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  • Renaissance Theatre hosts dark comedy ‘Milk’ from the mind of UCF graduate and playwright Gian Arellano

    Renaissance Theatre hosts dark comedy ‘Milk’ from the mind of UCF graduate and playwright Gian Arellano

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    Danielle Bloom and Miguel Antonio Algarin Flores in ‘Milk’

    You’ve still got just over a week left, so get in on this action. University of Central Florida graduate and Orlando playwright Gian Arellano is staging his original production Milk on the always-adventurous Ren Theatre stage.

    Milk is a darkly comic tale of a sinister dairy company, which touches on themes of out-of-control capitalism and relationships between immigrant families.

    “When I considered how to combine these two ideas (the Latin American experience and commercialism), I thought of the homogenized ‘Got Milk?’ commercials that were ubiquitous in my childhood, and thus, a play was born,” explains Arellano of Milk’s genesis.

    Milk is part of the Ren’s (with an assist from United Arts) “New Works for a New World” program, which aims “to cultivate and produce work by up-and-coming local and diverse playwrights.” Take in some new and edgy local theater; you’ll be glad you did.

    Milk runs at the Renaissance Theatre Co. on select nights through March 10. There is an optional add-on for the Renburn afterparty on Saturday nights.

    Event Details

    “Milk”

    Thu., March 7, 8 p.m., Fri., March 8, 8 & 11 p.m., Sat., March 9, 8 p.m. and Sun., March 10, 8 p.m.

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