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DEBORAH MAGDALENA |
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Actress—actriz |
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Whether she’s hosting a spoken word event, a music festival, or playing the role of a santera, a deputy, or a vixen, Deborah Magdalena brings authenticity and panache to the stage and screen. The Puerto Rican actress, sister of Latin Grammy winning Jazz Flutist Nestor Torres calls Miami home. She has acquired film & television credits these past 20 years which include Sesame Street (CTW), Apollo Comedy Hour (Tribune Entertainment), The Newz (Columbia-Tri-Star), Safe Harbor (WB), Billboard Latino (AZTECA AMERICA), American Latino (LATV), Flow & Tell (SI TV), Striptease (Castle Rock), Holyman (Caravan), and For Love or Country (HBO). Now focusing on her spoken word performances, and hosting skills Magdalena has bared her poetic soul by independently releasing Spoken Word CDs - Spoken Soul: A Survival Kit of Poetry, and Deborah Magdalena LIVE featuring soulful singer, and SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO champ, Big Brooklyn Red and Nestor Torres. Combining her bilingual and diverse hosting with comedic and musical skills, Magdalena created a unique poetic cabaret show called The Alma Lounge which had a SOLD OUT six month run at notorious Miami Beach Hotel, The Raleigh. Inspired by The Fund for Women Artists, Magdalena founded Spoken Soul Festival, an annual three day festival that supports women artists. In between her festival, busy tour and TV taping schedule Deborah has found the time to work with kids in after school programs funded by Arts For Learning, personally authoring an original poetic program called After School Zen. The Dranoff 2 Piano Foundation commissioned Magdalena to workshop and help script Piano Slam – The Music Speaks, a program that brings classical music and spoken word to inner city middle school kids, which culminated with a SOLD OUT performance at the Adrienne Arsht Center John S. and James L. Knight Music Hall Spring 09. Her one woman spoken word show “Letters to the Men I Love” was invited by South Florida’s The Adrienne Arsht Center to participate in a Think Tank Sessions series – fall 07. |
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“She carries with her a warm heart and refreshing vitality that is always a pleasure to be associated with” Andy Garcia on working with Deborah |
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Deborah Magdalena Dramatic Reel |
