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Quiereme Hasta la Locura
"Quiéreme hasta la locura" is a compelling drama set in the 1960s in the countryside of Argentina. The story follows two women whose lives intertwine through their shared passion for singing in different churches after almost killing each other. Amidst the backdrop of a conservative society, their journey explores themes of love, identity, and resilience.
Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2:30 pm.
La Version Infinita
La Version Infinita follows the story of Lilian, a dedicated insurance sales employee who harbors dreams of becoming an astronaut and walking on the moon. Her routine life takes a dramatic turn when she receives a phone call from a voice identical to her own, shattering her reality. This thought-provoking narrative invites the audience to reflect on the diversity of existence, death, and the nature of time. It raises questions about the existence beyond one's body, the possibility of other versions of oneself, and whether a different life is possible.
Tropico Macbeth: El Ascenso al Poder by John Rivera-Resto (The Rise to Power)
Tropico Macbeth- 1 Part The Rise to Power ( el Ascenso al Poder)
The 1930s was a beautiful tropical island, a popular revolt, and bloody revenge forty years in the making.
Inspired by Shakespeare´s tragedy, this story dramatizes the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power.
This exotic, exciting, and ever-changing world of ruthless politics and rumba will be brought to life by actors representing more than ten Latin American countries and a supporting cast numbering in the hundreds. Premiering at Cleveland's beautiful LatinUs Theater, Trópico Macbeth is a live cinema-style theater, an epic, bilingual presentation not to be missed.
Used Code: TropicoMacbethbundle for $10 off when you buy a ticket for Parts one and two of Tropico Macbeth.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm
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Los años 30, una hermosa isla tropical, una revuelta popular y una sangrienta venganza que lleva cuarenta años gestándose. Inspirada por la tragedia de Shakespeare, esta historia dramatiza los dañinos efectos físicos y psicológicos de la ambición política en quienes buscan el poder.
Este mundo exótico, emocionante y en constante cambio de política despiadada y la rumba cobrará vida gracias a actores que representan a más de diez países latinoamericanos y un elenco de fondo de cientos de personas. Estrenada en el hermoso LatinUs Theatre de Cleveland, Trópico Macbeth es un teatro estilo cinematográfico en vivo, una presentación épica y bilingüe que no te debes perder.
Use codigo: TropicoMacbethbundle para $10 de descuento cuando compre un boleto para la primera y la segunda parte de Tropico Macbeth.
Jueves, Viernes y Sabado a las 7:30 pm.
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Botánica de Dolores Prida y Dirigida por Kivin Bauzo
Dolores Prida was a feminist and Hispanic dramatist whose central theme was the search for the identity of Latino/Hispanic immigrants, specifically women, in the United States.
She was known as the Cubarican, born in Cuba but also well versed in Puerto Rican culture, learned in New York, she wrote this play, La Botánica, with all Puerto Rican (Nuyorican) characters.
La Botánica explores cultural conflicts in East Harlem among an old Puerto Rican woman, her daughter, and her granddaughter, who has just graduated from an Ivy League university. The old woman, Doña Geno, runs a business dealing in herbs, spells, and spiritual powers. She and her daughter, Anamu, expect Anamu's daughter, Milagros Castillo, to take over the shop, La Ceiba.
But, Milagros -- who began calling herself Millie at college, since, as she says, Miracles Castle isn't a great name in English -- plans to take up a career in a big bank downtown and forget about the barrio. But she has things to learn that the Ivy League doesn't teach, and Doña Geno is just the professor she needs.
Tickets at: https://latinus-theater-experience-companyinc.square.site/
Botánica de Dolores Prida y Dirigida por Kivin Bauzo
Dolores Prida was a feminist and Hispanic dramatist whose central theme was the search for the identity of Latino/Hispanic immigrants, specifically women, in the United States.
She was known as the Cubarican, born in Cuba but also well versed in Puerto Rican culture, learned in New York, she wrote this play, La Botánica, with all Puerto Rican (Nuyorican) characters.
