Into the Beautiful North

November 13-22, 2026

Into the Beautiful North By Karen Zacarías

Nayeli leaves with her best friends goth Vampi, and gay-bar ownder Tacho, to sneak into the US to bring seven Magnificent Mexican Men to defend their town from drug dealers. The epic journey from Sinaloa, Mexico- to- San Diego and finally to Kankakee Illinois- is laugh out loud funny and gut wrenching at the same time. Based on the hilarious and heart-wrenching book by Luis Alberto Urrea (Inspired by the movie The Magnificent Seven), Into the Beautiful North is an adult fairy tale about the modern face of immigration and the experience of people who are coming to a new world and being astounded by it.

Tickets On Sale August 24!
Into the Beautiful North

Who

Written by Karen Zacarías 
Adapted from the novel by Luis Alberto Urrea 
Directed by Bernardo Solano 

 

Into the Beautiful North poster

Poster image by Erika Alvarado (CPP '26)

FYI

Location

University Theatre, Mainstage Building 25, Cal Poly Pomona

Ticket Prices

$15 General Admission | $12 Alumni | $10 Faculty/Staff, All Students, Senior Citizens

Dates

Friday 11/13 at 7:30pm; Saturday 11/14 at 7:30pm; Wednesday 11/18 at 7:30pm; Thursday 11/19 at 7:30pm; Friday 11/20 at 7:30pm; Saturday 11/21 at 7:30pm; Sunday 11/22 at 2pm

Advisories

TBD

Program

Program will be available November 12

Favorite Quote

"... Above all, "Into the Beautiful North" is a love letter to resilience and pride in one's own culture, even when that culture is being torn down by external and internal forces...a thought-provoking tale." - Theatre in Chicago