Video Interview: @ThisFunktional talks with REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES’ Actress talk about being part of this plays history

Jesus Figueroa, @Thisfunktional of ThisFunktional.com, talks with actress Yasha Alaniz about her role in REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES, returning to Casa 0101 in December 2026 after first six-week run ends on May 3, 2026. Yasha Alaniz last appeared at CASA 0101 Theater in the 2025 World Premiere production of Fernandomania, A Ten-Minute Play Festival Celebrating the late Mexican Major League Baseball Player, Fernando Valenzuela. Alaniz is an actress, singer and model originally from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Alaniz’s theatrical roles include: Eurydice in Eurydice, The Witch in Into The Woods, Magenta in Rocky Horror Picture Show and Ursula in The Little Mermaid. At the age of 12, she saw the movie, Real Women Have Curves for the first time, which is when she decided she wanted to be an actress. She is writing a television show pilot, Gay Panic; enjoys jamming with her queer rock band, Pink Threat and working on numbers for her drag alter ego, Dykeodomy. She recently started an events page on Instragram called @dykeagenda REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES is set in a tiny sewing factory in East L.A. in 1987, this is the outrageously funny story of five full- figured Mexican-American women who are racing to meet nearly impossible production deadlines in order to keep their tiny factory from going under. And while they work, hiding from the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service), they talk… about their husbands and lovers, their children, their dreams for the future. The story is told from the point of view of Ana, the youngest among them. Just graduated from high school, Ana dreams of getting out of the barrio and going off to college and becoming a famous writer. Although she needs the money, Ana doesn’t like working at the factory and has little respect for the coworkers, who make fun of her ambitions and what they consider her idealistic feminist philosophies. However, Ana keeps coming to her job and chronicling her experiences in a journal. As the summer unfolds, she slowly gains an understanding and appreciation of the work and the women, eventually writing an essay that wins her a journalism fellowship, which will take her to New York City. This play, a microcosm of the Latina immigrant experience, celebrates real women’s bodies, the power of women, and the incredible bond that happens when women work together. Written by Josefina López Directed by Corky Dominguez Cast: Stefany Arroyo, Yasha Alaniz, Blanca Araceli, Amy Melendrez, Laura Vega Understudies: Mariana Montes Sandoval, Gabriela Machuca ——————————————————— Anchor podcasts: anchor.fm/ThisFunktional anchor.fm/while-we-were-gaming anchor.fm/LatinX-Talks Gaming channels: twitch.com/ThisFunktional facebook.com/gaming/thisfunktionalgaming Tipping Page: streamelements.com/thisfunktional/tip PayPal.me/ThisFunktionalBlog Like, Follow, Subscribe to ThisFunktional: Thisfunktional.com @thisfunktional instagram.com/thisfunktional facebook.com/thisfunktional YouTube.com/thisfunktional thisfunktional.tumblr.com