(sorta) RICAN
a comedy by Miss Angelina
PRESS RELEASE
Luego, nuestro maestro lo guiará a través de un suave calentamiento de arraigarse en la arena suave, estirarse bajo el cálido sol y sincronizar la respiración al ritmo del océano. Estableceremos intenciones a medida que practicamos, moviéndonos a través de un flujo de Vinyasa para aumentar el ritmo cardÃaco, fortalecer nuestro cuerpo y enfocar nuestra mente.
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WRITER
Terminamos nuestra práctica con un enfriamiento y una limpieza energética. Nuestro maestro dirigirá una meditación guiada mientras la brisa de la isla baja suavemente la temperatura de su cuerpo y calma la mente a un estado de tranquilidad. Saldrás sintiéndote zen, ¡una excelente manera de comenzar el dÃa!
Her latest web series “Pandemic and Chill”, a raunchy comedy about the misery of dating during quarantine, was produced by her company, Nueva Productions, and is now streaming on YouTube.
Along with being a featured writer in the NHMC Latinx Stream Showcase, Angelina is also a recipient of the National Association of Latino Producers (NALIP) Emerging Content Creator Scholarship.
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LIVE SHOW
Just like Chazz Palminteri's "A Bronx Tale", Nia Vardalos' "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", and Michaela Coel's "Chewing Gum", Miss Angelina's "Sorta Rican" started out as a one-person show.
After spontaneously picking up her life in the States and moving to her motherland in the Caribbean, Angelina had a rocky transition. What she thought would be bright island sunshine, salty sea air, and sultry conga rhythms turned out to be mosquito bites, power outages, and...fireworks? No, those are gunshots. Puerto Rico is not what she expected. And it turns out that being a Puerto Rican from New Jersey is NOT the same thing as being a Boricua from the island. When she started commiserating with her friends about her experiences, she realized that a lot of people have had the same experience - "Ni de aqui, ni de alla." (Neither from here, nor from there). In other words, too Puerto Rican to be American, and too American to be Puerto Rican.
She knew she had the material for a relatable, hilarious piece. And with her theatre background, she knew a solo show was a great place to start. She wrote a play weaving in her original songs, and told her story of using music a means to connect to her Latina identity. She debuted the play in her hometown in New Jersey, and then continued to tour the show in New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, and of course, San Juan, Puerto Rico at venues including:
With its universal themes of identity, culture, immigration and family, the show has touched audiences of many different backgrounds, races and languages, and has been critically acclaimed by the press.
Several entertainment industry professionals have attended the live show and encouraged Angelina to adapt the play to be a television series. And so with the support of her peers, she wrote the TV pilot. A scene from the pilot was selected to be featured in the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) Latinx Stream Showcase.
LATINX STREAM SHOWCASE
The National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) is a 35 year old nonprofit 501(c)(3) civil rights organization that pushes boundaries to encourage the entertainment and news industry to reflect the diversity of America behind and in front of the camera.
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In 2010, NHMC created the Latino Scene Showcase, a program that uplifts and promotes Latinx talent in the entertainment industry. Within the past few years, the program has evolved from onstage performances to full on-set productions. This is how Latinx Stream Showcase was born: a series of six scenes written by, starred in, and directed by Latinos both in front and behind the camera.
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Miss Angelina was selected as 1 of the 6 writers to be featured in the 2021 showcase. An opening scene from the "Sorta Rican" TV pilot was shot in Los Angeles with a Latino cast and crew. Watch the scene here:
FEATURE FILM
With the success of the long-running play and the momentum of the Latinx Stream Showcase, Miss Angelina is now adapting "Sorta Rican" into a feature length film.
The full screenplay, 1-pager, and pitch deck are all available for any interested parties that would like to collaborate on bringing the "Sorta Rican" series to the screen.
Please contact Nueva Productions for more details.