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Latin TV Actor Returns To Corpus Christi

03-27-2007 01:21 PM CET | Arts & Culture

Press release from: Vicarious Productions

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Comedy Central funny man Jade Esteban Estrada to perform "Tortilla Heaven"

March 20, 2007 - New York, N.Y. - One Man. Two Languages. Three Generations. Grace Church and Vicarious Productions are proud to announce the Corpus Christi debut performance of the award-winning solo comedy TORTILLA HEAVEN, written by Celeste Angela Estrada and performed by nationally acclaimed solo theatre artist Jade Esteban Estrada (2005 Performance Artist of the Year) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 31, 2007. The bilingual performance will be held Grace Church located at 1315 Craig Street in Corpus Christi, Texas. The event is wheelchair accessible. Show duration is 65 minutes with no intermission. The celebrated actor will hold a Q and A session after the show and also sign autographs. Ticket prices are $10 General Admission and $6 students and seniors. No one will be turned away at the door due to lack of funds. The bilingual performance is open to the public and appropriate for all ages and linguistic abilities. For information call Brian Moore at (361) 658-2084 or email tortillaheavencc@aol.com for tickets and reservations or log onto www.getjaded.com.

Estrada’s last appearance in Corpus Christi was on KIII-TV’s “Domingo Live” and a headlining position at “Fiesta Mexicana” at the Show Barn in 1999. More recently, he performed his solo play “ICONS” at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

Winner of the 2004 Literary Award for Best Play, "Tortilla Heaven" is a solo play written by Celeste Angela Estrada and performed by her brother, Comedy Central’s Jade Esteban Estrada. It tackles the struggles of a Mexican American family seeking to hold on to their culture while living in the United States. The Estrada siblings shed a comedic light on the struggle that many second and third generation Mexican Americans go through as they balance between abandoning their heritage and assimilating entirely into their new location.

Estrada plays seven characters in the bilingual play in order to show the different types of people and personalities that make up a traditional Mexican family in today’s society. Each character has their own unique struggle as they try to grasp the American culture while also staying true to their Mexican roots, culture, language and ultimately themselves. The show is directed by Los Angeles-based David Miguel Estrada, younger brother to the actor and playwright.

Formally the choreographer to television personality Charo and a scratch vocalist for the Back Street Boys, Estrada released his debut CD "Angel" (Vicarious) in 2001 and in 2002 took part in the "Being Out Rocks" (Centaur) CD compilation in honor of National Coming Out Day for the Human Rights Campaign.

In October 2006, Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher paid tribute to Estrada by commissioning him the title of "Kentucky Colonel," the highest honor awarded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky that acknowledges outstanding ambassadors of goodwill and fellowship around the world. The Texas native joined other honorary colonels which include Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan, Bob Hope, Joan Crawford, Johnny Depp, Muhammad Ali and Pope John Paul II.

Estrada's television credits include appearances on the Emmy-nominated "In the Life TV" on PBS, "Friday Night Lights" on NBC and "The Graham Norton Effect" on Comedy Central. His popular Latin dance music can be heard on the Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning police drama, "The Shield" on the FX Network.

Tom Sime of the Dallas Morning News calls Estrada, "...funny and irreverent." "Most performers would be happy to have a fraction of Jade Esteban Estrada's career," states Marty Rosen of the Louisville Courier-Journal. Hector Saldana of the San Antonio Express-News calls him "a show biz messiah." Roy Proctor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch calls him "a master entertainer."

Estrada has toured the U.S. with his six other solo shows which include "It's Too Late...It's Already In Me," "Pico de Gallo," "ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 1," "ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 2" (Winner of the 2004 Audience Favorite Award in Solo Performance at the Columbus National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival), "ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 3" (Winner of the 2006 Awards for Best Solo Performance and Best Original Music at the CNGLTF) and the recently mounted "Gay Christian, Gay Muslim, Gay Jew."

Estrada will speak at the international "Behind the Rainbow" Symposium in Mexico City on April 11, 2007.

For further information or to request high resolution artwork or an interview, please contact Greta Golding at vicariouspr@aol.com, call 646-342-8647 or visit www.getjaded.com.

"One of the finest solo theatre artists of the 21st century."
OUTLOOK WEEKLY

"Absolutely fabulous!"
TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT

"A story of life, love and making tortillas the American way!"
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE

Upcoming Performances:
Mar 22 - Bethlehem, PA
Mar 24 - New Britain, CT
Mar 24 - New York, NY
Mar 26 - Bowling Green, OH
Mar 27 - Cincinnati, OH
Mar 31 - Corpus Christi, TX
Apr 4 - San Antonio, TX
Apr 11 - Mexico City, MEXICO
Apr 13 - Philadelphia, PA
Apr 16 - Muncie, IN
Apr 20 - Boise, ID
Apr 22 - San Antonio, TX
April 24 - Emporia, KS
May 8 - Houston, TX
May 10 - Miami, FL
May 18-19 - Yakima, WA
May 27 - Moscow, RUSSIA
Jun 8 - San Antonio, TX
Jun 9 - Austin, TX
Jun 14 - Wilmington, DE
Aug 4 - Fire Island, NY
Aug 30-Sept 2 - New Orleans, LA
Sept 18 - Chicago, IL
Sept 20 - Tulsa, OK
Oct 3 - Houston, TX
Nov 1 - Prescott, AZ
Nov 14 - San Antonio, TX

www.GetJaded.com

Vicarious New York
646-342-8647
vicariouspr@aol.com

Vicarious Productions produces the nationally touring shows of Comedy Central star Jade Esteban Estrada.

Vicarious New York
646-342-8647
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