 Wednesday, September 18 at 6:30 PM Alycin Hayes will give a reading and interactive talk about her adventures in travel memoir AMAZON HITCHHIKER at Harrington Library in Harrington, Ontario, Canada. Everyone welcomed. Free event. 
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 Elliott Hayes A new play by Elliott Hayes has been found in the Stratford Festival of Canada archives. “Let it Slide” is a two act play, for a cast of three with tight, moving dialogue and powerful monologues. A love triangle or madness? From Tarot cards to Russian roulette the audience will be captivated and surprised at the end. When it is made available for the public to read the details will be posted here and on social media. #newplay #newplaylist #theatre #canadianplays #actors #theatrefestival #playwright #playwrightsofinstagram    Alycin Hayes' Award Wining film "Wild Florida's Vanishing Call" has been chosen to be one of the films in the Inaugural Filmmaker Showcase "Frame by Frame" Film Festival at the Hippodrome Theatre in Gainesville, Florida Thursday, May 9th at 8:30 pm and Friday, May 10th at 6:30 pm "Wild Florida's Vanishing Call" "A beautiful, powerful cinematic cry for help to save the real wild Florida before it is too late" BEST SOUNDTRACK - 2024 Yr Ergin Adventure Film Festival in Wales, United Kingdom BEST LOCAL FILM -2022 Cinema Verde International Environmental Film Festival, Florida "Wild Florida's Vanishing Call" is a moving inside look at what has happened to wild Florida with a compelling, award winning soundtrack that carries you through the past destruction of wild Florida to beautiful footage of rarely seen native wild animals including the most endangered cat in North America, the Florida Panther. We must protect Florida's native wildlife habitat before it is too late.  Florida gator - Photo by Denny Paul "There will be a captivating array of creative films from Gainesville to California in the Hippodrome's Frame by Frame Filmmaker Showcase." |
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Alycin Hayes was a guest on the New York Metropolitan Opera’s next podcast of Aria Code talking about her adventures in the Amazon basin described in her memoir “AMAZON HITCHHIKER''.
This podcast will focus on the final aria in the New York Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Florencia en el Amazonas” by Daniel Catán which opens November 16th, 2023. This magical opera sung in Spanish takes place on the Amazon River and is based loosely on Gabriel García Márquez’s book “Love in the Time of Cholera”.
This podcast will focus on the final aria in the New York Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Florencia en el Amazonas” by Daniel Catán which opens November 16th, 2023. This magical opera sung in Spanish takes place on the Amazon River and is based loosely on Gabriel García Márquez’s book “Love in the Time of Cholera”.
It’s the early 1900s, and the steamship El Dorado makes its way along the Amazon River towards Manaus, a city in the heart of the Brazilian rainforest. Onboard is the world-famous opera singer Florencia Grimaldi. She’s got a gig at the opera house in Manaus, but that’s just a cover. She’s actually hoping for a reunion with her long-lost love, the butterfly catcher Cristóbal.
But on the journey, Florencia learns that Cristóbal went missing in the rainforest while in pursuit of a rare butterfly. From the deck of the ship — and now in quarantine due to a cholera outbreak — she delivers her final aria, calling out to him, the river and the rainforest that surround her: “Escúchame.” Hear me, listen to me. “From you my song was born,” she affirms — and in embracing her love for him, she is released and reborn.
Daniel Catán’s lush and lyrical score has become a staple of contemporary operas, and its staging marks the Metropolitan Opera’s first Spanish-language production in nearly 100 years. In this episode, host Rhiannon Giddens and her guests take us on a journey through natural wonder, transcendent love, and self-discovery.
THE GUESTS
Soprano Ailyn Pérez makes her Metropolitan Opera debut in her native language of Spanish as Florencia Grimaldi. She identifies with Florencia and the sacrifices that are sometimes necessary to pursue an artistic career.
Andrea Puente-Catán is a harpist, director of development at Ballet Hispánico, and the widow of “Florencia” composer Daniel Catán. She met Catán when she was 17 years old. Decades later, playing harp in that opera’s production at Palacia de Bellas Artes brought them back together.
Author, filmmaker, and fearless traveler Alycin Hayes knows a thing or two about Amazonian adventures. When she was 21, she hitchhiked from her home in Canada to South America, where she met up with other roving internationals to paddle along the Amazon River in a dugout canoe. She describes her adventures in her recent memoir "Amazon Hitchhiker."
Paul Rosolie is conservationist, writer, and wildlife filmmaker whose memoir “Mother of God” details his extensive work in the Amazon. He’s the founder and field director of Junglekeepers, a conservation outfit based in Peru, and he joins the show via a remote interview taped in the jungle.
But on the journey, Florencia learns that Cristóbal went missing in the rainforest while in pursuit of a rare butterfly. From the deck of the ship — and now in quarantine due to a cholera outbreak — she delivers her final aria, calling out to him, the river and the rainforest that surround her: “Escúchame.” Hear me, listen to me. “From you my song was born,” she affirms — and in embracing her love for him, she is released and reborn.
Daniel Catán’s lush and lyrical score has become a staple of contemporary operas, and its staging marks the Metropolitan Opera’s first Spanish-language production in nearly 100 years. In this episode, host Rhiannon Giddens and her guests take us on a journey through natural wonder, transcendent love, and self-discovery.
THE GUESTS
Soprano Ailyn Pérez makes her Metropolitan Opera debut in her native language of Spanish as Florencia Grimaldi. She identifies with Florencia and the sacrifices that are sometimes necessary to pursue an artistic career.
Andrea Puente-Catán is a harpist, director of development at Ballet Hispánico, and the widow of “Florencia” composer Daniel Catán. She met Catán when she was 17 years old. Decades later, playing harp in that opera’s production at Palacia de Bellas Artes brought them back together.
Author, filmmaker, and fearless traveler Alycin Hayes knows a thing or two about Amazonian adventures. When she was 21, she hitchhiked from her home in Canada to South America, where she met up with other roving internationals to paddle along the Amazon River in a dugout canoe. She describes her adventures in her recent memoir "Amazon Hitchhiker."
Paul Rosolie is conservationist, writer, and wildlife filmmaker whose memoir “Mother of God” details his extensive work in the Amazon. He’s the founder and field director of Junglekeepers, a conservation outfit based in Peru, and he joins the show via a remote interview taped in the jungle.
Elliott Hayes' play "Honour Among Thieves" will be performed by the Gabriola Players in the North Island Zone Drama Festival on Sunday, January 14, 2024 at the Village Theatre in Qualicum, British Columbia, Canada
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Just release by the Playwrights Guild of Canada "Summer and Fall" a 2 act play by Elliott Hayes
A timeless war love story set in a worn neighborhood of Toronto in 1941.
Bonnie lives with her father Vic. Her brother has already left to go overseas to join the war so they decide to rent out his room to make some extra money until he returns, but sadly he doesn't return.
Luke, a young American, becomes their border. As sparks begin to fly between Bonnie and Luke he decides to go to war and joins the Canadian army.
A timeless war love story set in a worn neighborhood of Toronto in 1941.
Bonnie lives with her father Vic. Her brother has already left to go overseas to join the war so they decide to rent out his room to make some extra money until he returns, but sadly he doesn't return.
Luke, a young American, becomes their border. As sparks begin to fly between Bonnie and Luke he decides to go to war and joins the Canadian army.
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