Crossing Borders (Cruzando Fronteras)
An annual festival of play readings and live music by Latine theater artists from around the country.
Crossing Borders (Cruzando Fronteras) is an annual celebration of new plays and music by Latine theater artists.
Since Crossing Borders (Cruzando Fronteras) launched in 2011, six productions developed in the festival have gone on to mainstage productions at the theater, including our 2022/23 season production of Living & Breathing by Mando Alvarado and our most recent one being our 2023/24 season production, A Thousand Maids by Tony Meneses. Upcoming in our 2024/25 season is ¡VOS! which will be the seventh Crossing Borders (Cruzando Fronteras) play to become a mainstage production!
2023 Crossing Borders Festival
Inside Past Crossing Borders Festivals
FESTIVAL ARCHIVE
12TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL
A THOUSAND MAIDS
by Tony Meneses
VOS!
by Christina Pumariega
REBECCA OAXACA (LAYS DOWN A BUNT)
by Kristoffer Diaz
BLACK BEANS PROJECT
by Melinda Lopez and Joel Perez
11TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL
TRILOGY
by Matt Barbot
A SKEPTIC AND A BRUJA
by Rosa Fernandez
DECEMBER
by Marisela Treviño Orta
THE PLAY YOU WANT
by Bernardo Cubría
10TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL
CIERTAS ASTILLAS/CERTAIN SHARDS
by Paz Pardo, directed by José Zayas
Machine Learning
by Francisco Mendoza, directed by José Zayas
SYZYGY or, the ceasing of the sun
by juliany f. taveras, directed by Dominique Rider
Optional Boss Battle
by Nick Malakhow, directed by Rebecca Martínez
9TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL
Dream Hou$e
by Eliana Pipes, directed by Cristina Angeles
A Night of Music: Flaco Navaja & The Razor Blades
Stoneheart
by Georgina Escobar, directed by José Zayas
Living and Breathing
by Mando Alvarado, directed by Rebecca Martínez
Alma
by Benjamin Benne, directed by Catherine María Rodríguez
8TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL
The Hombres
by Tony Meneses, directed by Melissa Crespo
Star-Crossed (Los Desdichados): Love songs and readings from Pablo Neruda’s Spanish translation of Romeo and Juliet
music by Sofia Rei, adapted and directed by Jerry Ruiz
72 Miles to Go
by Hilary Bettis, directed by David Mendizábal
An Evening of Original Work by Latinx Singer-Songwriters: Featuring Jaime Lozano and Michelle J. Rodriguez
Richard & Jane & Dick & Sally
by Noah Diaz, directed by Laurie Woolery
7TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL
El
by Raul Garza, directed by Michelle Bossy
At the Very Bottom of a Body of Water
by Benjamin Benne, directed by Weyni Mengesha
Blancaflor
by Cecilia Cackley, translated by Ártemis López, directed by Jerry Ruiz
El Huracán
by Charise Castro Smith, directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh
The Golem of Havana
music by Salomon Lerner, lyrics by Len Schiff, book and direction by Michel Hausmann
6TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL
Mala
written and performed by Melinda Lopez, directed by David Dower
El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom
by Matt Barbot, directed by Nelson Eusebio III
Neighbors
(read in both English and Spanish) by Bernardo Cubria, directed by Lou Moreno
Fade
by Tanya Saracho, directed by Jerry Ruiz
5TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL
Cocktail Time in Cuba
by Rogelio Martinez, directed by Lou Moreno
Anesthesia
(read in both English and Spanish) by Agnieska Hernández Díaz, English Translation by Rogelio Martinez, directed by Leyma López
Chamaco
(read in both English and Spanish) by Abel González Melo, English Translation by Yael Prizant, directed by Jose Zayas
The Hunchback of Seville
by Charise Castro Smith, directed by Jerry Ruiz
4TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL
Between You, Me and the Lampshade
by Raúl Castillo, directed by Felix Solis
Good Friends
(read in both English and Spanish) by Maria Alexandria Beech, directed by Elena Araoz
Mala Hierba
by Tanya Saracho, directed by Jerry Ruiz
The Ghosts of Lote Bravo
by Hilary Betis, directed by Jerry Ruiz
3RD ANNUAL FESTIVAL
Song for the Disappeared
by Tanya Saracho, directed by Jerry Ruiz
Tiny People or it gets better
by Christopher Oscar Peña, directed by Elena Araoz
Ropes
(English and Spanish) by Bárbara Colio, translated by Maria Alexandria Beech, directed by Lisa Rothe
2ND ANNUAL FESTIVAL
Intringulis
(English and Spanish), written and performed by Carlo Albán, directed by Erik Pearson
Pinkolandia
by Andrea Thome, directed by José Zayas
Enfrascada
by Tanya Saracho, directed by Jerry Ruiz
Icarus Burns
by Christopher Oscar Peña, directed by Daniella Topol
1ST ANNUAL FESTIVAL
Two Tears in a Bucket
by Raúl Castillo, directed by Felix Solis
El Nogalar, an adaptation of The Cherry Orchard
by Tanya Saracho, directed by Jerry Ruiz
Mariela in the Desert
(read in both English and Spanish) by Karen Zacarías, directed by Tanya Saracho
Highway 47
written and performed by KJ Sanchez, directed by Emily Ackerman