Today's Theatre in Community interview is Part 1 of our conversation with Teatro de la Luna’s Nucky Walder and Marcela Ferlito.
Teatro de la Luna was founded in 1991 to provide the Washington Capital Area with high-quality theater from a Latin American perspective. They foster cross-cultural understanding between the Spanish and English-speaking communities with Spanish-language and bilingual performing arts, poetry marathons, and international festivals of Hispanic theater.
Nucky Walder was born in Paraguay and has acted throughout most of Latin America. She founded Grupo Teatro Universitario and La Máscara while participating in Teatro Alakeen. In 1984, she arrived in the USA, where she first collaborated with GALA Hispanic Theater. For three years, the D. C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities awarded her and Elizabeth Bruce funding for the Bilingual Drama Literacy Workshops program for students attending Bancroft Elementary School in Mount Pleasant.
In 1991, Nucky co-founded Teatro de la Luna with Mario Marcel. She is both a producer and actor with her most recent stage appearance in “Heartstrings”. In 1999, the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington recognized Nucky, along with Mario, for her outstanding artistic achievement, giving her the Tony Taylor Award. Last year, she was presented the ‘Latino Woman Leadership 2009’ award by Fiesta DC for her contribution to Latino culture and the arts.
Marcelo Ferlito was also born in Paraguay and has been involved with theater since age six. She studied at DC’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Montgomery College where she received an Associate of Arts, and College Park’s University of Maryland where she earned a B.A. in theatre. She is currently an actor, teacher, and coordinator for Teatro de la Luna's Experience Theater Program.
Her award nominations include Best Actress for Nuestra Señora de las Nubes in 2016 and Best Actress for Eyes Wide Open at the 7th International Festival de Teatro Hispano in Kodokul, New York, in 2017.
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A Theatre in Community Podcast: Part 1 of our Conversation with Teatro de la Luna