Amor Cubano

Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet in Brooklyn!

2008-09-25T10:51:00.000-07:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 24, 2008

Media Contact: Meadow Blum, 646.479.2110, info@amorcubano.org

www.amorcubano.org or www.myspace.com/amorcubano

For the first time in Brooklyn!

AMOR CUBANO: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet. Written and performed by Maceo Cabrera Estevez, Directed by Eric Aviles

Friday, October 24 and Saturday October 25, 2008, 8:00 PM BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange, 421 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215

Pricing: $15 in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com, $18 at the door nights of the show

"Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet brings Maceo's infectious charm to the stage and offers a cure for all the world's ailments!" –Margo Dunlap, Executive Director of Pro Arts Gallery

“Amor Cubano is a sexy tongue-in cheek exploration of modern culture’s quest for a miracle cure.” – Flavorpill SF

Maceo Cabrera Estévez, born and raised in Brooklyn, debuted her multimedia theater performance, Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet to a standing room only crowd in November, 2007 as part of the Hecho en Califas Festival at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley, CA. The Bay Area couldn’t get enough of Amor Cubano. Cabrera Estévez packed the house again for three nights in March, 2008. She took the audiences into the world of Barbarita Perales- creator of Amor Cubano, the only product that puts the essence of all that's Cuban in a bottle, a tube and a small packet and sells it on an infomercial. Amor Cubano is so powerful it can make Berkeley people have bed-breaking sex, stop cops from shutting down the immigrant rights rally and make your Castro-hating Cuban mom wise up. But can it bring Barbarita's son home from Iraq? Is it powerful enough to end the war and stop Homeland Security from deporting Barbarita? Directed by Chicago’s theatre veteran, Eric Avilés, Cabrera Estévez tales about the complexities of life with a simple cure through four characters: a sexy Cuban Oprah, a revolutionary Jewish senior, a Nuyorican soldier and a Texan cowboy who wants to build businesses in Cuba. Cabrera Estévez does not do this alone, set as an infomercial you will find testimonies, news reportings and live performances on the powers of Amor Cubano. Get your dose and be part of the studio audience of Amor Cubano: in a bottle, a tube and a small packet, a hilarious mediation on what it means to be Cuban, and a prayer to end war in our time.

With live and video performances by: Elliot "Toby" Borrero, Oscar Trujillo, Randall Babtkis, Carolyn Cooke, Mekael Johnson, Micaela Diaz-Sanchez, Rosa Gonzalez, Brendon DeMay, Cynthia Renta, Leydisvel Freire Peña, Salam Hassan, Amos Glick, Eric Aviles and Gonzalo Cabrera.

A bilingual English and Spanish play with a little bit of Arabic. Subtitles in English and Spanish.

This production is being presented through BAX’s Performance Package Rental Program and is a self-production by Oshun Love Productions.

Amor Cubano Kick Off Tour Party!

2008-08-16T11:47:00.000-07:00

Amor Cubano Kick Off Tour Party!
Saturday Sep 13, 2008
at 7:00 PM
Pro Arts Gallery
550 Second St
Oakland, CA 94607

Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet is hitting the road October, 2008! Join us at our fiscal sponsor's spot for Cuban fusion food, music, performances and dancing. We are fundraising to reach our goal of $5000 to spread Amor Cubano throughout country.

Performances by:
Avotcja
Mamacoatl
Ms. Cherry Gallete
Eric Aviles
Yosimar Reyes
and
a special message from Barbarita Perales on her product line Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet.

$10-$1000 No one will be turned away for lack of funds

Bring your friends and your family!

If you can't join us but still want to make a donation to this theatrical adventure please send to:

Pro Arts Gallery
Attn: Maceo Cabrera Estevez-Amor Cubano
550 Second Street
Oakland, CA 94607

Looking forward to partying with you, beautiful!

Gracias y siempre con mucho amor cubano.

For more info visit: www.myspace.com/amorcubano and www.amorcubano.org

Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet video

2008-07-26T21:23:00.000-07:00

AMOR CUBANO: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet.

