CARA MÍA THEATRE PRESENTS
ORÍGENES/ORIGINS
Devised by Frida Espinosa-Müller, Sorany Gutierrez and David Lozano, Alicia Martínez Álvarez
Directed by Alicia Martínez Álvarez
Original Music by Fabricio Cavero
Additional Text by Caridad Svich
AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION WITH
THE LABORATORIO DE LA MÁSCARA FROM MEXICO CITY
April 15-April 30, 2023 at the Latino Cultural Center
Cara Mía Theatre’s upcoming world premiere is a new collaborative bilingual play with Mexico City’s Laboratorio de la Máscara., Orígenes/Origins tells the immigrant story of a teenager sent by her family to live with her father in the United States. Featuring masks, movement and original music by Peruvian composer Fabricio Cavero, Orígenes/Origins will be performed mostly in Spanish with English supertitles from April 15-April 30 at the Latino Cultural Center.
Orígenes/Origins is a highly visual fable that weaves the Venado (deer), La Abuela Tortuga (grandmother turtle) and El Insecto Humano (human insect) around the life of a teenager who retraces her journey of immigration from a Latin-American country to El Norte. Orígenes/Origins is a unique production that reflects the cultural and aesthetic traditions of both companies and tells a story that is universal around the world.
Orígenes/Origins is a collective creation by Cara Mía Theatre’s Executive Artistic Director David Lozano, Mexican actor and Cara Mía resident ensemble member Frida Espinosa Müller, and Colombian actor, Sorany Gutierrez, under the direction of General Director of the Laboratorio de la Máscara, Alicia Martínez Álvarez. Orígenes /Origins features additional text by New York playwright Caridad Svich. Cara MíaTheatre’s Orígenes/Origins is the recipient of the TACA New Works Fund.
“Orígenes is a uniquely Mexican and Latin-American lens on immigration yet it seeks to connect to the worldwide experiences of immigration throughout the world,” says Executive Artistic Director David Lozano. “Like all of our work with Mexico City’s Laboratorio de la Máscara, cultural roots are a means for healing for those who immigrate to the United States. In Orígenes/Origins, culture is center stage as the pathway towards self-realization.”
Cara Mía Theatre presents Orígenes / Origins, an international Collaboration with the Laboratorio de la Mascara from Mexico City.
PERFORMANCES:
Opening Night Reception at 6:30 PM on April 15
Thursday - Saturday Evenings at 7:30 PM
Sunday Matinees at 2:30 PM
STUDENT MATINEES:
April 11, 12, 13, 19, 2023 at 10:30 a.m.
Click here to learn more about student matinees https://caramiatheatre.org/student-matinees/.
LATINO CULTURAL CENTER (BLACK BOX):
2600 Live Oak, Dallas, Texas 75204
TICKET PRICING:
Preview Night – Opening Night – $25
General Admission – $20
Senior / Veteran – $15
Student – $10
Tickets: https://caramiatheatre.org/play/origenes-origins/.
CARA MÍA THEATRE’S MISSION
To inspire and engage people to uplift their communities through transformative Latinx theatre, multicultural youth arts experiences and community action programming.
Cara Mía Theatre is sponsored by the Law Offices of Domingo Garcia, The Mellon Foundation, The State Fair of Texas, National New Play Network, Marguerite Casey Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, City of Dallas Office Arts and Culture, TACA, The Communities Foundation of Texas, Melinda & Jim Johnson, The Shubert Foundation, Texas Commission on the Arts, HEB/Central Market, Deborah & Craig Sutton, Sammons Center for the Arts, and the Latino Cultural Center.
For more information, please visit: caramiatheatre.org.
