ELLA (female lead) IN THREE BEDROOMS - FEATURE FILM
CURRENTLY IN POST PRODUCTION
SHOT IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS, FL
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JOSE ORDONEZ
Krystal recently wrapped her first feature length film, Three Bedrooms. It was produced by Wish Creative and One County Films. She played the female lead, Ella, a strong-willed and free-spirited millennial, yet with a very delicate heart that can easily get hurt.
The film will be in the festival circuit in 2019/2020. More news to come!
BRADLEY in MEN ON BOATS (PLAY PRODUCTION)
JULY 19 - August 11 2019
MAIN STREET PLAYERS - MIAMI LAKES, FLORIDA
DIRECTED BY DANIEL NIEVES
Main Street Players presents the fourth show of their 2019 season, Men On Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus. Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Men On Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River.Krystal Millie Valdes plays Bradley, who was on the historic expedition.
“Krystal Valdes comes off well by throwing restraint to the wind with a manic but quite daffy characterization. ”
“Valdes is a performer with telling facial expressions which sometimes are more effective than words. And this performer knows how to act in a more understated manner when necessary.”
LOUISA O BRIAN in YO SOY LATINA (PLAY PRODUCTION)
JUNE 2019
LATINA THEATRE CO at EMPIRE STAGE, FT.LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
DIRECTED BY JOANNA ORREGO
Krystal, for the first time in her professional career, got the opportunity to play a Cuban American in Yo Soy Latina at Empire Stage.
Six women from varying Latin sub-cultures arrive at a "What is a Latina?" seminar in hopes of understanding their culture's impact on their lives. It doesn't take long for each woman to offer her unique perspective on men, jobs, family, and Latino/a/x society. Their dialogue offers an honest view of the challenges and struggles that Latina women face. As they seek a solution to the question, "What is a Latina?" they discover the answer must come from within. This soul-searching provides the strength they need to express themselves- and their culture- in a positive light.
LITTLE NUN in THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES (PLAY PRODUCTION)
MAY 10 - JUNE 2
PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
DIRECTED BY J. BARRY LEWIS
It’s October 4, 1965, and Pope Paul VI is spending 14 hours in New York City, marking the first visit by a reigning pope to the United States. Millions line the streets to greet him and zookeeper Artie Shaughnessy, a wannabe Hollywood songwriter with big dreams and no discernible talent, joins the throngs in the hope that a papal blessing will help propel him out of Queens, away from his mentally ill wife, Bananas, and into a new life in Los Angeles with his girlfriend, Bunny Flingus.
“Though the nuns aren’t around for long, they make an impression – Dimon as the whistle-blowing taskmaster, Adjan as a gal with a mouth on her, Valdes as a sweet young woman inspired by “The Sound of Music” to become a bride of Christ. As much as this may sound like hyperbole – it isn’t – the acting in Dramaworks’ production is superb, from the three leads to the secondary roles to the tiny parts played by Pierre Tannous as an MP and Timothy Bowman as an orderly.”
“Its virtues include superb direction from J. Barry Lewis, a flawless creative team and a wall-to-wall cast of actor-clowns willing to bury themselves inside the comically off-kilter and profoundly flawed characters…The entire cast is just as good….Krystal Millie Valdes as “the little nun” whose vocation is shaky;..Also, no vocal coach is credited, but everyone’s Brooklyn enunciation is dead perfect.”
“Performance wise, this cast excels at the farcical portion of the play. The performers basically execute controlled chaos to near perfection”
“Elizabeth Dimon, Irene Adjan and Krystal Millie Valdes are a hoot as starstruck nuns.”