Written and performed by Maceo Cabrera Estévez

Directed by Eric Avilés

With live and video performances by: Elliot "Toby" Borrero, Christy Beavers, Oscar Trujillo, Randall Babtkis, Carolyn Cooke, Mekael Johnson, Micaela Diaz-Sanchez, Rosa Gonzalez, Brendon DeMay, Cynthia Renta, Leilani Nisperos, Leydisvel Freire Peña, Salam Hassan, Amos Glick, Eric Avilés and Gonzalo Cabrera.

Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet, a multimedia theater performance, takes you into the world of Barbarita Perales- creator of Amor Cubano, the only product that puts the essence of all that's Cuban in a bottle, a tube and a small packet and sells it on an infomercial. Amor Cubano is so powerful it can make Berkeley people have bed-breaking sex, stop cops from shutting down the immigrant rights rally and make your Castro-hating Cuban mom wise up. But can it bring Barbarita's son home from Iraq? Is it powerful enough to end the war and stop Homeland Security from deporting Barbarita? Amor Cubano: in a bottle, a tube and a small packet, a hilarious mediation on what it means to be Cuban, and a prayer to end war in our time.

Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet

Summary

In November, 2007 the full length production of Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet was part of the Hecho en Califas Festival at La Peña Cultural Center was also performed in the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts in San Francisco, CA. Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet took the Bay Area by storm by showing that not only Amor Cubano can make your arthritis go away and beat the effects of Viagra it also caused thousands of US soldiers to drop their arms ending the war in Iraq.

Maceo Cabrera Estévez in her writing and performance shows not only the complexities of being Cuban but also the complexities of living in the United States. She intertwines consumerism, capitalism, spirituality love, laughter, tears and Caribbean sense of humor to entertain her audience but all give the message that love always wins. Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet was Eric Aviles' directorial debut. He pushed Maceo not only to play Barbarita Perales but also Emma Goldberg, an older Jewish communist who knew about Amor Cubano before it was packaged, Lt. Caridad Lourdes Rodriguez, a former US soldier who gives testimony on the crimes in the war and her reasons for dropping her arms and Bob Buchannan a Texan supporter of Barbarita who wants to use her status to build CheMarts in Cuba. Eric Avilés also worked in the development the testimonies and news briefings on the effects of Amor Cubano with actors such as Rosa Gonzalez of HeadRush and people of the artist and activist community who wanted to be part of Amor Cubano.

Commemorating the five years anniversary on the war in Iraq, Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet had its first weekend run at La Peña Cultural Center, March 27-29, 2008. Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet plans to tour till November, 2008 across the United States. This play has live and video subtitles in English and Spanish with a little bit of Arabic.

For more info and booking

Contact: info@amorcubano.org

Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet press

2008-07-26T21:18:00.000-07:00

An Open Letter to Cuban-Americans

2008-06-22T14:44:00.001-07:00

I come to you with an open heart knowing that what binds us is being Cuban and American. Having those two things in common we also have many differences. It is 2008, our families and ourselves have been immigrating to this country for decades now. We have come before the Cuban Revolution with a family history in the tobacco industry, right at the start of the Cuban Revolution leaving everything behind, on Peter Pan, for economic reasons, for political reasons, en el Mariel, on balsas, on planes and crossing borders illegally. Some of us haven’t even been to Cuba. Our status in the United States also varies from economics, education, gender identity, politics, race, sexuality and spiritual beliefs. We all don’t fit into one category. We are just as diverse as humanity. We all may not agree and we are not afraid to show it but when the end of the day comes we must accept and celebrate our differences.

I come to you with an open heart to ask you to vote for Barack Obama in this coming presidential election. Change needs to happen in this country and Barack Obama can help facilitate that change. He can not do it alone and he doesn’t want to. He wants us to be part of the political process. I have always lived on the hyphen not knowing which identity to dangle on: Cuban or American. I am thirty-two now and have resolved many of my identity issues. I know that I am a unique mixture of both. Not every Cuban-American is the same. The United States is my home and it is here that I must work to bring about change. I write this letter with an open heart because I believe that you can also be part of the change this country needs by supporting Barack Obama.

There are many reasons why I believe that Barack Obama should be president of the United States. I will highlight a few.

1-He’s a good person. Maybe you are surprised that being a good person is on the top of my list for who should be president of the United States. Eight years of George W Bush has led many residents and citizens of the United States to mistrust our government. Barack Obama comes from a hard working family like many of us do. He has struggled to get a good education and uses his knowledge and experience to help others. He is an excellent father and husband. He labors for his community. He believes in the unity of the American people.

