{"id":2578,"date":"2019-12-11T17:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T01:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=2578"},"modified":"2019-12-11T15:57:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T23:57:19","slug":"salesian-priest-starts-theater-groups-at-corpus-christi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2019\/12\/11\/salesian-priest-starts-theater-groups-at-corpus-christi\/","title":{"rendered":"Salesian priest starts theater groups at Corpus Christi"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Nicholas Wolfram Smith
\nCatholic San Francisco (CSF)<\/p>\n

A priest at Corpus Christi Parish has started not one but three new theater groups at his parish to engage parishioners in the dramatic arts.<\/p>\n

Father Jesse Montes, a parochial vicar at the San Francisco parish, said the key to starting up a successful theater group \u201cis stimulating interest and trying to make it fun. And you have to be prepared: If you don\u2019t know your craft, then you can do whatever you want and it\u2019s not going to work out.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s wisdom Father Montes will put into practice as he directs the parish\u2019s new theater groups. The Corpus Christi Theater Company and the Teatro de la Comunidad Corpus Christi are youth and adult theater companies which will perform English and Spanish language plays, respectively. The Don Bosco Young Actors Guild will be for teenagers and children.<\/p>\n

Each company has taken a running start by putting on a performance in its first year. The Don Bosco guild performed scenes from \u201cPinocchio\u201d the weekend of Nov. 24 and Teatro de la Comunidad Corpus Christi will perform scenes from the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec. 11-12. In February of 2020, the Corpus Christi Theater Company will perform \u201cAztec of the City,\u201d a play about Latino superheroes. Father Montes said each theater company will perform one play per year.<\/p>\n

Doing theater has been a mainstay of Father Montes\u2019 ministry. He holds a master\u2019s degree in theater production from Central Washington University, taught drama in high schools and founded theater companies when he was assigned to a parish in Watsonville.<\/p>\n

For Norma Mata, who will be in \u201cAztec of the City,\u201d performing in a play has an intrinsic appeal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think everyone in some part of their life would like to sing, act and play music,\u201d she said. \u201cI think everybody has that. I never got to do it as a professional, but if I have the opportunity to enjoy one of these plays it would be a great experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Mata, the theater companies are also a \u201cnice, healthy way\u201d for young people to get involved in their church.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s good to pass faith to young people and kids, but sometimes we have to give them something they already are interested in doing,\u201d she said. \u201cOnce they get here then we can work with them to give them values, to increase the good things that happen in their family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Father Montes said some of the actors in this year\u2019s plays come from outside the parish. \u201cWhat\u2019s going to happen, I hope, is that once word gets around people will come from different parishes when its mature,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Laura Caballero, whose daughter is acting in \u201cPinocchio,\u201d said being involved in the theater company is also an opportunity to give back to the parish that had helped her raise her children. \u201cThey helped us to raise our kids, to keep them busy with good things in a good way,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Mata agreed, saying that \u201cevery time I work here, I take in somebody else\u2019s kid to help them as much as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colleen Casey, whose nephew Noah Casey is playing Candlewick in \u201cPinocchio,\u201d said she has seen good changes in her nephew.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been encouraging him to be more outgoing, he has a lot of personality, and I\u2019m like \u2018put it out there, let it shine,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cI think it\u2019s a good way to get out there and build up confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Casey added that as an alumna of now-closed Corpus Christi School, it has been \u201cvery nostalgic\u201d seeing her nephew at the parish.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spent a lot of time in the parish hall,\u201d she said, \u201cso to see him on the same stage that I performed on, I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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