NEWS: "Ironbound" nabs 9 national awards at The Kennedy Center's ACTF
Christian Barillas is recognized with Distinguished Achievement in Direction of a Play.
Read MoreNEWS: Awardees Revealed For the 2024 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Awards
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosted more than 125 outstanding theater students from colleges and universities across the nation as part of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF).
Read MoreNEWS: Barillas to direct "Ironbound," by Pulitzer Winner Martyna Majok
LAPC Theatre will continue its 2022-2023 Season beginning March 24 with the Martyna Majok’s Ironbound, a darkly funny, heartbreaking portrait of a woman for whom love is a luxury—and a liability—as she fights to survive in America. Performances begin Friday, March 24 and runs through Sunday, April 2, 2023 in LAPC’s Dow Arena Theatre.
Read MoreREVIEWS: "Anna in the Tropics" @ Bay Street Theater
“Barillas skillfully hits every note of Cheche’s transformation from odd man out to determined innovator to tragic villain with calculated precision… In another play, perhaps he’d be the hero who overcame adversity to save the family business, but here, he spirals into actions so irredeemable that he almost single-handedly creates the need for Bay Street’s trigger warning on the ticket page.”
- Dan’s Papers
Read MoreFEATURES: Three Brilliant Latinx Actors Talk About the Personal Importance of 'Anna in the Tropics'
“It is an incredible opportunity to do one of our modern classics.” Barillas said it has been “really gratifying also because it’s not the kind of role I am usually cast in. This is not how the (theater) community sees me, so it is a wonderful opportunity for me.”
Read MoreBUZZ: Cast Announced for "Anna in the Tropics" at Bay Street Theater
The play by Nilo Cruz, directed by Marcos Santana, opens Saturday, July 2, and continues through Sunday, July 24.
Read MoreThe Latinx Absence: One Working Actor’s Journey as Case Study →
Emmy nominations are a problematic barometer of LatinX progress because they lie at the very end of a long TV pipeline that narrows opportunities, actor Christian Barillas writes in a guest blog for ‘The Wrap’
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Read MoreAUDIO: Boston Public Radio News Quiz: Are You My Mother? →
Nadine Malouf and Christian Barillas, lead actors in "Yerma," joined Boston Public Radio for a weekly news quiz.
The play follows Yerma, a young wife compelled by the desire to have a child, and her journey of self-worth and legacy. "Yerma" is presented by the Huntington Theater Company through June 30.
Read MoreREVIEWS: "Yerma" @ Huntington Theatre Company
“An absorbing dreamscape with a lyrical adaptation and translation… it approaches the incantatory cadences — and the life-or-death stakes — we associate with Greek tragedy.” - Boston Globe
“Barillas brings a ferocious intensity to his performance as Juan.” - Theater Mirror
Read MoreBUZZ: The Huntington’s ‘Yerma’ straddles two worlds →
“In my version, this is not only Yerma’s story but also the portrait of a marriage. Yerma and her husband, Juan, are equals who love each other very much, but feel very differently about having children. Yerma won’t dishonor Juan or her family, but the toll her desire takes is significant,” points out Lopez.
Read MoreREVIEWS: Native Gardens @ Pasadena Playhouse
“A quartet of acting pros volleying lines with athletic finesse and adding comic topspin to every double-take and slow-burn.” - LA Times
Read MoreOne woman’s garden is a man’s weeds in ‘Native Gardens,’ directed by Jason Alexander and opening at Pasadena Playhouse
That trusty old maxim about good fences making good neighbors leaps to mind — along with a host of recent political headlines — while talking with playwright Karen Zacarías about her comedy “Native Gardens,” opening at Pasadena Playhouse next week.
Read MoreBUZZ: Michael Douglas, Chuck Lorre Talk Aging in Hollywood for New Comedy ‘The Kominsky Method’
In the new comedy for Netflix, “The Kominsky Method,” Michael Douglas (Sandy Kominsky) and Alan Arkin (Norman Newlander) star as two friends — a once-famous star and his longtime agent — tackling life’s curveballs as they navigate their later years in Los Angeles.
Read MoreNEWS: "The Kominsky Method" premieres Nov. 16 on Netflix
Barillas is set to guest star in episode 6.
Read MoreREVIEWS: Curve of Departure @ South Coast Repertory
"One of the most thoroughly engaging, emotionally piercing new works I have seen this season."
- Broadway World
Read More‘Curve of Departure’ explores family dynamics in its world premiere at South Coast Repertory
Ascribed characteristics, creative conflict and family secrets are just a few of the resonant issues Rachel Bonds explores in her work, which is making its world premiere at South Coast Repertory until Oct. 15.
Read MoreMusical, "Joe Schmoe Saves the World" Empowers the Average Joe
"Something the piece does really effectively is it draws parallels between the characters and allows us to see how similar we are," Barillas said. "It's a wonderful thing to be exploring in the eye of the travel ban, Charlottesville and the Trump era."
Read MoreWith Fire, Joe Schmoe Owns the Stage
"Sometimes a piece of art enters your life at the exact right moment. The experience brings your life and your place in the world into focus. Brett Ryback’s musical Joe Schmoe Saves the World is just such a piece. The mirror it holds up to modern American culture reflects back an all too real image that is at once critical and hopeful. With relatable characters, hard-hitting imagery, and a soundtrack I’ve been listening to on repeat for almost a week now, Joe Schmoe Saves the World transforms and inspires."
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