Tonight we open Do You Speak Mexican? at
@groupcoretheatre and I couldn’t be more excited.
@egarciaimprov was my high school drama teacher who changed the course of my life. She taught me what it meant to connect, listen, and play with an audience. She, to this day, is why I wear mismatching socks. She wrote the forward of my book How to be a Multi-Hyphenate in the Theatre Business because she is the definition of a multi-hyphenate and introduced the concept to me. She turned our high school classroom into an Equity house by night. She had us create our own one person solo plays for our *sophomore* year final — not senior. She taught us the importance that politics plays with theatre — and would start class with showing us clips of FREAK by
@johnleguizamo
And then I met
@chrisperez1978 through Garcia who showed me the same inspiration. His play Flying Lessons is a story of survival, grief, and humor. He’s got story beyond story to tell you and makes you feel like you’re the only person in the room when he talks to you. That’s how his show feels too — like you’re the only people in a space, together.
I chose to produce this show with Core because we are fractured as a society, as a country, and as a people. We are watching history repeat itself with the world turn against people of color, immigrants, disabled folks, Jews, and LGBTQIA+ people. This is my way to remind audiences that we are all in this together and our paths are not all that different. We must support each other.
So please, come to Warwick, NY and see this straight-from-Miami duo-monologue comedy. Part stand up, part drama, part political piece, part flan… Do You Speak Mexican? will leave you feeling touched, inspired, and full of love and life.
¡Dalé!
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