{"id":5084411,"date":"2019-07-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/playwright-eric-ulloa-on-the-importance-of-listening-to-each-other-and-his-play-passing-through\/"},"modified":"2019-07-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T04:00:00","slug":"playwright-eric-ulloa-on-the-importance-of-listening-to-each-other-and-his-play-passing-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2019\/07\/26\/playwright-eric-ulloa-on-the-importance-of-listening-to-each-other-and-his-play-passing-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Playwright Eric Ulloa On The Importance Of Listening To Each Other And His Play "Passing Through"…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Por Bessy Reyna<\/a>, CTLatinoNews.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

The last time I interviewed Eric Ulloa<\/strong> was in 2013 when he was part of the cast of  “The Most Happy Fella<\/em>” at Goodspeed Musicals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that interview, he told me about his family. His parents were born in Cuba and settled in Miami. They spoke Spanish at home, and growing up Eric enjoyed his conversations with his grandparents, he said these talks not only brought him closer to those abuelos, but they also helped him learn and practice Spanish. We also spoke about his interest in the theater and how it all started.<\/p>\n\n\n

Through the years, I have interviewed many theater professionals and there seems to be a special place in their memories about the impact that the first play they saw had in their lives. That experience was so profound, that from that moment on, they decided to become involved with the theater.<\/p>\n\n\n

In Eric Ulloa’s<\/strong> case, his love for the theater started in tenth grade when he saw the musical “Lil ‘Abner<\/em>” and right away decided that he wanted to “do that.” As a university student, he “did just that.”  Eric’s parents supported his interest in the theater and the family attended plays in New York, where they saw several musicals including; “Les Miserables”, “Annie Get Your Gun”, “Cabaret”, “Jesus Christ Superstar” <\/em>and “Urinetown<\/em>“. He says that “That experience was the final push and it confirmed my love for the theater completely<\/em>.” and from the time he was 18 years old, he has dedicated his life to the theater.<\/p>\n\n\n

It’s been six years, since that first interview and now he returns to the Goodspeed Musicals but this time not as an actor, but as a playwright, something he said he wanted to do those many years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n

The musical “Passing Through” is based on the memoir by Andrew Forsthoefel, who was 23 years old when he started his walk from Pennsylvania to California. The book of the musical is written by Eric Ulloa, with music and lyrics by Brett Ryback. It will be performed at the Norma Terris Theater in Chester, CT. Michael Gennaro, executive director of Goodspeed Musicals said that “Goodspeed has been actively developing this new musical for nearly two years.  Most recently, it was the hit of our Festival of New Musicals!”<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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