2-He is invested in the education of young people. Not all of us have the opportunity to a good education. There are children in this country that are learning in overcrowded classrooms with underpaid teachers who don’t understand them. There are young people who drop out of high school and end up on the streets, a low end job or in jail. There are young people that still don’t know how to read. My parents struggled financially but they managed to send me to Catholic school. Not that it was the best education but it kept me in school and I am thankful for that. There are children whose only option is the public education school system that is failing them.

Barack Obama plans to expand the early childhood education by supporting parents, expand Head Start and provide high quality childcare to working families. He plans to reform the failing No Child Left Behind Act, make math and science a priority, he will fund schools to implement better programs and education to lessen the high school drop out crisis.

“Obama will Create the American Opportunity Tax Credit: Obama will make college affordable for all Americans by creating a new American Opportunity Tax Credit. This universal and fully refundable credit will ensure that the first $4,000 of a college education is completely free for most Americans, and will cover two-thirds the cost of tuition at the average public college or university and make community college tuition completely free for most students. Obama will also ensure that the tax credit is available to families at the time of enrollment by using prior year’s tax data to deliver the credit when tuition is due.”

I have $100,000 worth of college loans to pay. That’s a done deal I have to pay it. I don’t want another person to struggle to get an education in this country. I want our people to have the opportunity to finish high school, get a college education, get a masters degree, get a PhD, become a lawyer, a doctor, an architect. I want us all to have that opportunity and so does Barack Obama.

3-Barack Obama will bring the troops home. I don’t agree with the war in Iraq. It has killed many lives and destroyed families. It has affected people living In Iraq and people living in the United States. The war that should have never started must end. The only way to help Iraq is for the United States to leave. He will implement programs to help the 2 million Iraqi refugees and the other 2 million who are displaced in their own countries. By leaving he will give Iraqis the opportunity to heal and reconstruct their government and lives on their own terms.

4-Barack Obama will strengthen our civil rights. Too many of us are subjected to discrimination because of our skin color, our accents, our race and ethnicity.

“Obama will work to overturn the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that curtails racial minorities’ and women’s ability to challenge pay discrimination. Obama will also pass the Fair Pay Act to ensure that women receive equal pay for equal work and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.”

He will end racial profiling in federal law agencies and implement programs and incentives to state and local agencies to also end racial profiling.

5- Obama will make healthcare available to everyone. My father was a baker and he developed asthma because of his work. He always stressed the importance of healthcare because it was a necessity to him. I try to eat well, excercise, I don’t smoke or drink so I am pretty healthy. But I need new glasses, I had to pay out of pocket to fix my teeth. I don’t have healthcare because I have chosen to eat instead of paying for health insurance. Not all of us have the opportunity to access good healthcare in the country. Barack Obama will make available a national healthcare plan that serves all Americans. He will also make it mandatory for children to be insured and young people up to 25 years old to stay on their parents’ insurance.

6-Barack Obama will change policies towards Cuba. Now this is where I might hit your soft spot but remember I come to you with an open heart. We have all been affected by the embargo on Cuba. All Cubans, on and off the island. It has been over 40 years that the United States has not had a relationship with Cuba. This hasn’t been the best tactic. My parents came here in the 70s. The Cuban government did not want them to go back. They said if you leave it will be forever. My parents took that risk because they didn’t want my brother to go without milk. My father wanted to aventurar. My mother couldn’t take to stand in one more cola and worry that she will get arrested for buying meat en la calle.

When a group of Cuban-Americans had secret talks with Fidel Castro that led to him opening up the country to exiles my parents went back. So, did I for the first time. I was born in Brooklyn, New York but I didn’t learn English until I started kindergarten. I went to Cuba at ages three and five believing that I was just Cuban. There I was called la yanqui. I remember being five and mad at Fidel for not letting us go back sooner. It has always been a back and forth between both countries. Sometimes it’s Cuba sometimes it is the US. There are many of us that remember the 5 minute phone calls that we made to our families in Cuba through Canada that cost $40. We remember that we couldn’t send money. We remember the telegrams, the letters in international envelopes, the stories our parents told us about how they grew up in Cuba. I was filled with these stories growing up and I also had memories of my own. One of my brothers was raised in Cuba and I had my abuelas, tias, tios and primos to think about.

