Crossing Borders (Cruzando Fronteras)
An annual five-day festival of play readings and live music by Latinx theater artists from around the country.
Crossing Borders (Cruzando Fronters) is an annual celebration of new plays and music by Latinx theater artists. The 2019 festival, curated by José Zayas, included plays by Mando Alvarado (Living and Breathing, directed by Rebecca Martínez), Benjamin Benne (Alma, directed by Catherine María Rodríguez), Georgina Escobar (StoneHeart, directed by José Zayas) and Eliana Pipes (Dream Hou$e, directed by Cristina Angeles), and music by Flaco Navaja & The Razor Blades. More than 900 people joined us for readings, concerts and free community events.
Since Crossing Borders (Cruzando Fronteras) launched in 2011, three productions developed in the festival have gone on to mainstage productions at the theater. In our 2019/20 Season we are premiering the fourth: The Hombres by Tony Meneses, directed by Annie Tippe.
Inside the Crossing Borders Festival
FESTIVAL ARCHIVE
9TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL
Dream Hou$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