La Botánica explores cultural conflicts in East Harlem among an old Puerto Rican woman, her daughter, and her granddaughter, who has just graduated from an Ivy League university. The old woman, Doña Geno, runs a business dealing in herbs, spells, and spiritual powers. She and her daughter, Anamu, expect Anamu's daughter, Milagros Castillo, to take over the shop, La Ceiba.
But, Milagros -- who began calling herself Millie at college, since, as she says, Miracles Castle isn't a great name in English -- plans to take up a career in a big bank downtown and forget about the barrio. But she has things to learn that the Ivy League doesn't teach, and Doña Geno is just the professor she needs.
Tickets at: https://latinus-theater-experience-companyinc.square.site/
Botánica de Dolores Prida Dirigida por Kivin Bauzo
Dolores Prida was a feminist and Hispanic dramatist whose central theme was the search for the identity of Latino/Hispanic immigrants, specifically women, in the United States.
She was known as the Cubarican, born in Cuba but also well versed in Puerto Rican culture, learned in New York, she wrote this play, La Botánica, with all Puerto Rican (Nuyorican) characters.
La Botánica explores cultural conflicts in East Harlem among an old Puerto Rican woman, her daughter, and her granddaughter, who has just graduated from an Ivy League university. The old woman, Doña Geno, runs a business dealing in herbs, spells, and spiritual powers. She and her daughter, Anamu, expect Anamu's daughter, Milagros Castillo, to take over the shop, La Ceiba.
But, Milagros -- who began calling herself Millie at college since, as she says, Miracles Castle isn't a great name in English -- plans to take up a career in a big bank downtown and forget about the barrio. But she has things to learn that the Ivy League doesn't teach, and Doña Geno is just the professor she needs.
Tickets at: https://latinus-theater-experience-companyinc.square.site/
CIFF48 Latinx Cinema Preview @ LatinUs Theater
Join the 48th Cleveland International Film Festival in partnership with LatinUs Theatre and Metro West Community Development Corporation.
Preview select feature film trailers from this year’s Festival, CIFF48 Film Guides, and complimentary vouchers that can be exchanged for tickets to Festival films (excluding Opening Night and special events). The film trailers are suitable for all ages. No registration is necessary.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1110013813455794
Únase al 48º Festival Internacional de Cine de Cleveland en asociación con LatinUs Theatre y Metro West Community Development Corporation.
Vea un avance de películas latinas seleccionadas del Festival de este año, guías de películas CIFF48 y vales de cortesía que se pueden canjear por entradas para películas del Festival (excluyendo la noche de apertura y eventos especiales). Los trailers de películas son aptos para todas las edades. No es necesario registrarse.
Tu Ternura Molotov
A married couple that society marks as a role model. She is a television channel presenter, and he is a media lawyer. Both feed our daily terrorism with their prejudices and contempt. A daily terror, light, competitive and fashionable.
On any given day, when everything seems normal, both are unaware that secrets are waiting to cause the unpredictable. A call from abroad will make the past become present, like a bomb, and nothing will be the same in your marriage.
At the pure rhythm of comedy, a wild, crazy work without pauses to talk about our greatest terror, the meaning of identity, and the knowledge that we will never be able to know the person next to us.
16+ only. Content has partial nudity and suggestive sexual content, hate speech, violence, and racism.
Tu Ternura Molotov
A married couple that society marks as a role model. She is a television channel presenter, and he is a media lawyer. Both feed our daily terrorism with their prejudices and contempt. A daily terror, light, competitive and fashionable.
On any given day, when everything seems normal, both are unaware that secrets are waiting to cause the unpredictable. A call from abroad will make the past become present, like a bomb, and nothing will be the same in your marriage.
At the pure rhythm of comedy, a wild, crazy work without pauses to talk about our greatest terror, the meaning of identity, and the knowledge that we will never be able to know the person next to us.
16+ only. Content has partial nudity and suggestive sexual content, hate speech, violence, and racism.
Tu Ternura Molotov
A married couple that society marks as a role model. She is a television channel presenter, and he is a media lawyer. Both feed our daily terrorism with their prejudices and contempt. A daily terror, light, competitive and fashionable.
On any given day, when everything seems normal, both are unaware that secrets are waiting to cause the unpredictable. A call from abroad will make the past become present, like a bomb, and nothing will be the same in your marriage.
