MOJADA: A Medea in Los Angeles

Written by Luis Alfaro
Directed by Bernardo Solano

Medea and Jason have escaped the worst. After a harrowing journey across the Mexican–American border, the couple has made it safely to the States, where they can work toward a better life for their family. While Jason is convinced the future looks bright, Medea fears a darker fate as they face the challenges of living without documentation. Blending Euripides’ classic with Mexican folklore, Luis Alfaro examines the tragedy behind America’s immigration system and the destiny of one family caught in its grip.

November 10 - 19, 2023

Wednesday - Saturday at 7:30pm, Sunday at 2pm
No shows Nov 12, 13, and 14.

University Theater Mainstage
Check in at Building 25 Box Office

$15 General Admission | $12 Cal Poly Alumni
$10 Cal Poly Faculty | Staff | All Students | Senior Citizens

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PLEASE NOTE: MOJADA runs 90 minutes with no intermission.
This production contains violence and descriptions of sexual assault”

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SPECIAL EVENT!

In collaboration with the Office of Interdisciplinary Ethnic Studies, Teaching and Scholarship and the Michi and Walter Weglyn Endowed Chair, CPP's Department of Theatre and New Dance presents a very special afternoon with playwright Luis Alfaro

Join us Wednesday, November 15 from 5pm-6:30pm for NO HOLDS BARRIO - Wrestling Ancient Text into Modern Stories of Community.

Chicano Playwright Luis Alfaro will share his journey, using images from productions of his plays, to talk about how he incorporates his role as a Citizen Artist in working and collaborating with diverse communities to create theatre that speaks to all of us about our present-day society. The ancient thread become our modern stories.

The event is FREE in the Studio Theatre!
Stick around to see Luis' play MOJADA on the University Stage at 7:30pm!

ABOUT LUIS ALFARO: Luis Alfaro is a Chicano playwright born and raised in downtown Los Angeles. He has received fellowships from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, popularly known as a “genius grant”, awarded to people who have demonstrated expertise and exceptional creativity in their respective fields; United States Artists; Ford Foundation Art of Change; Joyce Foundation; Mellon Foundation and is the recipient of the PEN America/Laura Pels International Foundation Theater Award for a Master Dramatist. He was the inaugural Playwright-in-Residence for six seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (2013-2019); Playwright’s Ensemble at Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theatre (2013-2020); Inaugural Latinx Playwrights at the Los Angeles Theatre Center (2021-); and Ojai Playwrights Conference member (2002-2022). He developed and produced plays at Center Theatre Group (1995-2005, 2021-2022). His plays include Electricidad, Oedipus El Rey, Mojada, and have been seen at regional theatres throughout the United States, Latin America, Canada, and Europe. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California. Luis spent two decades in the Los Angeles Poetry and Performance Art communities.

MOJADA includes performances by
Mya Alvarado, Joseph Montoya, Andrea Lopez, Stephanie Alvarado, Noemy Clara, Gaven Samano-Tovar, Astrid Avila, Manny Pimentel
Design by Leslie Parada, Jesse Portillo, Janette Bejarano, Troy Woodfin, Melanie Falcón
Stage Managed by Crystal Espinoza 

“Playwright Luis Alfaro delivers another searing update of Greek drama… [MOJADA] really grabs you by the guts…” —Time Out Chicago.

“MOJADA is unpretentious and entertaining…Not only is the play about crossing borders, but Alfaro knows how to walk that line between thunderous naturalism and absurdist pulp, being as our lives often seem composed of both.” —Chicago Tribune.