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Sheriff’s Wife Eliana Lopez Captures Personal and Political Saga Onstage
She portrays multiple characters throughout the 70-minute bilingual performance, and made it very clear during interviews and a question-and-answer segment that the theater piece should not be interpreted as a documentary.
“None of these characters are real,” López insisted in an interview with KQED, “and all is fiction.”
Nevertheless, real photographs of her family, San Francisco City Hall, and an op-ed she penned for the San Francisco Chronicle in 2012 are displayed on screen throughout the performance, which runs through June 7. And one character in particular is sure to spark the interest of San Francisco political observers.
He’s named “Mr. Lie,” portrayed with a mustache, and there’s a scene where a bodyguard in dark sunglasses rescues him from San Francisco City Hall during a bomb threat. This brings to mind a bizarre incident in 2012 in which Sa
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Eliana Lopez
Birthday
February 3, 1975 (age 44)
Hometown
Caracas, Venezuela
Years active
1998-present
Biography[]
Daughter of Alfonso López and Elda Urbina was born in the city of Caracas in 1975. She began her career with the Compañía Nacional de Teatro when she was selected in a process of general auditions like Julieta in the editing directed by Orlado Arocha, "Romeo y Julieta". From there he made several theatrical productions with the National Theater Company and was selected to star in the feature rulle "Caracas Amor a Muerte" directed bygd Gustavo Balza. His foray into TV begins with the production of RCTV "Niña Mimada" written by Valentina Párraga where she plays "MM".
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- A one-woman play starring the wife of San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi and that tells the story of the pair's involvement in a 2012 political scandal will get three more weekends on stage.
Following well-received reviews for its debut run back in May at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, the bilingual play also starring Eliana Lopez will return to the stage beginning Friday.
The limited-run performance will take place at the Victoria Theatre, located at 2961 16th St., and will run for three consecutive weekends through Sept. 6.
In her performance, Lopez plays 12 different characters, some of whom are combinations of different people involved in the events that led up to her husband's 2012 suspension from his position as sheriff by Mayor Ed Lee.
Mirkarimi was suspended after he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor false imprisonment for an incident in which he grabbed his wife's arm during an argument on New Year's Eve.
Lopez, who describes the p