VIVA DON JUAN
An original, bilingual celebration of Day of the Dead
October 29-November 14, 2010
Every fall, the dead are commemorated in a lively show of dance, music and theatre in Portland’s longest-running Day of the Dead celebration. This year, los muertos return accompanied by the legendary Don Juan, that selfish rogue who took great pleasure in defying the opponents of his romantic interests. But when the world’s most devilish romantic revisits the living on Día de los muertos, he soon discovers a new perspective on life, love and second chances.

DUENDE DE LORCA
A original, bilingual Teatro Milagro production
Written by Dañel Malán
January 14-22, 2011
Federico García Lorca is celebrated the world over for his passionate, avant-garde poetry, music and plays. Yet at the age of 27, he was just another struggling artist living with his parents, writing puppet plays that were laughed off the stage by critics. His need for freedom fueled his desire to succeed, and his travels through New York and Cuba quickly became a quest for cultural integration and acceptance. In the Americas, Lorca shone like a mad and fiery diamond, fusing his cante jondo with Afro-Cuban son to create a new rhythm of powerfully poetic drama.

ANA EN EL TRÓPICO
[Anna in the Tropics]
Winner of the 2003 Pulitizer Prize for Drama
Written by Nilo Cruz
February 11-March 5, 2011
Presented in Spanish with easy-to-follow supertitles in English
In this beguiling story set in a Cuban-American cigar factory in 1929 Florida, cigars are still rolled by hand and “lectors” are employed to educate and entertain the workers. The arrival of a new lector is a cause for celebration, but when he begins to read aloud from Anna Karenina, he unwittingly becomes a catalyst in the lives of his avid listeners, for whom Tolstoy, the tropics and the American dream prove a volatile combination. "The words of Nilo Cruz waft from the stage like a scented breeze. They sparkle and prickle and swirl, enveloping those who listen ... in timeless passions that touch us all." (Miami Herald)

BOOMCRACKLEFLY
A world premiere production in English
Written by Charise Castro Smith
March 25-April 16, 2011
When you spend your life dreaming, what happens when you finally get what you want? In a New York barrio, a female impersonator ignores the advice of an imaginary grandmother to fall in love with an insatiable scientist; in a Key West circus, two acrobat sisters are divided over the ghost of Ernest Hemingway; and in revolutionary Havana, a man who wishes he had wings yearns to fly away to another land. Three seemingly disparate stories weave together in a clever combination of science fiction and magical realism to create an eccentric environment that is as unsettling as it is irresistible.

LAZARILLO
An original, bilingual physical theatre production
Created by CarlosAlexis Cruz
May 6-28, 2011
Sold to a blind beggar as a child and then passed from one master to another — each more cruel and incompetent than the previous — young Lazarillo must pilfer and deceive to survive, and is usually punished for his pains. But like his successors Pinocchio or Huck Finn, the endearing Lazarillo learns to fake miracles and mouse infestations, to expose hucksters and the absurdities of the establishment, all in an attempt to elevate his position in society. Based on the first picaresque novel once banned by the Inquisition, this modern interpretation integrates hip-hop, circus and comedia dell’arte traditions to create a vibrant evening of physical theatre suitable for all ages.