(Photo by Ron Marotta)
Elaine Del Valle has been called “The female John Leguizamo”
New York, NY – The award winning one woman play Brownsville Bred returns to the Nuyorican Poets Café after five years, multiple awards, rave reviews, a sold out Off Broadway run, corporate and college tours, and a book deal with Parachute Publishing. Based on Elaine Del Valles’s autobiographical one woman play, Brownsville Bred, returns to where it all started— Nuyorican Poets Café (236 East 3rd Street, between Avenues B & C, in the East Village).Directed by Pamela Moller Kareman, Brownsville Bred began it run on Monday, July 7 for a limited engagement that runs through Monday, August 25. The performance schedule is Monday at 7:15 PM. Tickets are $20, and are available by calling 212-780-9386 or visiting www.BrownsvilleBred.com.
Brownsville Bred is the spirited tale of a young Nuyorican girl growing up in the 1980s in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in NYC. Beginning at the Langston Hughes Projects and chronicling her journey out of Brownsville, Elaine Del Valle’s hilarious and harrowing story is at once frightening, exhilarating and ultimately triumphant.
Brownsville Bred was called an “onstage triumph” by the New York Times. The New York Post said, “By the end of this moving evening, you’ll be cheering her unstoppable joy and the inner strength it took to earn it.”
It was a Top Pick in the New York Daily News. WCBS Radio called Elaine DelValle, “the female John Leguizamo!”
“Brownsville Bred is one of the most successful shows in the Cafe’s history. We are thrilled to host Elaine DelValle and Brownsville Bred again,” said Daniel Gallant, Executive Director at the Nuyorican.
Del Valle was named 2013 “Trendsetter” at the Multicultural Media Forum and the Soulfrito Arts Foundation honored her as an “Inspiring Artist”, and CNN called her a “Woman of Note.” Del Valle also owns Del Valle Productions and Casting noted for its cross-cultural Spanish/English language casting services in the New York City commercial markets and funding the work of other young and diverse filmmakers. She writes, directs and produces the comedy web series, Reasons Y I’m Single (www.ReasonsY.com), which was recently reviewed as “Boldly Hilarious” and featured as an official selection of such prestigious festivals and events as The NYLA International Film Festival, and Hispanicize 2014.
Visit www.BrownsvilleBred.com for clips and information.
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