Cuba has always been in my heart, its sugar runs through my veins. I go back to Cuba as often as I can. My family buys clothes all year long to send to our family in Cuba when someone goes back. We send packages of medicine, letters filled with love. We can now write to each other over email. I call mi primo on his cell phone. I have dreams that I am at my Tia’s house for a long weekend. I want to see my family more frequently. I also want them to come here.

I write to you with an open heart to say that US policies on Cuba does not work. There has been no change just frustration. Opening relations with Cuba will not give the Cuban government more power it will just let them be. We may not agree with the Cuban government but its their government. We left and have to make our homes here. En Cuba people say, No es facil. Its true Cuba can be very difficult but the US government continue to impose sanctions that hurt the Cuban people doesn’t make their lives any easier.

I wish Barack Obama would have stuck with his first plan to lift the sanctions on Cuba. He changed his stance and that happens. We are allowed to change our minds. He does want to lift travel restrictions. We need the opportunity to go back to Cuba freely. Every American should be given that right. As Cuban-Americans we can no longer dream of a Cuba from before. The past will never come back. There is still beauty and life in Cuba. We need to experience that. Every time I am in Cuba I realize how American I am. Every time I am in Cuba I wish I could be closer. I wish I could feel the salt from the ocean on my skin, hear the Cuban sounds in heartbeats. I wish there wasn’t a barrier for me being Cuban.

Barack Obama also wants to have a dialogue with Raul Castro. Some of us do not want this to happen unless Cuba agrees to change. But how can change happen without a dialogue? How can we really force people to change? Change comes from within. It does not come from outside forces. Just think of the little things that weren’t working for you. Did you change them because someone ignored you, yelled at you, gave you an ultimatum? Or did you change because you knew for yourself it would be the best thing for you?

In the United States people are going hungry, children aren’t in school, people are left to choose crime over a low end job. Thousands of young people are choosing the military because they can’t afford college. Gas prices are so high I wish I didn’t have una madre que tenia dolor de los nervios that couldn’t teach me how to ride a bike. Change needs to happen in this country. Barack Obama as president will facilitate that change. You can be part of that change. We must invest in our lives and the lives of the future generations. Our families came to this country for opportunity. We came because we believed in the American dream. Sometimes it feels like a nightmare. I don’t want my reality to be a dream or a nightmare. I want to go to sleep at the end of the day and feel that my life is rich. Not economically but spiritually. Part of this richness is to serve and bringing change to the country will fulfill that.

Mi gente, I do write to you with a open heart and I ask for you to question, to research, to not believe the propaganda against Barack Obama and find out what is really going on. I ask you to go to Barack Obama’s website and read more on his issues: I ask that you support Barack Obama and tell others why they should too. Read his books go on YouTube and watch his speeches. I ask you to open your hearts as well. Please vote for Barack Obama.

I pray that you will always be filled with light, that your hearts are swollen with love, that your souls are lifted and your minds at ease.

Gracias.

con mucho amor cubano,
Maceo Cabrera Estevez

All quotes are taken from the Issues section of the Barack Obama website: www.barackobama.com

I Wish to Say Project

2008-04-21T14:58:00.000-07:00

Dear fans and users of Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet,

I had the lovely opportunity of meeting a very pretty smart lady named Sheryl oring. she has a project named, "I Wish to Say". www.iwishtosay.org

She travels around the country with a typewriter and types postcards for people who wish to write to the President of the United States. This particular project is to send postcards to the next elected president of the United States of America. I met her at the farmer's market in Oakland on Friday, April 18, 2008. I say to myself, this is a good way to say something to the next president. I am sure on their campaign trail they don't have time to watch Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet pero they must of heard of me, Barbarita Perales, and wouldn't mind my letter.

Sheryl posted the postcards that she typed in Oakland and San Francisco on her blog. She is also a very fast lady. Bueno, you should look at them. They are a good read and halfway down you will read mine.

http://iwishtosay.blogspot.com/

Many blessings.

con mucho amor cubano,

Barbarita Perales

Amor Cubano slideshow

2008-04-16T14:33:00.000-07:00

Hola beautiful viewers and users of Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet,

Thank you very much for joining me, Barbarita Perales, in my infomercial live at La Peña Cultural Center last month. You can view pictures of the show on my myspace: www.myspace.com/amorcubano

con mucho amor cubano,

Barbarita Perales

Closing Reception Tonght of Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet!!

