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Irregular Shapes: A Play (Unabridged)
Monique stars in a new audiobook by Stefan Draughon.
In this contemporary drama, an aspiring artist and an ex-seminarian meet after the death of his sister, a psychotherapist. Family complications gradually emerge as the couple falls in love.
Freya By Harmonia Lily
Monique was a featured model in Harmonia Lily’s social media campaign.
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A Visitor’s Pass On The Virgin Mary
Monique stars in the benefit performance of A Visitors Pass On The Virgin Mary at The Players Theatre.
When Jocelyn Santos, a twenty-seven-year old aspiring writer is hospitalized suddenly for blood clots in her lungs due to birth control and faced with the prospect of death, her Cuban parents declare hysterically, “Mamita, we didn’t know you were having sex!”
Made to Dance in Burning Buildings
Made to Dance in Burning Buildings by Anya Pearson is an explosive mix of poetry, theatre, and violent and visceral contemporary dance, which poses the question: how do we heal from trauma?
CHOKHER BALI
Monique starred in the Off Off Broadway play Chokher Bali at Theatre for the New City.
Chokher Bali takes on the daring task of bringing traditional Indian customs together with modern culture and female sexuality, through the medium of Greek tragedy.
PRESS
NYT REVIEW: DRUNK SHAKESPEARE‘
‘Drunk Shakespeare,’ Where the Tipsy and the Sober Take Liberties
”The actress Monique Sanchez, illuminated by audience members’ cellphones at a performance of the Drunk Shakespeare Society at Roy Arias Stages.”
“The most extraordinary is Monique Sanchez as Lady Macbeth, the drunk actor of the night, whose performance grows more haunting as the night goes on. Smeared eye-liner and frazzled hair be damned, Sanchez invests fully in wherever the verse, laden with liquor, takes her, and it’s a pleasure to follow her descent into madness (i.e. drunkenness).”
“The real comic star of the play is Monique Sanchez, whose plays Nurse, not as an old caretaker, but as a young confidante who incites laughter through verse play and physical comedy in every scene. Sanchez brings life to the stage with her bright and cheerful energy.”
“Monique Sanchez has that rare and indefinable kind of stage presence that doesn’t allow you to take your eyes off her. Her delivery is instinctive. While others have to tell their face or limbs what to do on stage, she seems to simply flip a switch at each entrance and suddenly the lighting and the action around her seem brighter. Watching her, I kept thinking of Julie Halston or Christine Baranski. I hope she has a long and wonderful performing career.”
