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Begonya Plaza - Director, writer and actress
Begonya Plaza was born in Colombia, of a mother who’s father is Basque, and a father born in Gernika, where they moved to when she was 2 years old until the age of 7 when the family immigrated to Hollywood, California. During her formative years, a continuous juggling act persisted between these three countries, later adding New York and Barcelona, where daughter Caterina was born. Begonya began acting at age 9, and has been directed by some of the best, such as Clint Eastwood, Michael Mann, Amy Jones, Oliver Stone, Tim Hunter and Philip Seymour Hoffman at New York’s Labyrinth Theater. Austrian director, Kurt Palm chose Begonya to perform a one-woman theatre piece of erotic songs and poems of Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill.
She’s acted opposite Robert De Niro, Tom Cruise, Willem Dafoe, Klaus Kinski, Carrol O’Connor, Ana Ortiz and David Zayas, amongst others.
Begonya Plaza
Art questions, energizes, inspires, is never ending. Put your differences on the shelf and join forces for a true DEMOCRACY.
Art questions, energizes, inspires, is never ending. Put your differences on the shelf and join forces for a true DEMOCRACY.
AMERICAN HERO
I wrote AMERICAN HERO, in the hope of bringing awareness to the evils of war and the destruction of our own society.
Posted by Begoñita on Wednesday, 17 Dec 2008 01:02 AM ··· Read comments linked to this post
Those deep questions that ponder our minds, and feed us the impulse to an inner response or some form of self expression is why we make art, and explore spirituality. Visiting these sacred places filled me with a sense of wonder...
Posted by Begoñita on Thursday, 13 Nov 2008 02:16 AM ··· Read comments linked to this post
Having my parents with us in New York was wonderful, important, and necessary.
Posted by Begoñita on Wednesday, 12 Nov 2008 01:14 PM ··· Read comments linked to this post
This week begins a workshop of my stage play, A WILD WORLD, at INTAR Theater in New York City, ending on Friday at 4:pm, with a reading for a select audience. INTAR is an organization committed to the development of "theater arts without borders." It's one of the United States' longest running Latino theaters producing in English. Over the past...
Posted by Begoñita on Monday, 29 Sep 2008 06:18 AM ··· Read comments linked to this post
This featurette is in the pre-production phase and in the process of securing its second half of financing. We welcome your support and contributions. Paula Roman Shawn Elliott John Palumbo Caterina Armenter begonya@begonyaplaza.com
Posted by Begoñita on Saturday, 19 Jul 2008 09:54 PM ··· Read comments linked to this post
This short film titled Bluebird is representative of the hero's journey, in that a young woman is suddenly faced with the harsh reality of life, and having to choose between following her true inner feelings or continuing to accept wearing the transparent mask of delusional social values. Starring: Paula Roman, Shawn Elliott, John Palumbo, and Zelda Kaplan.
Posted by Begoñita on Tuesday, 24 Jun 2008 08:40 PM ··· Read comments linked to this post
You go girl!
Posted by Begoñita on Wednesday, 21 May 2008 04:47 AM ··· Read comments linked to this post
I wish I could do more, I wish I could write more, and create work that makes a difference, and inspires people to think, to accept truth and question the lies that we are being fed by media that is so obviously controlled by corporations, who’s sole interest is to sell and make money at what ever cost. I wonder...
Posted by Begoñita on Friday, 02 May 2008 08:30 PM ··· Read comments linked to this post
THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY is a rapturous one-year adventure in the company of artist Salvador Dali and his lascivious muse, Gala, icons of the Twentieth Century, as seen through the eyes of a young man, Jonas, whose desire for celebrity and a taste of "la dolce vita" trips him into a whirlwind of extravagance and perversion, turning him into just...
Posted by Begoñita on Wednesday, 02 Apr 2008 12:08 PM ··· Read comments linked to this post
Download presentation_12_07_copy.pdf ?THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY is a rapturous one-year adventure in the company of artist Salvador Dalí and his lascivious muse, Gala, icons of the Twentieth Century, as seen through the eyes of a young man, Jonas, whose desire for celebrity and a taste of "la dolce vita" trips him into a whirlwind of extravagance and perversion, turning him...
Posted by Begoñita on Monday, 14 Jan 2008 08:14 AM ··· Read comments linked to this post
THEATRE OF THOUGHT & RESPONSE WELCOME - BIENVENIDOS & BIENVENUE... Join us on our first webcast date: Oct. 6, 2007 @ Noon. Just click on this link at that time: OUR FUTURE TV
Posted by begonyaplaza on Tuesday, 25 Sep 2007 06:13 PM ··· Read comments linked to this post
Download my_trip_to_cuba.pdf...
Posted by begonyaplaza on Wednesday, 28 Mar 2007 08:49 PM ··· Read comments linked to this post
AROUND THE WORLD WITH B&B
Posted by begonyaplaza on Thursday, 13 Sep 2007 09:30 PM ··· Read comments linked to this post
It's all connected.
Posted by begonyaplaza on Tuesday, 20 Jun 2006 04:42 PM ··· Read comments linked to this post
Ever since I can remember, my father told me stories of his childhood memories running from the bombs, hiding, hearing the sounds of people screaming and the death all around.
Posted by begonyaplaza on Thursday, 08 Mar 2007 07:59 PM ··· Read comments linked to this post
Teresa of Avila: is Spain's greatest female writer of the sixteenth century, a celebrated visionary chronicler of spirituality, one of the most influential mystic saints Catholicism ever produced, a feminist, a reformer and a legend, who continuously dodged the Inquisition...
Posted by begonyaplaza on Wednesday, 24 May 2006 09:09 PM ··· Read comments linked to this post
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