WET: A DACAmented Journey

CTG LA.ORG / DIG ITALSTAG E

JUNE 2021

MICHAEL RITCHIE Artistic Director | MEGHAN PRESSMAN Managing Director | DOUGLAS C. BAKER Producing Director GORDON DAVIDSON Founding Artistic Director

Center Theatre Group In association with

Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA Presents

WET: A DACAMENTED JOURNEY Written and Performed by

Alex Alpharaoh

Lighting Design

Sound Desiger and Composer

Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager

Sammy Ross Martín Carrillo

Jennifer Franco

Directors of Photography

B. Rubén Mendoza Francisco Tejada

Maggie Swing

Associate Artistic Director

Tyrone Davis

Directed By

Brisa Areli Muñoz Filmed live at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, Culver City, California, May 2021.

WET: A DACAmented Journey was developed at and premiered as a True Story production by Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA in August 2017 at Atwater Village Theatre, Los Angeles, California.

Development support provided by the CRITICAL BREAKS Residency Program at Hi-ARTS. Additional development support and touring version of WET: A DACAmented Journey provided and co-commissioned by Cara Mía Theatre, Ignite/Arts Dallas and ArtsEmerson.

JUNE 18-JULY 16, 2021 DIGITAL STAGE

WHO’S WHO ALEX ALPHARAOH (Writer/Performer) is a Guatemalan born, nationally recognized, award-winning actor, writer, spoken word poet, solo performer, and teaching artist from Los Angeles, CA. Alex is the recipient of the LADCC 2018 Solo Performance of the Year award for his work on WET: A DACAmented Journey. As a formerly undocumented citizen, Alpharaoh believes in the transformative power of sharing one’s truth and vulnerability, especially in the face of danger.

Alpharaoh has been acting professionally for over a decade and has been a lyricist for over 25 years. He is currently in the process of writing his first memoir, as well as the next installment of WET titled, WET: DREAMers. FB/IG/TW: @alpharaoh www.dacamentedjourney.com BRISA ARELI MUÑOZ (Director) is a Chicane theatre director, educator, and cultural worker. Brisa Areli has directed and facilitated work with American Repertory Theater, The Public Theater, Harvard University, Yale Repertory Theatre, Brooklyn College, New York City Center, The Civilians, Carnegie Hall, SHoP Architects, ArtsEmerson, Baylor University, BRIC Brooklyn, REDCAT, Garry Marshall Theatre, The NYC Department of Education, Actionplay, Sojourn Theatre, CUNY Creative Arts Team, Hi-ARTS, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, New York City Children’s Theater, Vital Theatre, and Atlantic Pacific Theatre. She serves as the Artistic Director of Applied Theatre Collective, where she has facilitated work internationally with peacebuilding educators in Iraq and international mediators in Romania.

SAMMY ROSS (Lighting Designer) Sammy Ross is a Lighting Designer, Photographer, Podcaster, and Creator. Sammy designs for theatre, television, and live events coast-to-coast including Casa 0101’s annual women’s playwriting festival in Los Angeles, and Always Patsy Cline at Music Theatre of Connecticut. She is a Lighting Director for news programs such as CNN, Bloomberg, and Yahoo Finance. When not designing, Sammy is the host of the podcast This Is Not A Handout, the informative podcast discussing current social topics. To learn more, please visit www.thisisnotahandout. com. Sammy currently resides in New York City. To see more of Sammy’s work, please visit www.SammyRoss.com.

MARTÍN CARRILLO (Sound Designer and Composer) twice Ovation awarded: Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings, (2007) and Romeo and Juliet: Antebellum New Orleans 1836, (2004), Theatre @ Boston Court. LA Weekly award,

Jacqueline Wright’s Have You Seen Alice (2012). Wallis Annenberg’s presentation of Witness Uganda (2019).

For the Broad Museum, and The Marciano Art Foundation: Collaborations with Quincy Jones, Karen O, Dangermouse, Tim Hecker, Ron Athey, Ryan Heffington, Devendra Banhart, and Suzanne Ciani among other esteemed artists.

(Composer) Jacqueline Wright’s Eat Me for the stage and screen. heardrum.org B. RUBÉN MENDOZA (Co-Director of Photography) is a Salvadoran-American cinematographer from Los Angeles. Most recently he photographed the feature films, Puddysticks, starring Mamoudou Athie and Dan Bakkedahl, and We Burn Like This. He received his MFA from USC School of Cinematic Arts and was recently selected as a mentee in the ASC Vision Mentorship Program under Xavier Grobet, ASC. Mendoza is currently participating in Film Independent’s Project Involve. As a cinematographer, he enjoys producing immersive images that evoke feeling and make space for empathy.