2008-03-29T09:07:00.001-07:00

Beautiful people,
This will be the last show of Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet in the Bay Area! Don't miss out. Bring your family and friends!!!

The New! Improved! Second Coming of

AMOR CUBANO: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet.

Written and performed by Maceo Cabrera Estevez
Directed by Eric Aviles

Thursday, March 27, 2008 - Saturday March 29, 2008,8pm
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705

www. lapena.org

Pricing:
$12 in advance, $12 Students and Seniors/$15 at door
Special performance Friday, March 28, 2008 by The Brass Liberation Orchestra!
Stay for the closing reception on Saturday, March 29, 2008!

Tickets available at the La Peña box office or www.lapena.org

Maceo Cabrera Estevez debuted her multimedia theater performance, Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet to standing room only crowds this November. She took the Bay Area into the world of Barbarita Perales- creator of Amor Cubano, the only product that puts the essence of all that's Cuban in a bottle, a tube and a small packet and sells it on an infomercial. Amor Cubano is so powerful it can make Berkeley people have bed-breaking sex, stop cops from shutting down the immigrant rights rally and make your Castro-hating Cuban mom wise up. But can it bring Barbarita's son home from Iraq? Is it powerful enough to end the war and stop Homeland Security from deporting Barbarita? Come find out and be part of the studio audience of Amor Cubano: in a bottle, a tube and a small packet, a hilarious mediation on what it means to be Cuban, and a prayer to end war in our time.

With live and video performances by: Elliot "Toby" Borrero, Christy Beavers, Oscar Trujillo, Randall Babtkis, Carolyn Cooke, Mekael Johnson, Micaela Diaz-Sanchez, Rosa Gonzalez, Brendon DeMay, Cynthia Renta, Leilani Nisperos, Leydisvel Freire Peña, Salam Hassan, Amos Glick, Eric Aviles and Gonzalo Cabrera.

A bilingual English and Spanish play with a little bit of Arabic. Subtitles in English and Spanish.

For more info visit:
www. amorcubano. org www. myspace. com/amorcubano

Win Tickets to go see Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet!

2008-03-22T22:05:00.000-07:00

Beautiful people,
I hope everything is lovely.
Yes, it's getting close to that time! Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet will be back at La Peña in just a few days. I hope you can make it and bring your fam and friends. I would love, love to see you there!
Eric and I just did two radio shows on KPOO-La Verdad Musical and KPFA-Ritmo de Las Americas. You can listen to the latter show: http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=25424 (we're on the second half of the show)

You also have two more chances to win a pair of tickets this week:

-Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet is featured in the events section of Flavorpill- An online cultural events guide. You can subscribe and have a chance to win tickets from their Tuesday email update. www.flavorpill.net

-Eric and I will also be on KPFA 94.1 FM again on Tuesday, March, 25 on the 7pm show of La Raza Chronicles. Call in to win your tickets. 510-848-4425

Thanks for all the love and support. Can't wait to see you!!!!!!

con mucho amor cubano,
Maceo Martica

The New! Improved! Second Coming of

AMOR CUBANO: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet.
Written and performed by Maceo Cabrera Estevez
Directed by Eric Aviles

Thursday, March 27, 2008 - Saturday March 29, 2008,8pm
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705
www. lapena. org

Pricing:
Thursday: Sliding scale $5-$20 plus Q&A
Friday & Saturday: $12 in advance, $12 Students and Seniors/$15 at door
Special performance Friday, March 28, 2008 by The Brass Liberation Orchestra!
Stay for the closing reception on Saturday, March 29, 2008!
Tickets available at the La Peña box office or www. lapena. org

Maceo Cabrera Estevez debuted her multimedia theater performance, Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet to standing room only crowds this November. She took the Bay Area into the world of Barbarita Perales- creator of Amor Cubano, the only product that puts the essence of all that's Cuban in a bottle, a tube and a small packet and sells it on an infomercial. Amor Cubano is so powerful it can make Berkeley people have bed-breaking sex, stop cops from shutting down the immigrant rights rally and make your Castro-hating Cuban mom wise up. But can it bring Barbarita's son home from Iraq? Is it powerful enough to end the war and stop Homeland Security from deporting Barbarita? Come find out and be part of the studio audience of Amor Cubano: in a bottle, a tube and a small packet, a hilarious mediation on what it means to be Cuban, and a prayer to end war in our time.

