¡Mariachi Las Coronelas! From left to right: Michelle Jasso as Soyla, Amanda Robles as Isabel, Sara Ornelas as Boli, Jennifer Ledesma as Gabby, and Belén Moyano as Lucha. Photo by Wesley Hitt.

Michelle is thrilled to be back in the room rehearsing a production of José Cruz González’s beautiful play with music, AMERICAN MARIACHI, with a breathtakingly talented cast and creative team. This happens to be a show that Michelle’s been chasing for a few years, so the opportunity to make a return to the stage in a bucket list show is a dream come true. Michelle will play the role of Soyla Reyna, the Columbian salon owner who charms her way into an all-female mariachi band and fakes it till she makes it!

Directed by the inimitable Rebecca Rivas, TheatreSquared’s production of AMERICAN MARIACHI runs August 4th-29th. The production will also be available to stream beginning August 13th and continuing through the duration of the run! Snag tickets here: https://www.theatre2.org/american-mariachi

Season three of Showtime’s hit series The Chi premiered on June 21st, and is off to an incredible start. Michelle is thrilled and proud to appear in the upcoming episode five of this powerful series this Sunday, July 19th, as social worker Elizabeth “Betty” Romero. Check out the episode preview here: https://youtu.be/AVQ6E-lwvRM

Show synopsis:

The South Side of Chicago carries daily danger, and the smallest and simplest of decisions can have life or death consequences for the residents. Life continues as the kids prep for school and their parents shuffle off to work. The young adults of the area are trying to scrape a living for themselves, while the elders sit on their front porches and observe the goings on. The South Side has the potential to crush dreams, and this coming-of-age series focuses on Kevin, a preteen who embraces the normal rites of childhood, Brandon, who makes a leap of faith to succeed in love and life with Jerrika, Emmett, who seeks guidance from his mother, and Ronnie, who is a drifter struggling to be loved. All of them are linked together by sheer coincidence as they seek redemption.

Having sat on this news for months, Michelle is overjoyed to finally be able to publicly announce that she will join the 2020 North American tour of David Seidler's THE KING'S SPEECH, produced by Michael Alden, directed by Michael Wilson & associate directed by Tova Wolff. Michelle was thrilled to be part of the premiere of this beautiful production at Chicago Shakespeare Theater this past fall, and is honored to be included on the journey to bring this fascinating and moving story to more audiences.

Rehearsals are already underway in NYC, and the tour kicks off the at The National Theatre in DC on February 11th. Next stop is Hartford Stage in Connecticut, and other stops are TBA.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/THE-KINGS-SPEECH-To-Make-DC-Debut-At-National-Theatre-20200121