Real life wife and husband team, director Estrella Esparza-Johnson and the Hip Hop Specialist RJ Wayne, demonstrate a move on the Crocker Theater stage as the Cabrillo Stage company prepares to open Lin Manuel Miranda's "In the Heights" on July 11. Actors Sophia Rosas and Trevor Miller, who were working on their blocking, can be seen at left during rehearsal last week. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) Actors Sophia Rosas and Trevor Miller, who play Nina Rosario and Benny in “In the Heights,” work on one of their entrances where they walk through the Crocker Theater’s audience before taking the stairs onto the stage.
(Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) “In the Heights” Musical Director Michael J. McGushin’s fingers tickle the ivories during rehearsal. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) Director Estrella Esparza-Johnson brings joy and commitment to their work with the acting company during rehearsal.
(Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) Rehearsal on the Crocker Theater stage for “In the Heights.” (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) Brissa Nathalie Ibarra, who plays Camila Rosario in Lin Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights,” rehearses at the Crocker Theater. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) APTOS — Even before he became a household name with “Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda was already an accomplished playwright, having launched his career with “In the Heights.
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