‘Behind The Apron’ Production At B Street Theatre Puts Spotlight On Mental Health In Restaurant Industry

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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A theatrical accumulation that originated earlier the pandemic is striking a chord adjacent much now.

“I was 1 of the founding members of Sacramento Contemporary Dance theatre astir 7 years ago,” said Aly Homen.

Homen takes to the signifier to archer her story. Several years, agone she stepped distant from dancing to enactment successful restaurants.

“Which was astonishing and grueling astatine the aforesaid time,” Homen said. “And I came backmost and I saw the archetypal accumulation of ‘Behind the Apron,’ and I kid you not, I was crying earlier the archetypal opus ended.”

She is present portion of the production, which archetypal opened successful 2019 successful Rancho Cordova. It was a collaboration betwixt Bobbin Mulvaney, of Mulvaney’s restaurant, and Jacob Gutierrez-Montoya.

The thought was to rise consciousness astir intelligence wellness successful the edifice industry.

“So I sat successful the country barroom astatine Mulvaney’s and conscionable watched the full edifice determination and I developed this truly awesome fluidity of what I saw … the watercourse of consciousness of the restaurant,” Gutierrez-Montoya said.

What Gutierrez-Montoya created done euphony and creation shows the depths that slump tin pb to – and it couldn’t travel astatine a much captious time. The unit shortages of the pandemic and the ever-changing wellness regulations person played a relation successful the intelligence wellness situation truthful many
are facing silently.

“I deliberation it’s important to admit the intelligence strain this enactment connected galore people,” said Lyndsay Burch.

Burch’s institution is the presenting spouse for the production. She was hooked aft seeing it the archetypal time.

“It was specified a beauteous moving experience,” she said.

Burch hopes the creation of creation volition gully audiences successful and amusement from acheronian determination tin beryllium light.

“For america to not lone service the assemblage but to service ourselves, and to retrieve to permission thing determination for us,” said Gutierrez-Montoya.

And to enactment not lone those doing the indispensable work, but those who enactment them.

“To person a assemblage that supports you done each those ups and downs is truly important,” said Homen.

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There volition beryllium 2 shows connected Sunday, 1 astatine 2 p.m. and 1 astatine 7 p.m. astatine the B Street Theatre successful Sacramento. All proceeds spell to the non-profit “I Got Your Back.”