Special Events Opening: Friday, November 29 at 7:30 PM Followed by a post-show reception catered by “Maya Malán-Gonzalez’s new work about the importance of familia in good times and bad is onstage at Southeast Portland’s Milagro as part of a rolling world premiere from the National New Play Network. In the genre of works inspired…
Manuel Huillipan, Mapuche Longko of the Lof Rankilko community, has been wrongfully jailed, accused of setting fire to land illegally purchased by the Arauco Forestal logging company. Millaray Cayancura, the Machi healer of Lof Rankilco, has tried prayers and offerings to her spirit guides to no avail, so she implores the help of a Huinca…
Runtime: 2 hours including a 15-minute intermission. Special Events Preview: Thursday, February 6 at 7:30 PM Wine tasting starting at 6:30 PM courtesy of Opening: Friday, February 7 at 7:30 PM Followed by a post-show reception courtesy of
Milagro in association with Teatros Unidos- A Newly Formed National Latinx Theatre Collective Announce: The INGENIO 2020 Live Virtual Theatre Festival, streamed September 25th – October 4th. Two weekends of readings of 6 new plays by Latinx playwrights as a celebration of resilience. Ingenio /ēn ‘he nē oh/: Spanish for wit, ingenuity; the inventive and creative…
Join us on November 10, 2020, for our annual fundraiser ¡Viva Milagro! in conjunction with Día de Muertos. 2020 has proven to be an extraordinary year, filled with hardship, heartache, and uncertainty. In the spirit of resilience and hope, we continue to celebrate Latino culture, artists, and the community that is Milagro. This special evening…
A XMAS CUENTO REMIX 2020 PRODUCTION UPDATE Thank you for your patience as you waited, with great anticipation, for the release of A Xmas Cuento Remix. After weeks of working with our production team to bring you this story, we regret to inform you that the production of A Xmas Cuento Remix will not be…
The cast of A Xmas Cuento Remix has a special gift for you! They have come together to produce a virtual Zoom play reading of the virtual production that was originally set to be released on Dec. 4, 2020. The reading features music from the virtual production and new cast members including Olga Sanchez, Jonathan…
This historical narrative shares the struggles and accomplishments of Dolores Huerta, labor rights activist, and union organizer who co-founded the United Farm Workers. Huelga will launch in February for Teatro Milagro’s national tour and will be accompanied by the social justice curriculum from the UNIDAD Teacher Workbook, available in five bilingual formats. The Dolores Huerta…
Día de Muertos is a time of joyous reunión! We welcome and celebrate those who have passed before us, and honor their memory with laughter and tears. In Season38, Milagro will explore the topic of rebirth and renewal, commemorated with altars, crafts workshops, concerts, poetry readings, a Día de Muertos documentary, and showings of Muertos…
La Bici is an episodic video play that brings together ideas of bike safety and how it relates to the repurposing of art and community. All following the main character, La Bici- a repurposed city bike- through stories, songs, and skits to connect and educate our community. Presented in collaboration with the Central Eastside Industrial…
An adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone, set in modern day, near the U.S.-Mexico border. This work centralizes themes of immigration and families affected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy. The Antigone at The Border espectáculo will enter into conversations regarding immigration, listening to stories from those affected by it. We will be holding…
Milagro is proud to produce the world premiere of City Without Altar by award winning, Dominican-American playwright, Jasminne Mendez. City Without Altar is a two-act play in verse that amplifies the voices and experiences of victims, survivors and living ancestors of the 1937 Haitian Massacre that occurred along the northwest Dominican/Haitian border during the Trujillo…
Every fall, the dead are commemorated in Portland’s longest-running Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) observance. This year we are observing our 26th Día de Muertos with a new multimedia, vaudeville show, ¡Viva la Muerte!. Taking inspiration from the first Día de Muertos' espectáculos at Milagro, ¡Viva la Muerte! will showcase dances, songs, poems, monologues,…
Semillas follows the story of Juan Carlos, a young man, born in a tiny Spanish village, who is filled with dreams to embrace all humanity. Face to face with the terrible reality of forest fires, Juan Carlos decides to abandon his 9 to 5 job to dedicate his life to reforestation. With the support of…
The beloved story of romance and revolution, once again presented in Spanish, makes its triumphant return to Milagro Theatre this Spring! Follow the unlikely friendship between a hopeless-romantic postman, Mario, and the renowned Nobel-Prize-winning poet, Pablo Neruda, during the transformative era of 1970s Chile. With Neruda’s mentorship, the tongue-tied Mario strives to win over the…
The Play You Want is a comedy that explores the divide between exploitation and acceptance - Fed up by the theatre world’s desires to box him in, Mexican playwright Bernardo Cubria sarcastically pitches Nar-Cocos, a play about drug dealers on Día de los Muertos. Much to his surprise, the Public Theatre picks it up. With…
