To learn more about how the process fosters and nurtures new work, we talked to playwright Bryna Turner, whose play “At the Wedding” was featured at the 2019 ANPF, received a full production at T2 in 2021, and, this past spring, received its New York debut at the Lincoln Center to rave reviews —including a Critic’s Pick designation in the New York Times.
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In “Miss You Like Hell”, Janyce Caraballo plays Olivia, a complex, brainy teenager who starts out sullen and surly but blossoms in the course of this epic road trip musical. Caraballo isn’t just a talented actor—she’s a teaching artist at the Chicago High School for the Arts and Silk Road Rising, a community-centered art-making and arts service organization rooted in Asian, Middle Eastern, and Muslim experiences. We asked her a few questions about her experience working on this production at TheatreSquared.
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“[T2 Artistic Associate Rebecca Rivas] said, ‘I thought you would enjoy it,’” he says. “I think she knows that I need something that is meaningful. I said, ‘Yeah, please, please consider me for this.’ When I got it, I immediately started imagining and thinking about it, and I got super excited. It’s a very important story, right? We’re doing a story about immigrants—they’re the main characters, and just seeing them on the main stage and seeing the community that this show has, you see people from different places. It’s a diverse community. I think that’s a goal. We need to be able to bring that here.”
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When Francisca Muñoz takes the stage in “Miss You Like Hell”, her face will look familiar to TheatreSquared audiences—that’s because she’s already taken memorable turns in T2 shows like “American Mariachi” and “Tiny Beautiful Things”. Back for a third time, Munoz took the time out of a very busy schedule to answer a few questions for us about her path to acting and “Miss You Like Hell”.
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Broadway, television and film star Santino Fontana is a really big deal—when Carol Burnett was notified she would be receiving Virginia’s Signature Theatre’s Stephen Sondheim Award on May 16, she specifically requested Fontana and Broadway legend Bernadette Peters perform during the awards ceremony. But less than a week before that, Fontana will be on stage right here in Northwest Arkansas, presenting a command performance for TheatreSquared’s Gala for Education and Access.
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“This is a fun show to light,” says Alexander, whose work was last seen on the T2 stage in “The Royale”. “It’s kind of combining the techniques of a theater production and a crazy wrestling event. Sometimes, in theater, we call it ‘flash and trash’, like when you go to a rock concert, and you see all of the lights in the air moving around, sometimes, seemingly, with no intention. But of course, in our show, it has quite a bit of intention behind it.”
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“This show is completely different in that it's about fun, it's about extravagance,” he says. “My imagination is just soaring with this one. I get to play, and I'm freed up to have fun, to be over the top, and getting to play with the other designers in crafting this world is great.”
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This Sunday, May 1, the Sunday Night Social Theme is “The Art of Drag” and will feature performances from three of the region’s most prominent Queens: Taylor Madison Monroe, Lady Kakes Monroe, and PollyEsther Foxx.
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