With live and video performances by: Elliot "Toby" Borrero, Christy Beavers Oscar Trujillo, Randall Babtkis, Carolyn Cooke, Mekael Johnson, Micaela Diaz-Sanchez, Rosa Gonzalez, Brendon DeMay, Cynthia Renta, Leilani Misperos, Leydisvel Freire Peña, Salam Hassan, Amos Glick, Eric Aviles and Gonzalo Cabrera.

A bilingual English and Spanish play with a little bit of Arabic. Subtitles in English and Spanish.

For more info visit:
www.amorcubano.org www.myspace.com/amorcubano

Three nights of Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet!

2008-02-19T20:55:00.000-08:00

The New! Improved! Second Coming of

AMOR CUBANO:
In a bottle, a tube and a small packet.
Written and performed by Maceo Cabrera Estevéz
Directed by Eric Avilés

Thursday,
March 27, 2008 - Saturday March 29, 2008

8pm

La Peña
3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705
www.lapena.org

Pricing:
Thursday: Sliding scale $5-$20 plus Q&A
Friday & Saturday: $12 in advance, $12 Students and Seniors/$15 at door
Stay for the closing reception on Saturday, March 29, 2008!
Tickets available at the La Peña box office or www.lapena.org

Maceo Cabrera Estevéz debuted her multimedia theater performance, Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet to standing room only crowds this November. She took the Bay Area into the world of Barbarita Perales- creator of Amor Cubano, the only product that puts the essence of all that's Cuban in a bottle, a tube and a small packet and sells it on an infomercial. Amor Cubano is so powerful it can make Berkeley people have bed-breaking sex, stop cops from shutting down the immigrant rights rally and make your Castro-hating Cuban mom wise up. But can it bring Barbarita's son home from Iraq? Is it powerful enough to end the war and stop Homeland Security from deporting Barbarita? Come find out and be part of the studio audience of Amor Cubano: in a bottle, a tube and a small packet, a hilarious mediation on what it means to be Cuban, and a prayer to end war in our time.

With live and video performances by: Elliot "Toby" Borrero, Oscar Trujillo, Randall Babtkis, Carolyn Cooke, Mekael Johnson, Micaela Diaz-Sanchez, Rosa Gonzalez, Brendon DeMay, Cynthia Renta, Leydisvel Freire Peña, Salam Hassan, Amos Glick, Eric Avilés and Gonzalo Cabrera.

A bilingual English and Spanish play with a little bit of Arabic. Subtitles in English and Spanish on videos.

For more information or media inquires, please contact: Maceo Cabrera Estévez

510.590.6762 or press@amorcubano.org
For up to date information about the show, visit

www.amorcubano.org or www.myspace.com/amorcubano

Three nights at La Peña March 27-29th, 2008!

The New! Improved! Second Coming of

AMOR CUBANO:
In a bottle, a tube and a small packet.
Written and performed by Maceo Cabrera Estevéz
Directed by Eric Avilés

Thursday,
March 27, 2008 - Saturday March 29, 2008
La Peña
3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705
www.lapena.org

A bilingual English and Spanish play with a little bit of Arabic. Subtitles in English and Spanish on videos.

For up to date information about the show, visit

www.amorcubano.org or www.myspace.com/amorcubano

Barbarita Perales and Amor Cubano endorse Barack Obama

2008-02-03T00:14:00.001-08:00

Dear users and fans of Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet,

When I registered to vote with a new address I declined to state my party. Porque tu sabe que I have better parties than the ones on the bill. Bueno, I also asked to be a mail in voter because I am too busy making Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet to go to the polls. Bueno, I received my mail in ballot and there were no presidential primary candidates. I looked through the envelope and made sure that papers weren't stuck together, pero no. To tell you the truth, I cried. I cried because I really wanted to vote for Barack Obama. I thought I wouldn't have the opportunity. I thought to myself, I should of lied, I should have said I was a democrat for the sake of voting. Pero I didn't know.

