EL ÚLTIMO
Created by Dañel Malán and CarlosAlexis Cruz
January 9-17, 2009
A Teatro Milagro Original Bilingual Production

Mapuche shamans, eco-feminists and soul-searching loggers converge at the lone remaining stand of trees on the windswept island of Tierra del Fuego. There, nature awaits as the power struggle of culture, ecology and greed determines its fate. What is gained, and what is lost as these individuals attempt to reconcile their personal ideology about the future of the planet?
The duality of opposites, identical in nature, but different in degree

TE LLEVO EN LA SANGRE
Written by Mónica Silver
Directed by Daniel Jáquez
January 30 - February 21, 2009
A Teatro Español Spanish Language Production

Set against the backdrop of turbulent 1955 Argentina, this award-winning black comedy cleverly weaves together the infamous backstage lives of a radionovela castwith the dreams of an obsessed fan, whose deluded fantasies can as easily awaken love as provoke a macabre crime. This intersection of politics and show business examines our fleeting passions and illusions of grandeur in the face of an aggressive world.
At the brink of chaos, laughing in the face of uncertainty

EL GRITO DEL BRONX
Written by Migdalia Cruz
Directed by Antonio Sonera
April 3-25, 2009
An English Language Production

On her wedding day, Lulu must confront her brother Papo's legacy of violence before she can embrace her happiness. In this memoryscape that travels from childhood to death row, from white dresses to orange jumpsuits, from murder to redemption, Lulu and Papo discover that what binds them is not only the haunted darkness, but the dream of freedom to turn on the light. In the voice of a modern Latina, this graphically poetic drama demands: How can we freely face the future if we can’t release our ties to the past?
A burning rage within, fingertip flames that light the darkest night, illuminating hope for the dawn

THE SHRUNKEN HEAD OF PANCHO VILLA
Written by Luis Valdez
Directed by Olga Sanchez
May 8-30, 2009
An English Language Production

From the earliest days of Chicano theatre comes this satire of California farm-worker family life, in which the drunken father’s a sonavaviche and the long-suffering mother’s a saint. Of their four children, Mingo’s a sell-out, Joaquin a rebellious pachuco, and Lupe a whining teenager who envisions pregnancy as her only salvation. And the eldest? Just an enormous head who believes he’s Pancho Villa. To this hilariously disintegrating household, Mingo announces his intention to move his family out of the barrio and into the American dream. But will a seductive nostalgia for Mexico’s revolutionary past overwhelm his efforts? It’s the Chicano dilemma: Are we Mexican or American?
A daring young voice from the past that still rings true today