Tom Maguire is the co-founder, Artistic Director, and Principal Actor of Duende. Tom has more than fifty years of experience in professional theater, film, and television. He is a member of the Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA unions. In Northern California, he has worked with such theaters as San Francisco Poverty Theatre, San Francisco Actors Ensemble, Berkeley Stage Company, Magic Theatre, Eureka Theatre Company, Sierra Repertory Theatre, California Stage, and Stage 3. In San Francisco, he premiered Rick Foster’s award-winning play The Heroes of Xochiquipa and later performed the play in Los Angeles. His Southern California theater credits include work with… [Continue reading]
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Organization and Board
Board of Directors OfficersPresident – Greg FalkenVice President – Carol WoodsSecretary/Treasurer – Gail Segerstrom MembersJean AshfordJohn C. BrownRick Foster (Resident Playwright)Thomas F. Maguire (Artistic Director) Duende’s Mission is to educate, inform, and entertain the people of California, tourists to California, students and teachers in the educational institutions of California, and interested parties everywhere. The primary modes of enlightenment and entertainment are the dramatic arts and the various disciplines that go into creating dramatic and literary works. Particular emphasis is placed on drama depicting the history of California and its relevance to life in the twenty-first century. Duende: Drama & Literature, Inc. is… [Continue reading]
The Bookshelf
We recommend the following books (and a few films) to learn more about the topics covered in Duende’s presentations. Note: the following links to Amazon.com benefit Duende by giving us a small portion of the purchase price. Friendly Fire Adopted by Indians: A True Storyby Thomas Jefferson Mayfield, Malcolm Margolin (Editor), Hilair Chism, Rick Jones (Illustrators), Berkeley: Heyday Books, 1997 Before the Wilderness: Environmental Management by Native Californiansedited by Thomas C. Blackburn and Kat Anderson, Menlo Park: Ballena Press, 1993 Flutes of Fire: Essays on California Indian Languagesby Leanne Hinton, Berkeley: Heyday Books, 1994 Gold Seeker: Adventures of a Belgian… [Continue reading]
The Betsy Ross Of the Bears Resources
Study Guides Note: All study guides and sources are in PDF format. Teachers’ Guide Web Links A good place to start The WestThis is the site for the PBS series The West. It has a fine overview and many pages directly relevant to the period of the play. Sites on the Bartleson-Bidwell Party and the Period before the Mexican American war San Francisco MuseumThis is one of Bidwell’s accounts of the journey that Nancy Kelsey shared and the period before the Gold Rush. The site has many fine links to other primary sources on the Early U.S. period. Library of… [Continue reading]
Gunpowder Man Resources
Study Guides Note: All study guides and sources are in PDF format. Teachers’ Guide Author’s Notes Web Links Encyclopedias, Background Information, & Primary Sources Encyclopedia.com-results for Taiping RebellionBrief encyclopedia entry. Encarta-results for Taiping RebellionBrief encyclopedia entry. Episodes in China’s HistorySan José State University’s good one-page overview of Taiping Rebellion. Emergence Of Modern China: IIGood brief description of the rebellion with a link to a good mapof China. History of China: Table of ContentsMain table of contents on which the previous page occurs. Chinese-American LiteratureUniversity of Hawaii’s guide to information resources. Asian-American LiteratureMore information on the Asian-American Literature. Religion and Rebellion in China: The London Missionary Society CollectionBackground… [Continue reading]
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