences to Salvador Dal\u00ed Make Me Hot.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(l to r) Jorge Rodriguez and Jacqueline Grace Lopez (Photo by Daren Scott)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2000 play is staged by Dana I. Harrell, producing director at La Jolla Playhouse, where, among others, Rivera\u2019s \u201cMarisol\u201d and \u201cCloud Tectonics\u201d were produced in 1992 and 1995 respectively.<\/p>\n

Playgoers familiar with Rivera\u2019s style know to expect a m\u00e9lange of magic realism and fact. Exactly which is which is up for grabs, but one need not seek definition; one need only sit back and bathe in the poetic imagery.<\/p>\n

Set in the desert near Barstow, Calif., the play begins with a dialogue between a sensuous woman named Cat (played by Anna Rebek) and her would-be seducer Coyote (Steven Lone). The scene is observed by the full and sensuous Moon (John Padilla), whose phases are said to exert influence on female receptivity.<\/p>\n

As Gabriela (Jacqueline Grace Lopez) awaits the return of her husband Benito (Jorge Rodriguez) from the Persian Gulf, she is hounded by a 14-year-old neighbor boy named Martin (Apollo Blatchley), who seeks to have his first sexual encounter with her.<\/p>\n

Apparently everyone in Barstow is hot. What is real and what is not is in the eye of the beholder as the poetry, the imagery and the reality of return vis-a-vis the marital bond are explored. Who is sympathetic and who is not fluctuates with the phases of the moon. Is the Cat character Gabriela\u2019s real roommate, or is she merely the household cat, lost in the desert and prey to the coyote?<\/p>\n

What a trip of a script Rivera writes, poetic and rife with humor.<\/p>\n

The mystery and the magic are transfixing, especially as realized by these actors, both familiar and not. Lopez, who hails from Hollywood, Calif., is extraordinary and so is Rebek, also making her Moxie debut. Blatchley, a San Diegan and a veteran of ACT\u2019s \u201cSpring Awakening\u201d and Lamb\u2019s \u201cFiddler on the Roof,\u201d is gauche and charming. Rodriguez, who works locally with D. Kandis Paule and was seen in ion theatre\u2019s award-winning \u201cJulia\u201d is fascinatingly non-committal in the role of a plain guy caught between carnal desire and his love of what Moon describes as a body rich with dreams. Most surprising are new facets of familiar actors: Lone, seen for the first time in a sexy, brutal role, and Padilla, simply yummy as Moon.<\/p>\n

Moxie and Harrel and company deliver the \u201chot\u201d experience, enhanced by Christopher Ward\u2019s scenic design, Alina Bokovikova\u2019s costumes, Luke Olson\u2019s lighting, Matt Lescault-Wood\u2019s sound and Derrick McGee\u2019s choreography.<\/p>\n

\u201cReferences to Salvador Dal\u00ed Make Me Hot\u201d<\/strong>
\nWHERE: Moxie Theatre, 6663 El Cajon Blvd. (Rolando)<\/strong>
\nWHEN: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. through May 5<\/strong>
\nINFO: 858-598-7620<\/strong>
\nWEB: moxietheatre.com<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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