At the pure rhythm of comedy, a wild, crazy work without pauses to talk about our greatest terror, the meaning of identity, and the knowledge that we will never be able to know the person next to us.
It's a dark, sexy comedy, only for adults. 16+, Content partial nudity, suggestive sexual content, hate speech, violence, and racism.
Nuestro Teatro Annual Fundraiser - A Toast to Talento
Join LatinUs Theater Company for our annual fundraiser Nuestro Teatro on December 9th, 2023 at 7:30 PM.
Trouble In Mind a Production by Seat of The Pants
TROUBLE IN MIND
by Alice Childress
This 1955 classic wasn't produced on Broadway until 2021, since the playwright held firm to her convictions about its content and ending.
Set during rehearsals for a major Broadway production, TROUBLE IN MIND illuminates the inner life of a Black actress struggling with her career. As Wiletta grapples with how she's treated, the role she's being asked to play, and what the production says (or doesn't) about race in America, her growing discomfort sets off a chain of events that reveal fissures within the acting company — and bring her into conflict with her director. Who will prevail? Find out as Seat of the Pants presents Alice Childress' 1955 play which didn't premiere on Broadway until 2021: a funny, satirical, moving, and heartbreaking look at racism, identity, and ego in the high stakes world of New York theatre.
Directed by Jeannine Gaskin and produced by Craig Joseph, the production stars Elizabeth Domer, Andrew Knode, Madison Ledyard-King, Michael Montanus, Zyrece Montgomery, Tom Stephan, Nicole Sumlin*, Darryl Tatum, and Tom Woodward*.
Sam Landgraf stage-manages, with costume design by Marti Coles, lighting design by Ayron Lord, props design by Mia Jones, sound design by Aria Smith, and scenic construction by Christian Sanko.
CCONTENT ADVISORY: mild profanity, racist remarks and language, descriptions of racial violence
TROUBLE IN MIND is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. — www.concordtheatricals.com
*denotes member of Actors Equity
Los Soles Truncos by René Marqués, directed by Kivin Bauzó
From the hand of René Marqués, comes this history of Puerto Rican classical theater.
Written in 1958 and with a historical background from the late 19th century, three sisters belonging to the upper social class in Puerto Rico begin to lose everything.
Los Soles Truncos by René Marqués, directed by Kivin Bauzó
From the hand of René Marqués, comes this history of Puerto Rican classical theater.
Written in 1958 and with a historical background from the late 19th century, three sisters belonging to the upper social class in Puerto Rico begin to lose everything.
Los Soles Truncos by René Marqués, directed by Kivin Bauzó
From the hand of René Marqués, comes this history of Puerto Rican classical theater.
Written in 1958 and with a historical background from the late 19th century, three sisters belonging to the upper social class in Puerto Rico begin to lose everything.
Doncan’s Execution scene from Trópico Macbeth
Tropic Macbeth is an original story based on 'The tragedy of Macbeth' by William Shakespeare. Although the basic plot remains close to the original - a tragedy of murder and political ambition, this adaptation, set in the 1935 Caribbean, has a Different story and new characters. This is a story of strong women, and how they use men to achieve power, justice, and revenge. The decades-long hatred between the Orillan and Doncan families explodes when "La Dama Macbeth" (Lady Macbeth), uses her husband, the commander Macbeth, in a Machiavellian plan to overthrow the Doncan regime and reinstate the the Orillan to their orginal power.
LatinUs’ adaptation was created, written, and designed by John Rivera-Resto. This scene is a murder scene with blood and gore (recommended ages 18+).
This scene will be presented at the Borderlight Fringe Festival on August 4th and 5th at the CSU Middough Building Black Box Theater (5th Floor). Tickets are available at https://www.borderlightcle.org/doncans-execution-a-scene-from-tropico-macbeth-by-john-rivera-resto/.
2023-2024 Season Announcement
LatinUS Theater Company 2023-2024 season announcement this June 3rd at 7:00 pm.
Learn about our new upcoming shows while having food and drinks (+ dancing & music too!).