Well good news is that the Democratic Party lets you vote in their party if you are a decline to state voter like me, Barbarita Perales. I just have to go to the polls and tell them I want a Democrat ballot. I was overjoyed when I read that. I can vote for Barack Obama!

I will tell you why I want to vote for him. Barack Obama is invested in the future of the people of this country. God willing he will become president and I know he will face many obstacles in Washington pero I believe that he will work extra hard and push through because he has a vision. He will always go back to his vision even when there are pitfalls, even in times when he is put against the wall. I believe he has this strength. Our health, our well being, our education, our inner freedom is part of his vision. With our help Barack Obama can win. This is an opportunity for Americans to really support this country and help make the changes that we need to become a more compassionate nation. Barack Obama isn't even Cuban pero he has plenty of Amor Cubano. He even wants to open up relations with Cuba. Gracias a Dios because a 49 years blockade is older than me and that is too long.

Beautiful people, if you are registered, get out and vote. I hope you will join me and Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet by voting for Barack Obama. And bring your Amor Cubano to the polls I am sure you will meet people that will need some. Remember it is all about sharing.

If you want more information on Barack Obama please go to: www.barackobama.com

Many blessings to you.

con mucho amor cubano,
Barbarita Perales

Letters to Barbarita

2008-01-19T09:46:00.000-08:00

Dear users and fans of Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet,

I hope that you are doing beautifully and that you haven't forgotten to use your Amor Cubano today.

I receive many nice letters from people all over the world. Not so nice letters from places like Miami and ju know, the US government. Pero that is ok, I have love for them, too. People from all over write to me, they give me thanks, they express their love to me, they are mostly very nice. I so very enjoy receving letters. Every once in awhile I will read them on my infomercial: Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet. Now! I have very great news for you. Starting next month I will be reading your letters and post them here on my website blog, and over there on my MySpace blog, www.myspace.com/amorcubano and for all the people that still don't know about Amor Cubano I will post it on You Tube! Jes, everybody this is true. You can write me a letter and maybe I will read it. Well, I read all my letters. I mean maybe I will read it on the air! Or recorded. I am not sure which way to say it right.

Bueno, I help you with many problems. Everything can be solved with a little Amor Cubano and special advice from me, Barbarita Perales. I know you want to write to me. I can help you like I did with Shelly Longstrong that woman that believed that she can become Cuban by injection. She no longer wears Che Guevara thong underwears but uses Amor Cubano everyday.

So, write me ok, letters@amorcubano.org
and maybe your letter will be read on video!

Thank you everyone for all your support. Hope to hear from ju soon!

con mucho amor cubano,
Barbarita Perales

A Barbarita in Training

2008-01-05T17:13:00.000-08:00

Watch Alana Rust impersonate Barbarita Perales the inventor of Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet.

Wishing you mucho Amor Cubano in 2008!

2007-12-31T16:12:00.000-08:00

Dear users and fans of Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet,

I, Barbarita Perales, wish you many happy things in this new year. Like creativity, inner peace, chocolate kisses and of course, Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet. I consulted my good friend Walter Mercado, ju know de very flamboyant Puerto Rican astrologer. Bueno, he says that 2008 will be a good jear for Amor Cubano so that means it will also be a good jear for you. Pero only if you buy some now: 800-amor-cubano.

May you and your loved ones always be blessed.

con mucho amor cubano,
Barbarita Perales

hear all about Amor Cubano on KPFA 94.1 FM

2007-11-11T08:33:00.000-08:00

Lovely people,
Please listen to Eric Aviles y Maceo Cabrera Estevez as they talk to Rosi Reyes on Ritmo de las Americas on KPFA 94.1 FM. They will talk about their adventures together making Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet. They are on the second half of the show.

http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=23226

con mucho amor cubano,
Barbarita Perales

The world premiere of
AMOR CUBANO: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet
Written and performed by Maceo Cabrera Estevez
Directed by Eric Aviles
Media Director-Maya Chinchilla
Two nights only!

