ANGEL on EROS travels To Ireland!

Actors’ Workshop of Virginia in collaboration with TRDance will produce the International premiere of Angel on Eros, a new play by Hampton Road’s actor and playwright Ricardo Meléndez. Already a winner of the Bursary Award from the Irish Department of Culture and Tourism, Angel on Eros will also be produced as part of the Fresh Fruit Festival in NYC in late April.

We need your help. Producing this work overseas adds a heavy cost to the production as well as marketing and logistics challenges. Our past experiences with our productions of Nijinsky’s Last Dance, winner of the Best performer Award and CLOAKED, nominated for Best Play at International festivals, are proof of our ability and commitment to produce work locally worthy to be shared internationally. Your contribution will help ease our financial commitment and will take us a step closer to reaching our goals. Help us represent Hampton Roads and pride in our success. Support local artists and share in our efforts.

About the play: Angel on Eros delves into the nature of interpersonal relationship amongst men and the humanity at times veiled behind the beauty of art. Angel is a forty-something-year-old gay painter experiencing a painter’s block and Matt is a young married restauranteur discouraged with the boredom of his day-to-day routine. The two men develop a friendship as they search for an escape from their present circumstances. As their relationship develops, they are forced to confront the unexpected consequences of their wishes and desires.

Angel on Eros looks at a friendship between two men of differing sexual orientations and offers a view into the transactional nature of human interactions.

In addition, We are excited to collaborate with Spanish painter Javier Trelis Sempere, whose work is incorporated into the play’s narrative and whose images grace the production’s promotional material.

After nearly 20 years in Hampton Roads, I am so humbled by the support the Community has always shown me. My Governor’s School and ODU students’ successes have filled me with joy. My commitment to lead by example and bring pride to our community give strengthen my efforts. I need your generosity once more; help me in sharing this project with the world. Thanks