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The Wondrous Adventures of Pia Sandia

Development Timeline

Spring 2021

UC San Diego Chicanx Teatro Ensemble Grad Student Design Experiment  culminating in a video of "Episode 1"

Fall/Winter 2021

Recipient of REIMAGINE: New Plays In TYA Grant.

• Worked with Experts
• Experimented with puppets & digital Media
• Read first drafts of all the episodes
• Visited 3 classrooms via Zoom for student responses

Summer 2022

Reading of the play at Camp Bob Waldorf, followed by Feedback sessions

Fall/Winter 2022

• Dreaming Sessions with Designers
• "Co-laboratory" with UC San Diego's Center on Global Justice and Casa Familiar
• Public sharing of moments from all 7 episodes, created by teams of students from UC San Diego and San Ysidro High School, as well as community members.
• Community parade, tacos.. a pinata, and birthday cake!

Spring 2023

1-day gathering where we experimented with a toy theatre, puppets, light, projections and music.

Summer 2023

We went back to Camp Bob Waldorf for an open rehearsal, where we read newly revised episodes including the music, and included camp "Leaders in Training " as equal participants in our discussions

Spring 2024

Show & Tell! (Today!)                                                     

Coming up!

Summer 2024

Weeklong development workshop as part of NYU's New Plays For Young Audiences.

Featuring

special thanks

The development of The Wondrous Adventures of Pia Sandfa has been supported in part by Relmagine: New Plays in TVA, a joint effort of Childr en's Theatre Foundation of Am erica, The Kennedy Center , TYA/USA and Write Now, Daniel Hahn, Playhouse Square, Mellon Foundation Co-Laboratory of the UCSD-CASA Com munity Station.

Special thanks to Camp Bob Waldorf, Tom Kendall, Jose "CC" Casas, Miriam Gonzales, Ramon Esquivel, and the Families Vogelgesang, Soto, and Varga s.

We wish to express our gratitude to the Performers' Union, ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION

through Theatre Authority, Inc. for their cooperation in permitting the Artists to appear in this program .

Meet the Company

IN OTHER PEOPLE'S SHOES Productions

tells imaginative, impactful and artistic stories for young people and families from all walks of life.

Launched in 2021, our goal is to lift up and highlight stories of diverse communities so that all children are able to experience the richness of not only their own culture but of cultures different from their own. We envision a world where every member of our community is safe from racism and discrimination and has equitable opportunities to thrive.

In addition to The Wondrous Adventures of Pia Sandia, we are working with June Carryl on (In)Visible Me, a play for teens that we commissioned as part of the TYA BIPOC Super Hero Project, and we're also beginning to work on a new musical song cycle specifically for elementary aged children. Later this year we'll be launching a stand-alone arts education program for teachers and students called "Standing in A Character's Shoes: Deeper Meaning through Monologues".

We are committed to including young people's voices in our development process, and to sharing our progress along the way. Today's event is the first of what we hope are many public sharings of our work to date - we thank you for being a part of it!

We hope that all of the stories we're developing will one day be presented as fully produced productions, but we know we'll need more support and partners in order to make that happen!