See "How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents" at Miracle Theatre

Miracle Theatre Group is pleased to present the West Coast premiere of "How the García Girls Lost their Accents", a new play by Karen Zacarías based on the best-selling novel by Julia Alvarez, directed by Antonio Sonera and sponsored by Josie Mendoza and Hugh Mackworth.

Uprooted from their home in the Dominican Republic, the four García sisters arrive in New York City in 1960 to find a life far different from the genteel existence of maids, manicures and extended family they left behind. As they plunge headfirst into the freewheeling American mainstream with its dizzying choices and challenges, they remain forever caught between the old world and the new. What they have lost — and gained — is revealed in this provocative story bursting with passion.

"How the García Girls Lost their Accents" plays March 26-April 17, 2010 at the Milagro Theatre (525 SE Stark St., Portland). Performances are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.; and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $20-$22 ($16 for students/seniors; additional discounts for groups of 15 or more) from 503-236-7253 or www.milagro.org. There is one preview performance at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 25, for which all tickets are only $14. For more information, visit www.milagro.org.

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The Miracle Theatre Group has been dedicated to bringing the vibrancy of Latino theatre to the Northwest community and beyond for more than 25 years. In addition to its national tours, Miracle provides a home for Spanish and Latin American arts and culture at El Centro Milagro, where it enriches the local community with a variety of community outreach projects and educational programs designed to share the diversity of Latino culture. For more information about the Miracle Theatre Group, visit www.milagro.org or call 503-236-7253.