New Play centering around two Pasadena Icons
Premieres at John Muir High School May 30th @ 7pm
A free, one night only, production of “Jackie & Julia” wonders what if two Pasadena residents, Jackie Robinson & Julia Child, had met in the 1930s and later in life.
On Thursday May 30th at 7 pm the world premiere of “Jackie & Julia” will grace the stage of Jackie Robinson’s alma mater, John Muir High School. A three scene, one act play, “Jackie & Julia” will feature both professionals and Muir Theatrical Studies students in a community of collaborators which includes Brian Brophy of Theater Arts at Caltech, M. Cantu of Lineage Performing Arts Center and Dr. Lawton Gray of John Muir HIgh School Early College Magnet.
On Thursday May 30th at 7 pm the world premiere of “Jackie & Julia” will grace the stage of Jackie Robinson’s alma mater, John Muir High School. A three scene, one act play, “Jackie & Julia” will feature both professionals and Muir Theatrical Studies students in a community of collaborators which includes Brian Brophy of Theater Arts at Caltech, M. Cantu of Lineage Performing Arts Center and Dr. Lawton Gray of John Muir HIgh School Early College Magnet.
A few years ago, award-winning filmmaker Pablo Miralles was struck by the number of biographies written about two local 20th Century icons, Jackie Robinson and Julia Child, and pondered if the two might have ever met while growing up a few miles apart in depression era Pasadena. The result was the fictional teleplay, “Jackie & Julia”. Upon the suggestion of Tom Costen of the Light Bringer Project, Pablo submitted the script as a theatrical piece to the City of Pasadena for their Arts & Culture Commission‘s Individual Artist Grant. To his surprise, Pablo received a grant that would cover a portion of the play’s projected budget.
Pablo is not only the writer, but has also decided to direct the play. To add to the special nature of this event, the play will be performed in the theater where Pablo had once been the Student Technical Director as part of the Muir Stage Crew. He has help from other former Mustangs, John Guth ‘81 will assist in Music and Sound and classmate Holland Milsap ‘82 will be leading the costume department. The play is being produced by one of Pablo’s earliest collaborators from his independent film work, Lu Cien Hioe.
Help the Assoociation!
An online fundraiser to raise the remaining funds has been launched with the help of the John Muir High School Alumni Association (501c3). Tax deductible donations can be made here:
THANK YOU to our Supporters:
Jayme Filippini – City of Pasadena
Dr. Lawton Gray – John Muir High School
Tom Coston – Lightbrinbger
Courtney Scrabeck – John Muir High School
Cassandra Franklin – John Muir High School
David Spiro – Pasadena Education Foundation
Susan Shwartz – Pasadena Education Network
James Retana – Grant Writer
Sharon Yablom
Michele Zack
Kristina Wong
Michael X Ferraro
Writer and Director Pablo Miralles is a proud graduate of John Muir High School (Class of ’82). Pablo Miralles graduated with an MFA in Film/TV at UCLA and has over 35 years of film and video production experience as an acclaimed director, writer and producer. His most recent film is the award-winning documentary “Can We All Get Along? The Segregation of John Muir High School,” which earned him an IndieFEST Humanitarian Award and also won two LA Press Awards as well as a nomination for an Los Angeles Area Emmy. Pablo also served as Production Coordinator on Cedar Grove Productions’ Academy Award winning short film “Visas and Virtue” and Co-Producer on their Emmy nominated short film, “Day of Independence”. He is currently in post-production on an Educational Film about Owen Brown, son of famed abolitionist John Brown.
Thursday May 30
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location
John Muir High School Early College Magnet
1905 Lincoln Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91103
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