RSVP by June 1st at info@latinustheater.com
El Despertar del zombie ( The Awakening of the Zombie)
LatinUs Theater Company and The Mexican Committee of Mexico in Cleveland are happy to bring from Mexico City the theatrical company: Los Pinche Chamacos. For the first time in Cleveland with their laureate monologue "The Awakening of the Zombie." A Thematic monologue aimed chiefly at young audiences with intelligent themes that encourage critical thinking.
Los Pinches Chamacos is a theater company from Mexico City with 20 years of experience. They have earned national and international recognition with their work.
El Despertar del zombie ( The Awakening of the Zombie)
LatinUs Theater Company and The Mexican Committee of Mexico in Cleveland are happy to bring from Mexico City the theatrical company: Los Pinche Chamacos. For the first time in Cleveland with their laureate monologue "The Awakening of the Zombie." A Thematic monologue aimed chiefly at young audiences with intelligent themes that encourage critical thinking.
Los Pinches Chamacos is a theater company from Mexico City with 20 years of experience. They have earned national and international recognition with their work.
El Despertar del zombie ( The Awakening of the Zombie)
LatinUs Theater Company and The Mexican Committee of Mexico in Cleveland are happy to bring from Mexico City the theatrical company: Los Pinche Chamacos. For the first time in Cleveland with their laureate monologue "The Awakening of the Zombie." A Thematic monologue aimed chiefly at young audiences with intelligent themes that encourage critical thinking.
Los Pinches Chamacos is a theater company from Mexico City with 20 years of experience. They have earned national and international recognition with their work.
New Ground Theater Festival
LatinUS is excited to participate in this year's New Ground Work Festival at Cleveland Play House. Our stage reading is; FADE by Tanya Saracho.
When Lucia, a Mexican-born novelist, gets her first TV writing job, she feels out of place on the white male-dominated set. Lucia quickly becomes friends with the only other Latino, a janitor named Abel. As Abel shares his stories with Lucia, similar plots begin to find their way into Lucia's TV scripts. Fade is a play about class and race and how status does not change who you are at your core.
Santiago Cañón-Valencia, solo cello recital.
Praised as one of the most promising young cellists of his generation, Cañón-Valencia is a 2022 BBC Next Generation Artist, and winner of the Silver Medal and Audience Favorite Award at the 2019 International Tchaikovsky Competition. The concert will include pieces by Hispanic/Latino composers (Ponce de Leon, Albeniz, Hoyos, Pinzon) as well as Cañón-Valencia’s own composition.
Christmas a lo Latino.Pastorela y Santa Clo llegó a la cuchilla de Abelardo Diaz Alfaro, adaptación de Antonio Medina-Rivera y dirección de Monica Torres.
Is it almost Christmas, what happens when a group of Mexican angels have to help Mary and Joseph to get safely to the manger so that the baby Jesus is born and a group of little devils, also Mexicans, make life impossible for them through of a bet to avoid it?
Well, a mess of the devil, Sorry (the sign of the cross.)
We will laugh out loud while a heavenly or earthly battle takes place between angels and devils to see who wins the bet.
And then. What happened in the 1940s, in a Puerto Rico neighborhood called Cuchilla, Saint Claus was not known, but only the Three Wise Men and a young teacher from Nueva Yol decided to change the tradition?
Oh, blessed Santa Clo is going to have to run for his life!!
In Spanish, with English supertitles!
¿Ya es casi Navidad, que pasa cuando un grupo de ángeles mexicanos tiene que ayudar a María y a José a llegar sanos y salvos al pesebre para que el niño Jesús nazca y un grupo de diablitos, también mexicanos, les hace la vida imposible a través de una apuesta para evitarlo?
Pues un enredo del demonio, Perdón (signo de persignación.)
Nos reiremos a carcajadas mientras ocurre una batalla celestial, o terrenal entre los ángeles y diablitos a ver quién gana la apuesta.
Y luego. ¿Qué pasa cuando por los años 40’ en un barrio de Puerto Rico llamado Cuchilla no se conocía a Saint Claus, pero solo a Los Reyes Magos y un joven maestro de Nueva Yol decide cambiar la tradición?
