On Saturday, April 10th, Poetic Theater Productions will present the next installment in Veteran Voices: The Interview Sessions, a series of intimate artist conversations interviewing veterans whose art as actors, poets, visual artists, and playwrights are on the rise. The series highlights the individuals behind the art, and the importance of art on their journey as veterans reintegrating into civilian life. In 90 minutes, fellow veterans Jenny Pacanowski (featured in NY Times, ABC, Turner Classics) and Omar Columbus (CA and NY poet and gallery curator) connect with the featured artist, share clips of past work, and share new works in development. Audiences are welcome and encouraged to ask questions. Join us and get to know the veterans (and family members of veterans) behind the voices you hear in Poetic’s shows.

This week, we interview Miguel Faña. Miguel was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. He was inspired to join the Army at age 19 by his father, Miguel J. Faña, who served for 22 years, including two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. After serving overseas in Camp Humphreys, South Korea, he then went to the University of Massachusetts, Boston, where he double majored in Music and Theatre. He has since enjoyed an acting career that included a regional tour with New Repertory Theatre’s Classic Stage Company, earning his Master’s in Fine Arts Degree in Acting from the University of Tennessee, and roles on TV shows like Orange is the New Black and The Good Wife. A gifted poet, Miguel has participated in Poetic’s Veteran Voices writing and performance workshops in the past. He will soon be making his playwriting debut inVeteran Voices: Rites of Passage, a part of Poetic Theater Production’s 10th Annual Poetic License Festival, during which he will be performing a twelve minute piece of poetic theater that he wrote and crafted in collaboration with Karen Alvarado and John Meyer.

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