Evita

2April 29 – May 14, 2017
Firehouse Arts Center
4444 Railroad Avenue
Pleasanton, CA

 

 

Argentina’s controversial First Lady is the subject of this dynamic musical masterpiece.

As an illegitimate fifteen year old, Eva escaped her dirt-poor existence for the bright lights of Buenos Aires. Driven by ambition and blessed with charisma, she was a starlet at twenty-two, the president’s mistress at twenty-four, First Lady at twenty-seven, and dead at thirty-three. Eva Peron ‘saint to the working-class, reviled by the aristocracy and mistrusted by the military’ was destined to leave a fascinating political legacy unique in the 20th century. Told through a compelling score that fuses haunting chorales with exuberant Latin, pop and jazz influences, Evita creates an arresting theatrical portrait as complex as the woman herself.

 

Memorable songs include Don’t Cry for Me Argentina, What’s New Buenos Aires, High Flying Adored and Another Suitcase in Another Hall.

 

Creative Team

Director	Misty Megia
Choreographer	Christina Lazo
Musical Director	Rachel Robinson

Cast

Mistress	Carolyn Bacon
Eva Peron	Ashley Cowl*
Magaldi	William Giammona
Che	David Sattler*
Juan Peron	Chris Vettel*
Ensemble:
Carolyn Bacon	Brandon Canela
Ryan Henry	Ron Houk
Christopher Juan	Mylissa Malley
Danny Quezada	Jennifer Stark
Donna Turner	Allie Villa
Rosanna Weigant
	* Member of Actor's Equity Association, the Union for professional stage managers and actors in the USA