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Theater
Grace won a Big
Easy Entertainment Award for Best Supporting
Actress in a Play (Dalt Wonk's Rio Seco
)!! She has also been nominated for a Marquee
Award
and a Storer Boone Award, both
for Best Actress in a Comedy!
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Stand-Up
Grace was part of Comedy Cage Match on CBS
Mobile. She was the comedian and one of the emcees' at
PRIDEFEST 2008 in New Orleans!
Grace just launched her stand-up comedy DVD
Full of Grace! With stand-up and interview
segments. To purchase a copy click STORE!
Grace has
been performing all over the country Oregon,
Nevada, Utah, Idaho, New York, Illinois,
Florida, California and
Louisiana in the past
few months.
She's a
regular on Grace White's Women Who Kick
Comedy Butt shows
(www.wwkcb.com)
and Mikeyo Productions "Funniest Latinas in
America'": Las Comadres of Comedy in
Chicago.
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Films
Grace plays a mean neighbor in Locamotion, Internet Celeb Star Stevie Ryan's "Little Loca"
movie. Click and watch!
http://www.bullfighterscafe.com/
Loca/ticket.html
Grace is on two Feature Films: she's the "check out lady" at CostCo in the film
Carts showing at the San Diego Film Festival.
She also plays
a tough-as-nails Detective in The Parallel, currently showing at local LA theatres
and the trailers air on MTV and IFC.
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TV Shows
Grace was a guest on Galavision's "Acceso Maximo"
where she got to play with amazing and hot host
Carlos Calderon. Grace had a blast and
was invited back as a guest! She was also a
guest star on the HBO pilot "Naught Talk and
Bad Advice".
Grace plays Cindy the
Mom (lead role, baby!) on the "Speedbump" episode
of "Mystery ER" (Discovery Health Channel).
Grace has her own TV show
Laff It Off
With Grace on
Time Warner Cable. It airs on six TV stations in
Los Angeles, in Chicago, New York, New
Orleans, Reno, WI and MN.
So go to "showtimes",
tune in and
dare look at things funny!
And now
you can watch it on the internet.
Go to:
www.video.google.com or
www.blip.tv search "Laff it off
with Grace"
and
enjoy the show!
Grace is featured on Emmy Award nominated producer
Jacquie Jordan's website
www.tvguestpert.com.
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Commercials
Grace's latest commercials include
Jack Lalanne's Juicer, an ab machine (she's the BEFORE
chick) and a couple of weight loss infomercials. Don't
you sense a theme here? |
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Internet & Cellphones
Grace is writing & producing mobisodes and webisodes. She partnered
up with her fabulous mentor and friend Emmy Award Winner Anne Beatts (SNL,
Square Pegs). They' co-executive produced Dr Lupe's
Love Picante . Anne & Grace created
the show and the cast is amazing! Stay tuned!
Carlos Eton &
Grace launched their internet TV & radio network on
April 1st.
www.comedytvradio.com
They're working on expanding it with other talent! Stay
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Radio
Grace had a
blast on Tiffany Granath's Afternoon Advice on
the Playboy channel 198 on Sirius Satellite Radio.
Tiffany is an awesome host and so much fun to talk with!
Check her out
www.tiffanygranath.com
Grace was a guest on The Rolonda Show
www.radiorolonda.com. It
was so much fun! The topic was "Living without a spouse".
She was also a guest on Azucena Diaz's show on 1540 AM
TROPICAL New Orleans, Lady J Live's show on KLAS FM
www.ladyjlive.com
and on "Devil's Advocate" also on KLAS FM.
Grace was also interviewed by the best and funniest
interviewer, el "muy caliente" Frazier Smith on the XM
Satellite National Lampoon Comedy Radio.
Ms. Fraga is a
regular on Lady J Live
www.ladyjlive.com
and Devil's Advocate both on 87.7 AM in Los
Angeles.
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Improv & Sketch Comedy
Grace
trained at the Groundlings and was a
full time member of Loose Cannons
Improv Troupe. For sketch comedy, she trained
with former SNL writer Anne Beatts and
showcased at The Comedy Union.
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Writer
Grace was
invited to be a guest speaker for Emmy nominated Ellen
Sandler at the 19th Annual American Screenwriter's
Conference in San Diego. This event was in
conjunction with the San Diego Film Festival. The
topic was Advancing your Career through Digital Media.
Grace is a
staff writer for an animation project called The
Unsustainables.
www.sustainlane.com
Grace has done the adaptation of Best-selling Brazilian
author Chris Linnares's Cinderella in a Tight Spot.
