Baile Romantico (2000)

Jaime Galán es natural de Cádiz (España) y  ha vivido en Portland desde el 2003. Ha trabajado en la industria del turismo haciendo sketches de humor y de baile en diversos hoteles de Andalucía y de las Islas Canarias. Hoy en día trabaja como maestro de español en una escuela primaria y esta muy agradecido al Milagro de po-der participar en una obra de un autor de su propia tierra como es García Lorca.  (1/2008)

Jaime Galán is a native of Cádiz, Spain, and has lived in Portland since 2003. He has worked in the tourism industry performing comedy and dance at a variety of hotels in Andalucía and the Canary Islands. He is currently working as a Spanish teacher in an elementary school and is grateful to the Miracle to be able to participate in a play by an author from his homeland such as García Lorca. (1/2008)

David Galindo Cortes was born in Mexico and has lived in the U.S. for 13 years. David likes to write poetry, songs and has enjoyed being a part of Miracle Theatre’s Pluma Nueva program for the past three years. David is a graduate of Madison High School and The Road to Xibalbá is his professional stage debut. (09/06)

Christian García is originally from Michoa-can, Mexico. At Miracle, he has performed twice in El Día de los Muertos Festival. He was also seen in Fuente Ovejuna as Flortuño, and this is his second appearance with Teatro Español. “The art of theatre is like a dream of colors, of rainbows, where unexpected emotions are born at any moment.” That’s what it is for Christian, he says — simply that.(4/2007)

Francisco D. Garcia is a graduate of Portland State University and has performed locally for Artists Repertory Theatre, Oregon Children's Theatre, CoHo Productions, Profile Theatre Project, The Haven Project, and the Miracle Theatre. He toured the West Coast from 2000-2001 acting with Teatro Milagro and teaching bilingual workshops to middle and high school aged students and underserved youth. His film work includes the independent feature "The Gas Café", which premiered in April of 2003 at the Northwest Film Center, and various short films and commercials filmed in the Pacific Northwest. He thanks Merri Garcia for her undying friendship, love, and support.(4/04)

Marketing Assistant 5/3/2000 - 5/4/2001

Mario López García es originaria de la Cd. de México y ahora residente en Portland desde hace varios años. Mario ha trabajado en la comunidad especialmente con los jóvenes como entrenador de futbol. También ha participado en varios eventos culturales en las escuelas del Distrito de Portland al igual que en la iglesia. En el año 2006, empezó su participación en las pastorelas motivando así su gusto por la actuación. Agradezca a Dios por este sueño. Gracias a Nelda y todo su equipo por la oportunidad. (March 2012)

Mario López García is originally from Mexico City and has lived in Portland for several years.  Mario has worked in the community, especially with young adults as a soccer coach. He has also participated in a variety of cultural events in the Portland School District as well as his church. In 2006, he began to participate in pastorelas, which led him to acting. He thanks God for this dream. Thanks to Nelda and the whole team for the opportunity. (March 2012)

Sara Fay Goldman is honored to return to the Milagro stage for another Día de los muertos! Finding herself in a deficit of Latin culture, the native South Miamian first joined the celebration in 2010, ¡Viva Don Juan¡, and then served as Vocal Coach for 2011's ¡Viva La Revolución!, both under Olga's direction. Sara Fay is a member of Fuse Theatre Ensemble as well as a regular collaborator with Jewish Theatre Collaborative and Portland Actors Ensemble as both performer and production staff. Favorite Portland acting credits include Hero/Dogberry (Much Ado About Nothing, PAE), the boy (Sonnetscape, Fuse), and Mitch (Everything Will Be Fine, a web series written and directed by Scott Tebeau). Many thanks to Arturo and the ensemble, también Edelia y Abuela Priva por el español, and of course Erik.(October 2012)

Daniel Gómez was born in Argentina and started his studies of classical guitar, with Prof. Gladys Colantonio at "Escuela Argentina de Guitarra" when he was 8 years old. Since 1985 he studied at the National School of Music "Carlos López Bouchardo" with Prof. Oscar Olmedo and Prof. Ricardo Elías. He later studied harmony and improvisation with the guitarists Juan Barrueco and Armando Alonso. In 1994 he took part in the "Berklee Seminar in Argentina" with the American guitarist, Bruce Barlett, later taking lessons in with L.A. jazz guitarist, Sid Jacobs. Daniel has been part of the duo "Dos guitarras de Tango" together with Martín Bendetti, which has performed in several Buenos Aires venues. In 1999, he took part as a composer, arranger and interpreter in several tracks from the record "Cuando canta el corazón" and "Tangos para fin de Siglo", accompanying the tango singer, Isabel Mendoza. He has also worked in different cities in Argentina, accompanying Cacho Castaña (tango), Jorge Marziali (folklore) and "Opus Cuatro" among others. In 2001, he cut his first CD as a solist: "Tango de Aquellos.” In 2001 he started a tango duo, with Claudio Méndez, with whom he has just edited a new CD, called "TANGO NUESTRO".(5/07)

Andrew Goodridge holds a BA in poetry and studied acting at Northwester University in Chicago. He has also studied Art History in Madrid, Spain. As a development assistant at Miracle Theatre Group, Andrew sends his thanks to everyone for supporting his first season with the theatre. (9/96)

Development Assistant 7-12, 1996

Cindy Williams Gutiérrez is originally from a Texas border town, Cindy Williams Gutiérrez has spent the second half of her life as a West Coast gypsy - moving from the Bay Area to Seattle, and recently settling in Portland. Milagro on Calle 401K (2002) is her second play commissioned by the Miracle Theater, following her successful debut with El Grincho's El Dorado Escapade! Cindy is also the Artistic Director for the new spoken-word program at the Miracle, ¡Viva la Word!, for which she directed Familia, Food and Fiesta and edited Milagro Press' first chapbook earlier this year. An award-winning poet, Cindy won the 2000 Bart Baxter Performance Poetry Competition sponsored by the Washington Poets Association and has received several honorable mentions for her traditional verse poems. Her work has been published in ZYZZYVA, Chiyo's Corner, PoetsWest and hipfish. In addition to being a writer, Cindy has spent over 20 years as a marketing executive in the hi-tech industry. She is currently principal of Sage Marketing, an adjunct faculty member in the MBA Program at Marylhurst University and a Corporate Sponsor of the Software Association of Oregon. She would like to thank her mother, Elizabeth Gutiérrez Williams, Sandra Rickert and Bob Timmel for their generous dramaturgical assistance with this play. Happy holidays to all! (4/03)

José Gutiérrez, also known as Marcha, was born in Los Angeles and began rapping when he was 10 years old. He has played Portland, Seattle, and L.A. with other revolutionary artists such as Quetzal, 2Mex, Blue Scholars, Olmeca, El Vuh, y Native Guns. Currently, he is working on his second album, “La Segunda Llegada”. By day, he works with kids, teaching hip-hop as a way of positive self-expression. (May 2011)

Vicente Guzman-Orozco

Vicente Guzmán-Orozco vuelve una vez más a la compañía que lo vio hacer su debut  profesional (20 años y centenares de funciones después). En la temporada 2008-2009 del Miracle Theatre, fue parte de  The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa, interpretando a la cabeza de Pancho Villa. Otras actuaciones  memorables en el Milagro incluyen Heroes and Saints, Corazón Gitano y Te llevo en la sangre. Otras de sus producciones predilectas son Cupid and Psyche (Stark Raving Theatre), ¡Entusiasmo! (Do Jump!) y Take Me Out (Artists Repertory Theatre). (2/2010)