Most of the public attending the performances of Corrido Calavera also have taken the chance to admire our exhibit of ofrendas curated by Pepe Moscoso (FusionArte PDX) and our community altar in the lobby, leaving comments in our memory book. You too can view them one hour prior to each performance and during the intermission when you come to see “one of the funniest plays to hit Portland this season” (Willamette Week). If you don’t have tickets for the final weekend, get them here!

The collection of altars, dedicated to concepts contained in the play, has touched and inspired its visitors, whether they were new to Milagro and Día de Muertos or long-time part of our community and celebrations. Our friends from Tears of Joy Puppet Theatre sent us this message:

“It truly touched my heart seeing [ToJ founder] Janet Bradley’s picture on one of your altars. Thank you for continuing to be such an amazing and supportive company. We are touched and honored to be part of such a loving community.”

School groups that schedule a matinee are welcomed by one of our docents, who guides them through the exhibit explaining the history, significance and meaning of the holiday, the play and, of course, the altars as conceived by the curating artist. Over the last few weeks, a few other classes have also scheduled visits to the ofrendas to complement the lessons learned in the classroom about this important cultural expression.

One teacher from Central Catholic High School had this to say:

“Thank you again for accommodating our schedule so all of my students could come and view the altars. They were very impressed and inspired by the display and were talking about what they would put on altars and how cool the different themes were (the children’s and the Shaman’s being two favorites.”

 Don’t miss your chance to see the ofrendas and the final 4 performances of the rambunctious bilingual original production, Corrido Calavera. Get tickets today!