Currently, there are two shows for K-8 students, and one for high school-age and college students and general public, with optional workshops that can be conducted before, after, or separately from a performance. Read on to learn about the different performances, the enrichment programs that can complement them, and how you can bring them to your school or community!

Aventuras de Don Quixote is a fun interactive adventure inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ classic story. Through a “play within a play” set in a library, the audience experiences the story of a young girl who, after being unknowingly drawn into Don Quixote’s exciting world, learns the importance of reading and discovers her love for books. The workshops that accompany Aventuras are designed to encourage an appreciation for reading at all ages, and they feature bicultural activities that highlight the themes presented in books recommended for elementary readers, including arts, crafts and story-telling, as well as creative opportunities for students to explore history and mythology, and create their own.

El Niño Diego shares the imagined story of a young Diego Rivera, the renowned Mexican painter, empowered by a magical paintbrush given to him by Coatlicue, serpent goddess of the Aztecs. The conniving Director Jose Manguino and his dim-witted minion Profesora Escupir, wants to exploit Diego’s magical talents to fulfill their own greedy aspirations. Will Manguino and Escupir succeed in their evil plan? Or will Diego’s nurse Antonia help Diego understand that it will take more than magic to keep him on a path to become the artistic legend he is destined to be? The curriculum for the companion workshops explore Rivera’s works as an excellent way to understand history from a visual artist’s perspective, and the character of Coatlicue provides the springboard for a journey into pre-Columbian mythology. The participants also use image theatre to engage in and critique visual and performing arts. Improvisation, script writing and other engaging activities round out this popular program.

Cuéntame Coyote is a journey through cold and dark desert nights with two cousins who desperately dream of a better future beyond the iron fence that defines la frontera. Fleeing sorrow and hopelessness, Maria and José follow coyotes of two legs and four, stepping over dried bones scorched by the sun and chased by a wind that murmurs tales of Santa Muerte. Will their steps lead to the dreams they seek or vanish in the desert sands like so many before? This original touring production of courage and perseverance was inspired by stories from the real people who live along the border and inspires dynamic community sharing in post-show discussions.

Booking Info:
Aventuras de Don Quixote and El Niño Diego are forty-minute, 4-person shows that can be presented in any large space. Single performances are $600 plus travel expenses. Back-to–back performances for schools with more than 200 students are $1000. Accompanying Aventuras and Mural & Mythology workshops are $100 – 200 per hour, depending on the number of classes per session. 

Cuéntame Coyote is an hour-long, 4-person show that can also be presented in any large space, yet is greatly enhanced when presented in theatrical spaces with stage lighting. Single performances are $1,000 plus travel expenses. Journeys workshops on oral history and integrated history are also $100 – 200 per hour, depending on the number of sessions per hour.

For more details, or to arrange a performance for your school, library or community group, contact Associate Artistic Director Alida Holguín Wilson Gunn at 503-236-7253 or agunn@milagro.org.