Beto, Beto el Abeto by Khristián Méndez Aguirre
Teatro de la Tierra & Zilker Botanical Garden – 2023
An original latinx, bilingual, sci-fi, Christmas play for all ages featuring Danish Folktales, Guatemalan Nacimientos, shadow puppetry, object puppetry, Música Navideña and a talking tree!
Production Team
Elenco / Cast:
Ali Matos Burgos
Ariel Blanco
Adam Martínez
Emilio Mejía
Verónica Pomata
Diseños de / Designs by:
Delena Bradley
Ryan Salinas
James Parker
Música de / Music by:
Paul Pinon
Jefatura de Piso / Stage Management:
Barbara Mojica
Dirección Técnica / Technical Direction:
Dimas Macedo
Asistente de Dirección / Assistant Director:
Minerva Ville
Historia por / Story by:
Khristián Méndez Aguirre, Adaptada de “The Fir Tree” by Hans Christian Andersen
Patrocinio de:
City of Austin Economic Development Division’s Elevate Grant
Austin Creative Alliance
Zilker Botanical Garden
Accolades
Nominations for the B. Iden Payne Awards:
Ariel Blanco (Beto) – Outstanding Lead Performer in Theatre for Young Audiences
Emilio Mejía (Junior) – Outstanding Lead Performer in Theatre for Young Audiences
Luchadora! by Álvaro Saar Rios
Mary Mooden Northen Theater – AEA – 2023
AD: Anna Skidis Vargas
Alvaro Saar Rios’ adaptation of Hua Mulan set in 1960’s Texas and in the world of Lucha Libre
Press: Luchadora (CTX Live Theatre)
Review: St. Ed{‘s Luchadora! (Austin Chronicle)
Nominations for the B. Iden Payne Awards:
Outstanding Production of Theatre for Young Audiences (Winner)
Outstanding Direction of Theatre for Young Audiences – Khristián Méndez Aguirre (Winner)
Outstanding Lead Performer in Theatre for Young Audiences – Tonie Knight (Nana Lupita)
Outstanding Lead Performer in Theatre for Young Audiences – Mia Ramirez (Young Lupita) (Winner)
Outstanding Featured Performer in Theatre for Young Audiences – Claire Lane (Liesl) (Winner)
Outstanding Featured Performer in Theatre for Young Audiences – Ali Matos (Mask Maker)
Outstanding Featured Performer in Theatre for Young Audiences – Victor Santos (Father)
Outstanding Featured Performer in Theatre for Young Audiences – Emile Sivero (Leopold)
Outstanding Movement Design – Khristián Méndez Aguirre
Outstanding Fight Choreography – Roén R. Salinas (Winner)
Outstanding Costume Design – Luis Ordaz Gutiérrez and Guicha Gutiérrez
Special Citation: Scenic Charge (Winner)
Estado Vegetal / Vegetative State by Manuela Infante
Zilker Botanical Garden & Teatro Espacio – 2023
AD: Ana Laura de Santiago
Estado Vegetal: A fully bilingual production of Manuela Infante’s vegetative play, presented at a the Zilker Botanical Garden.
Year of the Tiger by Khristián Méndez Aguirre & the company
Texas Theater and Dance – 2021
Laboratory Theater
Year of the Tiger: An original script about the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, blending fact zooms and fictional felines.
Bog Butter by Cecelia Raker
Texas Theater and Dance – 2021
F. Loren Winship Drama Building
Bog Butter: Cecelia Raker’s script about mothers, daughters, and all of herstory, set in an Irish peat bog.
Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
The New Materialists – 2019
WCP Blackbox Theater
Everybody: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ adaptation of Everyman, and an accompanying labor audit of our company’s collective efforts.
Press: Theater is Scary. So is Death in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Everybody” (Sightlines Magazine)
B. Iden Payne Award Nominations:
Outstanding Direction of a Comedy – Khristián Méndez Aguirre
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Comedy – Emily Green (God, Understanding)
Outstanding Movement Design – Jessica Peña Torres
Outstanding Large Cast – Jayla Ball, Kyle Cordova, Hugo Jaramillo, Jeffrey Gan, Gwenny Govea, Emily Green, Tess Jackson, Javi Rodriguez, Tori Schulze and Rachel Aston Warren.
Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play by Anne Washburn
Better Mr. Burns – 2018
Oscar G. Brockett Theater
Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play: A production of Anne Washburn’s post-apocalyptic fiction with a zero-waste set, an upcycled wardrobe, and an inquiry into equitable rehearsal and production practices.
Press: Staging Mr. Burns, a post-electric play with Zero Waste (Austin Chronicle)
Zero Waste Design: The Masks of Act III (ArtsNow)
Outstanding Properties Design – Taylor Lane (Winner)
Special Certificate in Sustainable Design and Production (Winner)
Outstanding Wigs, Masks and Makeup Design – Roxanne Rohmann and Aaron Kubacak (Nominated)
The Tempest, A Gentrification Story mostly by William Shakespeare
WCP Blackbox Theater – 2018
The Tempest: An adaptation of William Shakespeare’s text, set on a trendy coffee shop “La Isla Bonita” in early 2000’s gentrified East Austin.
Press: Reocurring Narratives: Exploring Gentrification and Colonization Through Art (Orange Magazine)
Featured in the Latinx Shakespeares Digital Archive
Mammoth by Adam R. Burnett
WCP Blackbox Theater – 2018
Mammoth: Adam R. Burnett’s poetic paleo-fable about reviving what was lost, presented in front of a zero-waste screen.
Press: ‘Mammoth’ play explores ideas of extinction, lost love through science (Daily Texan)
B. Iden Payne Award Nominations:
Outstanding Movement Performance – Tanner Hudson
Outstanding Costume Design – Stephanie Fisher
Outstanding Media Design – Mingxiang Ya
telephone by Ariana Reines
WCP Blackbox Theater – 2017
Telephone: Ariana Reines’ adaptation of a book of continental philosophy about those black mirrors in our pockets. Performed in conjunction with the audiences’ cellphones.
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