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Directed by Brandon J. Ortiz...
This is how director Brandon J. Ortiz ’12 describes the new production of Stephen Schwartz’s “Working,” which explores the complexity of modern working lives through a series of songs and monologues. The play recounts the insights and hardships of actual people who hold many various jobs, such as waitresses, CEOs, hookers, teachers, truckers, and housewives...
...characters speak the monologues about tough working conditions, and then the songs are a release,” Ortiz says. “What I hope comes out here is the sense of hope. People retain hope against all odds...
Local input is just as crucial on the physical-therapy side - especially if Haiti is going to be more accepting of amputees. At the Medishare complex, which is now the largest hospital in Haiti, disaster volunteers like Miami podiatrist Dr. Sandra Garcia-Ortiz have begun training Haitians in recent days to help amputees properly care for wounds. If those injuries go neglected, for example, the limbs can become flexed, or too rigid for prostheses to work. "Our hope," says Garcia-Ortiz, "is that enough Haitians will see that there are too many amputees for them to ignore now, and that...
...Ortiz, who is also one of two senior coordinators, says many students also ask what their chances are of getting in. “We just speak about our personal experience and tell them we’re not admissions officers, that we can’t gauge, but we always encourage them to apply,” she says...