Hampton Roads Pride, TRDance, Actor’s Workshop of Virginia and NorfolkARTS proudly present:
“ANGEL on EROS”
(A Special Return Performance to Norfolk, VA) April 14 & 15 Only!
Hampton Roads Pride Night Out – World Premiere Play “Angel on Eros” selected to go to the International Play Festival in Ireland in May – Playwright/Actor Ricardo Melendez (Equity) brings this special showing back for LGBTQ+ audiences before they take it to Ireland and represent LGBTQ Virginians and Hampton Roads.
As local actor, playright, and Equity Actor, Ricardo Melendez takes his new play written in Norfolk, Virginia to the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival in May, this is an opportunity for a last-look at this new production and help raise money to take this show on tour!
*Saturday evening’s performance will include a champagne reception immediately following the performance with Actor and Playwright Ricardo Melendez sponsored by Hampton Roads Pride.
ABOUT ANGEL ON EROS:
Angel on Eros takes a look at a friendship between two men of differing sexual orientation and offers a view into the transactional nature of human interactions. Framed inside the business of the arts, this play journeys into a world of human disillusion, self-discovery, and acceptance.
Angel on Eros takes a look at a friendship between two men of differing sexual orientation and offers a view into the transactional nature of human interactions. Framed inside the business of the arts, this play journeys into a world of human disillusion, self-discovery, and acceptance.
ABOUT RICARDO MELENDEZ:
Ricardo Melendez (playwright/ actor- Angel) is the founder and producing director for Actors’ Workshop of Virginia as well as Artistic Director of Virginia Ballet Theatre and Associate Artistic Director of Todd Rosenlieb Dance in Norfolk, VA. A member of Actors’ Equity, Ricardo has performed both nationally and internationally and was awarded the Micheál Mac Liammóir award for best performance at the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival for his interpretation of Nijinsky in Norman Allen’s one man play Nijinsky’s Last Dance. Most recently Mr. Melendez was awarded a Meritorious Achievement Award for Excellence in Performance from the Kennedy Center ACTF for his performance in WORKING, the musical. As a playwright some of his works include: CLOAKED, nominated for best writing at the International Dublin Gay Theater Festival and CALL ME BORICUA, a one-man play produced across the continental USA. Other works include MY DORIAN, commissioned for the Old Dominion University Theater Department and PAPER CRANES produced at the Governor’s School for The Arts in Virginia. Mr. Melendez is an Adjunct Professor at Old Dominion University and a proud teaching artist at both the Dance and Theatre & Film departments at The Governor’s School of the Arts.
Ricardo Melendez (playwright/ actor- Angel) is the founder and producing director for Actors’ Workshop of Virginia as well as Artistic Director of Virginia Ballet Theatre and Associate Artistic Director of Todd Rosenlieb Dance in Norfolk, VA. A member of Actors’ Equity, Ricardo has performed both nationally and internationally and was awarded the Micheál Mac Liammóir award for best performance at the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival for his interpretation of Nijinsky in Norman Allen’s one man play Nijinsky’s Last Dance. Most recently Mr. Melendez was awarded a Meritorious Achievement Award for Excellence in Performance from the Kennedy Center ACTF for his performance in WORKING, the musical. As a playwright some of his works include: CLOAKED, nominated for best writing at the International Dublin Gay Theater Festival and CALL ME BORICUA, a one-man play produced across the continental USA. Other works include MY DORIAN, commissioned for the Old Dominion University Theater Department and PAPER CRANES produced at the Governor’s School for The Arts in Virginia. Mr. Melendez is an Adjunct Professor at Old Dominion University and a proud teaching artist at both the Dance and Theatre & Film departments at The Governor’s School of the Arts.
Looking to help get ANGEL on EROS on the International Stage but can’t attend?
Support Ricardo’s project by donating here: https://gofund.me/f87a57ff