Electricidad premieres Nov. 6, Oedipus El Rey Nov. 13 and Mojada Nov. 20
Casting for the multi-camera, virtually produced reading of Luis Alfaro’s Electricidad, the first play in The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro premieres November 6, 2020 with Oedipus El Rey and Mojada to follow. The production is presented as part of the Live from the KDT series on Center Theatre Group’s Digital Stage in partnership with The Getty.
The readings will premiere on successive Fridays at 5 pm Pacific with Electricidad on Nov. 6, Oedipus El Rey on Nov. 13 and Mojada on Nov. 20. Each reading will be available on demand until January 20, 2021.
Directed by Laurie Woolery, the cast of Electricidad will include Esperanza America, Sal Lopez, Sandra Marquez, Alma Martinez, Catalina Maynard, Sarita Ocón, Gabriela Ortega, Rose Portillo, Geoff Rivas and Eddie Ruiz. Additional casting will be announced.
Transplanting themes of the ancient Greek tragedies into the streets of Los Angeles, The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro gives voice to the concerns of the Chicano and wider Latino/a communities. From performances around the world, including celebrated runs at the Mark Taper Forum, Public Theater, Getty Villa and Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Alfaro’s electric adaptations question the role that citizens and community play in social issues facing us all today. All three readings will be free to the public and performed in English with Spanish captioning available.
Alfaro is a Chicano writer known for his work in poetry, theatre, short stories, performance and journalism. He spent six seasons as the Playwright-in-Residence at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival from 2013–2019. He was a member of the Playwright’s Ensemble at Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theatre from 2013 to 2020. Alfaro is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. He was recently awarded the PEN America/Laura Pels International Foundation Theater Award for a Master Dramatist, the United States Artist Fellowship and the Ford Foundation’s Art of Change Fellowship.
For more information, visit CenterTheatreGroup.org/DigitalStage.
Photo Credit: Luis Alfaro