She's currently writing a sitcom script based on her
stand-up comedy act. Emmy nominated writer Ellen Sandler
(Coach, Everybody Loves Raymond) is coaching her.
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Producer
Grace's currently executive producing mobisodes/webisodes
that she created, wrote and starred in: "Sporting Grace",
"Dr Lupe's Love Picante" and "Jalapenio
Mamma".
Grace
has put her 13 years of marketing experience to work! (www.fragaframeart.com)
She's currently producing live stand-up comedy shows in
New Orleans at The Red Maple Restaurant (www.theredmaple.com)
and in Los Angeles @ Mal's Cafe. She also produces TV shows through her company
Juan-ah-Laff Productions.
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Workshop
Grace is teaming up with best selling author Chris
Linnares to do a Healing Laughter seminar in the LA
area...Stay tuned! |
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Training
M.A. Art History
/ Thesis on Theater & Film, University of Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
MBA /
Emphasis on Finance, Loyola University, New Orleans,
LA.
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AMBUSH MAGAZINE
trodding the boards
theatre & the arts
Volume 21/Issue 26/2003
by
Patrick Shannon, III
CrescentCityChronicles.net
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Sexy Music Again
(...) Two characters, Diana (played by that explosion of
blonde haired talents, Grace Fraga
www.gracefraga.com,
was done with a wit, excellent timing, and yet a soulful
vulnerability -sort of a Judy Holiday interpretation as one
may remember from her films and work on the stages of New
York.)
(...) Grace Fraga as Diana takes to the role as if it were
tailor made for her abilities. Ms. Fraga, a professional
stand-up comedienne knows well, the other side of comedy -
sorrow and pain. She is a voluptuously beautiful woman who
can really act, and does so with a sense of style and
vulnerability that just barely hides behind her quick timing
and clever witty lines. I look forward to the day when
someone in the theatre community casts her as Serafina in
Tennessee William’s The Rose Tattoo. This actress is made
for that part.
(...) These fine performers of a deeply moving and
meaningful Charles Kerbs play were directed by the very
talented Chip Stelz (...) Stelz’s direction was as seamless
as his actors performances.
(...) Sexy Music Again is dark comedy of the highest quality
and was performed as such by a very top-notch cast and crew!
 
A little night
'Music'
Thursday November 27, 2003
DAVID CUTHBERT
(...)with
Grace Fraga lively and smart-mouthed as Diana
(...)
(...)"Sexy Music Again" is a kinky, amorphous "Two for
the Seesaw," and like that play, the female character
registers more forcefully than the male.
(...)
THEATER REVIEW
By
Dalt Wonk
12-02-03
Musically Inclined
Sexy Music Again
(...)
Grace Fraga and Michael-Chase Creasy draw us into this
troubled vortex and offer us many poignant moments, where we
glimpse despair hidden beneath the crude language of lust.
(...)
trodding the boards
theatre & the arts
Volume 21/Issue 22/2003
by
Patrick Shannon, III
CrescentCityChronicles.net
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
"
(...)
But the shining star of this production is the sister,
Ofelia, played with perfect comedic timing and a perfect
Latino accent by the incomparable Grace Fraga (www.gracefraga.com).
The other performers seem to dim by comparison when she’s on
stage and that’s saying something about Ms. Fraga. As stated
earlier, she’s performing with a truly all star cast of big
talents. Ms. Fraga brings light to the stage and the script
whenever she’s in evidence.
(...)
Lagniappe
Review by Theater critic David Cuthbert
October 31st 2003
BORDERLINE BONKERS
(...) and lively Grace Fraga as
Ofelia, who is inconsolable one minute and flirtatious the
next with the air-conditioning repairman, (...)
trodding the boards
theatre & the arts
Volume 21/Issue 10/2003
by
Patrick Shannon, III
CrescentCityChronicles.net
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
By far the brightest, wittiest, and best of the lot is
Bloody Sunday by the gifted actor/ director/ playwright,
and now our town’s own, Lewis Routh.H. G. Steltz as Tink
Turner, Carlin Benz as James Nicholas, John Gregory Winslow
as the Bar Patron and Grace Fraga, as Christine
Nicholas, are wonderful to experience. Watching H. G. Stelz
and Grace Fraga work together is like a fireworks display on
the 4th of July. These two highly professional actors have
the chemistry of Mike Nicholls and Elaine May. They dazzle
and run riot with their brilliant exchange of dialogue as
they comment on the scene around them. Each should have a
big star painted on their dressing room doors.
sappho psalm
Volume 21/Issue 7/2003
by
Toni Pizanie
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
It's a Woman's World
I have been meeting exciting new women as well as hearing
from some wonder- ful women from my past lately.
