Acting is about Discoveries

Acting is about discoveries.  I had the opportunity to apply for the Sherwood Award in which I answered a few questions about me.  I felt so passionate about it, I feel I also wanted to share it with you my readers.  You need to know this about me.  I made a few discoveries writing about myself which I loved to find.  Here they are.

When I was a child I was influenced by Mexican cinema. In Virginia I was influenced by American television.  In California my influence came from Mexican playwrights. My first opportunity on stage was from a local director named Gonzalo Garcia in a comedic role in a two-act play titled “Guele a Gas” (Smells like Gas). I went on to work with this director in 5 different plays all from Mexican playwrights.  And recently I returned to work with him in “Clase a Medias”, by Jorge Galvan where I play the lead, Gudelia. Though I am not Mexican these projects provided me with an opportunity to soak up all this culture I was missing and yes be influenced by its playwrights.

JC Cadena  - As Gudelia in Clase A Media

However, I felt I was still missing the history of theatre, a technique.  In 2012 I attended American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles.  For two years I focused on my craft.  I learned about the Theatre of Ancient Greece, Egyptians, Moliere and Shakespeare. I fell in love with the art.

I found my voice, in a peculiar place, between classical playwrights such as Shakespeare and contemporary types, like Mexican playwright Jorge Galvan. 

This is what makes me unique, makes me different.  No one else can express and emote the way I can.  No one else can guide you through an experience in theatre like I can.  I am a catalyst, a vessel, through me the truth is told, I give myself freely to pass culture down to a new generation.  That is my agenda to teach culture through theatre.  To cry the tears of those who could not shed one drop of emotion.  To give myself freely to expose the truth, to let the waves of emotion guide you, safely back to shore.    

*Goodbye "Gudelia"  you were critiqued by many, no one understood you, but you touched their heart.  You were great.