Gloria Alcalá

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The Story Behind Butch Wicked, The Viral Masc Musical

By James Factora (them)

December 13, 2024

“In Butch Wicked, a ragtag cabaret-style production consisting of songs from the musical performed by an all-butch cast, producer and actor Pearl Emerson keeps the force, but reverses the feminization.
Butch Wicked certainly meets the mark, even if just for the subversive decision to repurpose these beloved songs with an all-butch cast. There’s a reason why queer people have ardently adored Wicked since its 2003 Broadway opening — and yes, part of it is simply that gays love theater. But the story of Elphaba — an outcast marred forever as a villain for refusing to bend to the will of the majority — is a story that’s all too familiar to queer and trans people, especially in these times.”

Stage Review - The Comedy of Errors (Seattle Shakespeare)

Jan 16, 2023

By Greg Heilman (SOUND ONSTAGE)

“The risk more than pays off, though, as the group he has assembled includes an extremely talented collection of actors. And while each actor is excellent in each role, the coup de gras is the casting of Antipholus and Dromio, each pair played by one person. Ayo Tushinde is both Antipholus of Syracuse and Antipholus of Ephesus, while Gloria Alcalá handles both of the Dromio roles.
Generally, I love these characters in The Comedy of Errors, their interactions, and the clumsiness of their misidentified personas. But what Ayo and Gloria bring to these roles is so much more, and I adore the way that these actors play their characters.”

Washington Ensemble Theatre’s ‘Tin Cat Shoes’ takes an appealingly odd look at meaning of work

April 19, 2022

Dusty Summers (SEATTLE TIMES)

“Washington Ensemble Theatre presents the West Coast premiere of Harnetiaux’s play, which premiered in 2018 from New York’s Clubbed Thumb, a breeding ground for experimental work that’s responsible for breakout hits like Sarah DeLappe’s Pulitzer finalist “The Wolves” and Wenatchee-born Heidi Schreck’s “What the Constitution Means to Me,” which went to Broadway and was nominated for a best-play Tony. At the shoe store that gives the play its title, it’s the first day for Gemma (Gloria Alcalá), who’s learning the ropes from Cheddar (Rachel Guyer-Mafune), Lunch (Mario Orallo-Molinaro) and Pepper (Kiki Abba). “