I saw Grace Fraga in two of Tennessee Williams' one act
plays recently. I had enjoyed her as a standup comedian at
the Barn in Cowpokes on several occasions and never realized
that she is also a dramatic talent. Adding to her list of
many accomplishments is her framing studio. I had not
completely appreciated Grace until we were able to chat
after one of her performances and I realized that I had seen
her work at the Rivertown Repertory Theatre. I have become
one of her fans. Grace is a native of Argentina now living
in New Orleans for 15 years. Watch for her name in plays and
comedic appearances in Ambush ads in the future. Thanks to
Cowpokes for giving Grace a place to share her multi-talents
on a regular basis.
trodding the boards
theatre & the arts
Volume 20/Issue 26/2002
By
Patrick Shannon, III
www.CrescentCityChronicles.net
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Aurora Borealis
A Review by Patrick Shannon
Aurora Borealis,
written and directed by Timm Holt.
Grace Fraga, as Nancy, a well-loved fag-hag or friend of
Dorothy or whatever you want to call her in the play (but
not a dyke) was delightful and kinetic as a handful of
sparklers at a Fourth of July celebration. But I’m yet to
see Ms. Fraga do a role badly.
 She
is a talented woman who can turn into anything she is cast
to turn into. I bet she could do the roll of a pickled beet
in a bad bowl of borscht. Her Masochism Tango was a
highlight of the second act, and both she and Michael Chase
Creasy, as Jim, brought the house down.
Artists' Company Theatre
October 2002
Monday Night Salon #7, Reviews by Patrick Shannon, III
I was privileged to witness all the brightness and
beauty of an evening of unique and original talent which, of
late, seems to abound in our town.
Blue and Purple with a Touch of Green by poet and playwright
Ivker Barry was a very sensitive study of a woman way over
the top and on the edge as a "user" type who gets involved
in everyone's lives but in reality has none of her own.
Well written by Mr. Barry with a deep sense of the pain and
self-delusional suffering such a woman must know, it
was performed with outlandish style and bright stage
presence by Ms. Grace Fraga, who was able to let her true
empty self delusions glimmer through her bright stagy
performance at all the right moments.
Entertainment News
Davis Cuthbert
Theater Critic
Bar
Stories
Friday May 23, 2003
DRAMA! has come up with a valid format for a collection
of original one-act plays: set them all in a gay bar. The
evening comes up with a winner in "Bloody Mary Sunday,"
written and directed by Lewis Routh ("People Come and Go So
Quickly Here"). Tink Turner, an adder-tongued queen, and his
straight gal pal Christine are going from bar to bar
drinking and dishing.
Christine's tolerant but religious husband James shows up,
and there's a spirited discussion on the Book of Leviticus,
which declares homosexuality an abomination. As the
scripture-savvy Tink, H.G. Stelz is a riot, and Grace
Fraga's Christine, getting ever-drunker, isn't far behind,
while Carlin Benz is the confident "regular guy" hubby,
played with wry detachment.
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Entertainment News
Friday November 29 2002. Theater review by David Cuthbert
for "Aurora Borealis"
"The strongest actors are (...) Grace Fraga as winningly
flip gal pal Nancy."
"Review from a wonderful friend...brilliant actor & playwright
Lewis Routh."
My
dearest friend in New Orleans just has to be the incredibly
talented and very funny comedian, Grace Fraga.
(...)
And watch
for Grace Fraga. she's not only a fine comedienne, she is one
heck of an actress. Gifted with an inherent sense of comic
timing and stage presence, Grace can easily slip into a
character on-stage and make it her own. From her sensitive
portrayals in Timm Holt's Aura Borealis to her comedic spin in
my own Bloody Mary Sunday, both part of DRAMA's original
productions, Grace always gives a moving and "lit from the
inside" performance. Plus she is a real joy to work with!
And Grace
is not just a stage actress and comedienne, she's also seen
(dare I say weekly) on TV in many of the locally produced
commercials! Her latest, with Phyllis Diller, is a scream!
She makes
me proud that we have become such good friends.
A MUST , please visit Lew's website
www.whattalewlew.com
and make reservations to see
his shows. They're HILARIOUS! |
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