¡¡Ay, bendito que Santa Clo va a tener que correr por su vida!!
¡En español, con supertitulos en ingles!
La Siempreviva de Miguel Torres, dirige Fabio Polanco
The work recounts the events that happens in Bogota during November 1986 when the terrorist group M-19 took the justice palace since from the perspective of ordinary people. Julieta Marín, a young law student who works to pay for her studies as a cashier in the Palace of Justice cafeteria, never appeared among the survivors and the dead of the takeover. The disappearance unleashes chaos, fears and repression of the tenants of the house: Sergio, a waiter with clown skills, and Victoria, his wife, who make up the passionate knot of the story, Carlos, a usurer who negotiates with desperation of the others, Humberto, a confused young man who cannot overcome his lack of maturity, and Lucía, the mother, owner of the house, a woman who falls into the web of madness since the disappearance of her daughter, become victims. of a foreign and own war at the same time. They give color to the country's flag, personifying the imaginary of any Colombian who faces political conflicts and who is not necessarily aware of them, who experiences his desires and frustrations in the midst of the turbulent social changes of the time.
La obra relata los hechos del la toma del Palacio de justicia en Bogota en noviembre del 1986 desde el punto de vista de la gente común. Julieta Marín, una joven estudiante de derecho que trabaja para costearse sus estudios como cajera en la cafetería del Palacio de Justicia, jamás apareció entre los sobrevivientes y los muertos de la toma. La desaparición desencadena el caos, los temores y represiones de los inquilinos de la casa: Sergio, un mesero con dotes de payaso, y Victoria, su mujer, quienes conforman el nudo pasional de la historia, Carlos, un usurero que negocia con la desesperación de los demás, Humberto, un joven confundido que no logra superar su falta de madurez, y Lucía, la madre, dueña de la casa, una mujer que cae en las redes de la locura desde la desaparición de su hija, se convierten en victimas de una guerra ajena y propia a la vez. Le dan color a la bandera del país personificando los imaginarios de cualquier colombiano que se enfrenta a los conflictos políticos y que no necesariamente es consciente de ellos, que vive sus anhelos y sus frustraciones en medio de los turbulentos cambios sociales de la época.
Tiempo Muerto de Manuel Mendez Ballester, Dirigida por John Rivera-Resto
April 8 - May 1
Fridays & Saturdays 7pm, Sundays 1:30pm
Ballester's classic tragedy in three acts, Tiempo Muerto, premiered in Puerto Rico in 1940. This is considered to be his masterpiece and the one most associated with the author. Set in the sugar cane fields of Aguadilla, during the off season or "dead time," the family’s morals are tested against severe economic needs, exposing what becomes of humans when all dignity is taken away by an oppressive system.
Baños Públicos, S.A. de Esther Suárez Durán, dirige Mónica Torres.
Dos seres, entre los tantos que componen la humanidad sin historia, la celadora y el usuario de un baño público, se encuentran en este espacio preterido y adverso, marcado por el abandono, y establecen un contrapunto entre quien desea aprovecharse de la necesidad de los otros para lucrar con ella y la que entiende el bien propio unido al bien común. Texto eminentemente teatral e imaginativo, curioso deudor tanto del absurdo como del realismo, exhibe un diálogo pleno de ingenio, matizado por el humor, la ironía y el sarcasmo y constituye una aguda sátira de la realidad cubana contemporánea.
Dirigida por Mónica Torres.
Boletos no son reembolsables. Evidencia de vacunación contra el Covid o prueba negativa en las 72 horas previas al evento es requerido. Para edades 16+.
Two beings, among the many that make up humanity without having a story, the caretaker and the user of a public bathroom, find themselves in this neglected and adverse space marked by abandonment, and establish a counterpoint between those who wish to take advantage of the need of others to profit from them and who believes in the common good. An eminently theatrical and imaginative script, a curious debtor of both absurdity and realism, it exhibits a dialogue full of wit, tinged with humor, irony, and sarcasm, and constitutes a sharp satire of contemporary Cuban reality. For ages 16+.
Directed by Mónica Torres.
Tickets are non-refundable. Covid vaccine or negative test in previous 72 hrs of event is required.