Carmen

siri gurudev
Adam Martinez
Eva McQuade
Joseph Quintana
Cassie Reveles
Saray de Jesus Rosales
Jesus I. Valles
Marina Weikel
Dillon Yruegas

Presented May 24-June 2, 2018
Dougherty Arts Center
Austin, TX

Directors: kt shorb
Devised by the Ensemble
Scenic Design: Iman Corbani
Costume & Prop Design: Jana Zek
Lighting Design: Aaron Curry

Photo credit: Aaron Curry

Carmen takes the well-known opera as a jumping-off point and presents an all-Latinx cast performing a devised theatre piece exploring borders, survival, gender, and love. Set in El Paso, queer night life clashes with ICE raids as we use telenovela tropes to reinvent the tale of passion, jealousy, and familia. In a time of #dreamers, #borderwall and #metoo, Carmen seeks to find both resistance and humor in chaotic times.

“…[D]on’t assume you know this Carmen. She won’t be following a script someone else penned. She may tempt you. She may save you. She may slap the shit out of you. See, this Carmen doesn’t play by anybody’s rules but her own.”

Robert Faires, review of Carmen for the Austin Chronicle