Hecho en Califas Festival
Thursday, November 15th, 2007, 8pm
$10 in advance/$12 at door
La Peña
3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA
www.lapena.org

Saturday, November 17th, 2007, 8pm
$10 in advance/$10 students and seniors, $12 at door
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
2868 Mission St, San Francisco, CA
www.missionculturalcenter.org
Advanced tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com

Amor Cubano in the press

2007-11-07T22:31:00.000-08:00

Check out the great article that just came out today!

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/artsculture/buen_provecho/Content?oid=564052

Eric Aviles and I will be interviewed Friday, Nov. 9 on KPOO San Francisco- 89.5 FM-La Verdad Musical 12-3pm
and
Tuesday Nov. 13 KPFA Pacifica-94.1 FM-La Raza Chronicles 7pm
Listen in if you can.

11/15 and 11/17 Amor Cubano: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet

2007-11-07T22:29:00.000-08:00

The world premiere of
AMOR CUBANO: In a bottle, a tube and a small packet
Written and performed by Maceo Cabrera Estevez
Directed by Eric Aviles
Media Director-Maya Chinchilla
Two nights only!

Hecho en Califas Festival
Thursday, November 15th, 2007, 8pm
with special guests: Las Krudas
$10 in advance/$12 at door
La Peña
3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA
www.lapena.org

Saturday, November 17th, 2007, 8pm
$10 in advance/$10 students and seniors, $12 at door
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
2868 Mission St, San Francisco, CA
www.missionculturalcenter.org
Advanced tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com

Get yours now! Come join Maceo Cabrera Estevez as she takes you into the world of Barbarita Perales, the creator of Amor Cubano- the essence of all that is Cuban in a bottle, a tube and a small packet, sold on a late night infomercial. Amor Cubano has the power to totally transform society as we know it and make Americans better lovers all at the same time - will it happen?

Using comedy, video installation and hilarious storytelling, Amor Cubano explores what it means to be Cuban whether you're a Miami Cuban, a Cuban Cuban, Fidel or someone who just wants to be Cuban, and celebrates the revolutionary power of Cuban love.

A bilingual English and Spanish play with a little bit of Arabic. Subtitles in English and Spanish.
More info: www.myspace.com/amorcubano and www.amorcubano.org

Notes from a caller

2007-08-01T14:52:00.000-07:00

On my informercial on AMOR CUBANO in a bottle, a tube and a small packet I receive many calls. Jes, many, many callers. Some very nice. Some not so nice. Pero, I like all my callers, I do. Here's a conversation I had with a caller. Maybe you will find it interesting. I don't know. You tell me.

Gracias.

con mucho amor cubano,
Barbarita Perales

Barbarita:
Yes, hello, this is Barbarita Perales, inventor of AMOR CUBANO in a bottle, a tube and a small packet. May I ask who is calling?

Caller:
Barbarita, this is Bob Buchanan from Houston, Texas. How are you doing sweet thang? Remember me?

Barbarita:
How can I forget you, Bobito. I mean Bob.

Caller:
Barbarita, I am calling to plead with you. I know we are on air, so you can’t refuse. You got connections with Castro, Barbarita. Have you talked to him about my idea?

Barbarita:
Sorry, Bob. I know you think it’s a good idea pero, Cuba is just not right for this project.

Caller:
Ok, lets see what other people will think. People of America. I’ve propositioned this to Barbarita awhile back but she won’t listen to me. I’ve been to Cuba a few times. All legal, sanctioned by the US government. Nice place down there folks. Good drinks, nice ladies. But there is something lacking down there. Department stores. I ask people where they get all these name brand stores and they tell me the street. But I don’t see no guy trying to sell any clothes.

People of America I am thinking Chemarts. Huge lit up billboards with a different image of Che Guevara every second. It will be like Time Square but better. Bigger. It will take over the island. Don’t you see it fluorescents lights, aisles and aisles full of everything you can imagine. Chemarts can be built all over the country. Think of the money it will bring in. The Cubans love that man! He’s not even Cuban but they love him! Barbarita, I think Castro will like this. He can make millions.

Barbarita:
No, y no, y no! I have told you several times I will never tell Fidel that building stores named after one of the greatest revolutionaries in the world will be a good idea. Please Bob, I am sure you are very nice. I will send you some AMOR CUBANO free of charge. I think you may need to use it. Have a good day.