Ocotber 9, 10 and 16th - Writer, composer, and playwright Brian Quijada imagines the story of Reina, a young woman and her journey of migration from El Salvador to the United States in the late 1970s. Reina, who found new friends along the way, left behind the people she loved most to make it through the desert. This musical, inspired by L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the musical genres of Cumbia, rock and roll, hip hop, spoken word, and salsa, and true historical events, depicts a fable of love, community, and that home is wherever the heart and family are and that there really is no place like it.
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10/9/21 - 10/16/21
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Ocotber 9, 10 and 16th - Writer, composer, and playwright Brian Quijada imagines the story of Reina, a young woman and her journey of migration from El Salvador to the United States in the late 1970s. Reina, who found new friends along the way, left behind the people she loved most to make it through the desert. This musical, inspired by L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the musical genres of Cumbia, rock and roll, hip hop, spoken word, and salsa, and true historical events, depicts a fable of love, community, and that home is wherever the heart and family are and that there really is no place like it.
Supported by The Bayless Foundation, Pittsburgh CLO Syracus Stage and CEVA Theatre Center. Special thanks to CLATA off the Ground Dance and Chopin Theatre
Author
Book, Music and Lyrics - Brian Quijada
Director
Lorena Diaz and Wendy Mateo
Performers
Brian Quijada (Narrator); Krystal Ortiz (Reina); Tommy Rivera-Vega (Adan/Cruz); Mari Marroquin (Julia); Mirelly Taylor (Antonia/Leona); Eddie Martinez (Napoleon/Silvano)
Production
Yendrys Cespedes (Piano, Cuban tres, percussion); Roberto Marin (Bass); Cuido Acevedo (Percussion)
Tags: Theater, Rest of the World, 2021
