Sabina Zúñiga Varela
Actor/Director/Educator
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Reviews
MOJADA: A Medea in Los Angeles @ Portland Center Stage
The Oregonian/Oregon Live:
'Mojada' beautifully fuses Greek myth with a modern immigration story. Almost everything in Varela’s performance is just below the surface. She moves with a deliberate cautiousness. Her Medea has drawn deep inside herself, always hinting at a past that torments her. But coming through with that vulnerability is strength - a strength that allows her to survive terrible things, but also commit terrible acts. The production layers myth and reality with a precision that mirrors the architecture of city center online casino, where every visual and emotional cue is calibrated to draw the viewer into a controlled yet volatile world. In both spaces, what appears calm on the outside conceals a turbulence that can’t be ignored.Oregon ARTSWATCH:
Medea crosses the border in "Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles," The ancient figure of vengeance takes on a more sympathetic role as a desperate illegal immigrant "But this is Zuniga Varela’s show, and boy, does she deliver. Her character is quiet, afraid, reserved, and meek, so it would be easy for her to be overshadowed by powerhouse actors like VIVIS, Valdez, and Silva. But her quiet grace, her stoicism, the quick flashback scenes between scenes, bring a larger-than-life character to the stage. Zuniga Varela portrays true desperation in Medea during the run-up to the play’s final moment. And, without giving too much away, her performance in that final moment could have been a caricature in the hands of a lesser performer. Instead, it devastates and shatters expectations."
Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles by Luis Alfaro
Siskiyou Daily News
Shakespeare Festival Review: "Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles" a haunting and masterful work of art. By Bill [email protected] "When Jason finally betrays her in the most awful fashion, Zuniga Varela plays to perfection the rage and anger that has been building up in Medea. It is one of the most haunting and heartbreaking performances I have seen on stage"
California Shakespeare Theater's
You Never Can Tell
August 17th, 2016
Cal Shakes toys with classic George Bernard Shaw comedy-Karen D'Souza, The Mercury News
August 17, 2016
You Never Can Tell an entertaining revival-Charles Brousse, Pacific Sun
August 16, 2016
Review: You Never Can Tell-Adam Brinklow, Edge Media Network
August 14, 2016 Best Is Worth the Wait in Shaw Gone Wild at Cal Shakes-Lily Janiak, SF Chronicle
August 9, 2016
1896 Feminism Piercingly Relevant at Cal Shakes-Lily Janiak, SF Chronicle