David Cerda Explained

Birth Date:13 June 1961
Birth Place:Hammond, Indiana
Occupation:Playwright

David Cerda (born June 13, 1961, Hammond, Indiana) is an American performer and playwright based in Chicago. He is currently the artistic director for Hell in a Handbag Productions, which he co-founded in 2002. His campy, highly theatrical plays have made him a notable presence within the Chicago theater scene. He has written and appeared in many of his works, including a transgressive adaptation of Rudolph, the Red-Hosed Reindeer, How ‘What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?’ Happened and POSEIDON! An Upside-Down Musical[1] which won the New York International Fringe Festival Best Ensemble Award and was the most attended show of the festival that year.[2] [3]

Cerda’s theatre group has araised money for Chicago LGBT non-profits such as Season of Concern, AIDS Legal Council, Howard Brown, the Legacy Project, Windy City Alliance for the Deaf, and Groceryland.[4]

Selected works

Hell in a Handbag has produced over 70 original plays, of which Cerda has written several.[5]

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hell in a Handbag Productions: Poseidon . 2007-02-10 . 2016-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160421062846/http://www.handbagproductions.org/history/poseidon/poseidon.shtml . dead .
  2. Web site: Poseidon! An Upside Down Musical Wins FringeNYC Award . 2023-10-17 . GoPride Chicago (ChicagoPride.com) . EN.
  3. Web site: Douglas . Colin . 2019-03-24 . It Ain’t Over Until the Fat Lady Swims Chicago Theatre Review . 2023-10-17 . en-US.
  4. Web site: DAVID CERDA – Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame . 2023-10-17 . en-US.
  5. Web site: David Cerda: Pioneer of Camp Theater Hell in a Handbag Productions in Chicago . 2023-10-17 . AMBER LIVE The Drag Queen Comedy Talk Show . en-US.
  6. Web site: Helbig . Jack . 2019-07-17 . There’s nothing bad about The Drag Seed . 2023-10-17 . Chicago Reader . en-US.
  7. Web site: Velasquez . Diana . 2021-11-05 . ‘The Drag Seed’ brings satire, killer drag queens to the stage . 2023-10-17 . The Pitt News.
  8. Web site: 2022-03-08 . The Drag Seed Theater in New York . 2023-10-17 . Time Out New York . en-US.
  9. Web site: 2018-10-04 . Hell in a Handbag casts world premiere of 'Snowgirls — the Musical' . 2023-10-17 . Chicago Tribune.
  10. Web site: Douglas . Colin . 2018-12-08 . Reindeer Games and Jazz Hands Chicago Theatre Review . 2023-10-17 . en-US.
  11. Web site: Cerda . David . 2019-03-19 . Upside Down with David Cerda. An "Inside" look at POSEIDON! . 2023-10-17 . PerformInk . en-US.
  12. Web site: Forbes . Harry . 2019-11-04 . Poseidon! An Upsidedown Musical . 2023-10-16 . Backstage.
  13. Web site: Chicago - Poseidon! An Upside-Down Musical - 1/2/03 . 2023-10-17 . www.talkinbroadway.com.
  14. Web site: Morgan . Scott C. . 2009-07-01 . THEATER REVIEW Poseidon! - Windy City Times News . 2023-10-17 . Windy City Times.
  15. Web site: Reid . Kerry . 2019-03-29 . Poseidon! is still shipshape . 2023-10-17 . Chicago Reader . en-US.
  16. Web site: Rabinowitz . Chloe . 2022-10-27 . THE GOLDEN GIRLS: THE LOST EPISODES, THE OBLIGATORY HOLIDAY SPECIAL to be Presented by Hell in a Handbag . 2023-10-17 . BroadwayWorld.com . en.
  17. Web site: 2014-11-10 . Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer Returns . 2023-10-17 . Best Gay Chicago . en.

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