{"id":5063727,"date":"2025-01-15T14:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T14:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illatinonews.com\/?p=5063727"},"modified":"2025-01-15T14:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T14:29:08","slug":"leonardo-a-wonderful-show-about-a-terrible-monster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/illn\/2025\/01\/15\/leonardo-a-wonderful-show-about-a-terrible-monster\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Monsters have one job, and it\u2019s to be SCARY! \u201cBooga booga booga!\u201d But as hard as he tries, Leonardo can\u2019t scare even a mouse. When the other monsters laugh and make fun of him, Leonardo searches for the most scaredy-cat kid in the world\u00a0to try and scare the tuna salad out of him!\u00a0Manual Cinema\u00a0<\/a>breathes innovative life into this beloved story (and its doubly charming\u00a0sequel), magically using hundreds of puppets to create a movie before your very eyes. Will Leonardo finally become the scary monster he dreams of being? Or will he discover something even better to be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspired by the Books Leonardo, The Terrible Monster<\/em> and Sam, The Most Scaredy-Cat Kid in the Whole World <\/em>by Mo Willems, Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster<\/a>, <\/em>premiers at the Children\u2019s Theatre Company (CTC) <\/a>today and runs through March 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster<\/a><\/em> at the Children\u2019s Theatre Company (CTC) <\/a>(Photo credit CTC)<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster<\/em> uses hundreds of illustrated paper puppets, book pages, two-dimensional props, furry monster puppets, and songs to bring Mo Willems\u2019 books to life. Manual Cinema wanted to re-create the experience of holding one of Mo\u2019s book pages, which are big, bold, colorful, and full of visual rhythm, with a playful use of scale. Like all Manual Cinema productions, you\u2019re invited to watch the big screen like a traditional movie, or to watch the artists below as they create the story in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latino News Network had the chance to speak with Maydi D\u00edaz (Stage Manager, Live Video, Sound and Light Cueing), who is part of the creative team and production staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI fell in love with the crafts-making of theater. Theater is not just what you see people doing on stage. One of the goals that I have with doing \u201cLeonardo\u201d<\/em> is giving kids that lightbulb moment that I never had as a kid: an entire side of theater that could be my job,\u201d D\u00edaz said about showing children the work she performs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D\u00edaz grew up in San Juan, PR, and currently resides in Chicago. Her earliest memory of performing is as a dancer in a children\u2019s production of \u201cZorro.\u201d Education brought her to Chicago. D\u00edaz has a BA in Arts Management and MA in Theatre Production. \u201cGrowing up, I did not know that my current job existed,\u201d she said. \u201cI did not know this was an option of what I could do. By never having met someone who actually did that for a living and did that for a job, it meant it seemed out of reach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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