FRANCISCO TEJEDA (Co-Director of Photography) is a filmmaker and cinematographer from Los Angeles.

Recently, he photographed Wilderness, an official selection of the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (2020), The Social Justice Film Festival (2020), and HOLA Mexico Film Festival, presented by HBO and The Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Francisco also served as a producer on En Llano, En Llamas, a Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award selection. Drawing inspiration from his city, family, and the stories that connect the two, his work seeks to capture stories that encourage people to examine their relationship with personal histories, physical surroundings, and assumed identities.

JENNIFER FRANCO (Stage Manager) has been a stage manager for over 12 years. She has worked on plays throughout the Orange County and Los Angeles area.

When she isn’t stage managing, she works as a special event coordinator at her alma mater, USC School of Dramatic Arts. She is beyond excited to be working alongside her long-time friend and chosen family Alex Alpharaoh on his beautiful story, WET: A DACAmented Journey. She is forever thankful and grateful for the loves of her life, her husband Chris, and their son, Jaxon for allowing her to share her time to create art.

MAGGIE SWING (Asst. Stage Manager). Center Theatre Group: The Last Ship, Dana H., For The Love Of, Native Son, Linda Vista, Quack, Bloodletting, Ameryka, Die, Mommie, Die!, Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue, Spamilton, Big Night, King of the Yees, Failure: A Love Story, Dry Land, Vicuña, Throw Me on the Burnpile and Light Me Up. Geffen Playhouse: Big Sky, Barcelona, Guards at the Taj, Discord, The Country House, American Buffalo. Boston Court: Collective Rage. European tour: The Apple Family Plays. Off-Broadway: Regular Singing, Sorry, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Sweet and Sad, Knickerbocker, Compulsion, That Hopey Changey Thing (The Public Theater), Slowgirl (Lincoln Center), Blood Knot, The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Signature Theatre Company).

EST/LA (ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE/LA) is one of Los Angeles’ premier developmental and producing theatre companies with a membership of over 200 theatre artists, and an offshoot of the renowned New York company that nurtured many of the most accomplished voices in the American theatre. The mission of EST/LA is to develop original, provocative, and authentic new plays challenging audiences in both L.A. and across the United States.

EST/LA is an incubator, a developmental and performatively collaborative space. Our mandate is to meet the current cultural moment by both questioning assumptions of identity and illuminating traditionally marginalized voices. We believe that by-so-focusing our creative efforts, EST/LA will continue to grow creatively, providing a space where extraordinary artists collaborate to create extraordinary work.

TYRONE DAVIS (Associate Artistic Director) is a director, actor, producer, educator, and member of Center Theatre Group’s artistic staff, he previously served as its Audience Engagement Director. He is the creator of the Not a Moment, But a Movement initiative for CTG’s Digital Stage, a series of events that amplify Black artists presented in partnership with The Fire This Time Festival of NYC and Watts Village Theater Company. Selected producing credits include: Crowndation, Black Nourishment, The Duat, WET: A DACAmented Journey. He is passionate about commissioning and developing new works with artists and audiences both locally and nationally.

CENTER THEATRE GROUP (Michael Ritchie, Artistic Director; Meghan Pressman, Managing Director/CEO; Douglas C. Baker, Producing Director), one of the nation’s pre-eminent arts and cultural organizations, is Los Angeles’s leading nonprofit theatre company, programming seasons at the Ahmanson Theatre and Mark Taper Forum in Downtown Los Angeles, and the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.

In addition to presenting and producing the broadest range of theatrical entertainment in the country, Center Theatre Group is one of the nation’s leading producers of ambitious new works through commissions and World premiere productions and a leader in community engagement and education programs that reach across generations, demographics, and circumstance to serve Los Angeles.

Find a complete staff list at CTGLA.org/Staff.

ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR WET: A DACAMENTED JOURNEY Head Electrician......................................................................... Sean Meyer Head Audio.......................................................................... Corey Charness Cameraman....................................................................................Wil Prada Production Support....................................................................... Cinevative Editor.........................................................................................Erik Johnson Covid Compliance Officers......................Niki Armato, Liv Scott, Ben Shipley Operational Support Staff...................................................... Dean Grosbard Special Thanks..................................................... Lizzy Ross, Nery Cividanis

The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829.

Center Theatre Group is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the American Arts Alliance, the Broadway League, Independent Producers’ Network (IPN), LA Stage Alliance, National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) and the Theatre Communications Group (TCG).