{"id":32485,"date":"2025-10-31T21:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T21:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/32485\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T21:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T21:21:07","slug":"latinx-new-play-festival-returns-for-eighth-year-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/32485\/","title":{"rendered":"Latinx New Play Festival returns for eighth year \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

La Jolla Playhouse will host the eighth Latinx New Play Festival<\/a> later this month, with four scripts by Latinx playwrights running Nov. 21 through 23.<\/p>\n

Launched in 2016 at San Diego Repertory Theatre, the LNPF is now co-produced by the Playhouse and TuYo Theatre, which is a Latinx company founded in 2018. This year\u2019s festival was also curated by TuYo\u2019s co-artistic director Maria Patrice Amon. The festival was created to expand the presence of Latinx stories and artists on the American stage and celebrate the range of today\u2019s Latinx experience.<\/p>\n

For this year\u2019s festival, four scripts were selected from more than 150 submissions. Each of the four plays will be rehearsed and developed at the Playhouse before a live reading before an audience.<\/p>\n

In addition to the play readings, there will be an artistic and literary panel at 6 p.m. Nov. 21, a local project presentation at 2 p.m. Nov. 22, and a scholar panel at 1 p.m. Nov. 23. There will also be receptions at the end of each day\u2019s programming.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s Latinx New Play Festival once again showcases a terrific lineup of new plays by an incredibly talented group of playwrights,\u201d said Amon. \u201cTuYo is thrilled to partner with the Playhouse to develop these new works and collaborate with artists from across the country to bring their scripts to life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here are the four plays featured at this year\u2019s festival and the time and date of their public readings.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cNovios\u201d by Arturo Lu\u00edz Soria \u2014 7 p.m. Nov. 21<\/p>\n

A motley crew of cooks hurl insults, harass each other and compete to be the most macho en el calor (\u201cmale in heat\u201d) in a gringo\u2019s failing kitchen, all under the thumb of chef Gallo. When a flamboyant new dishwasher sparks an affair with Luiz, Gallo\u2019s ward, the cooks\u2019 banter turns deadly. Gallo must wrangle the men to keep the restaurant open while wrestling with her own demons that threaten to push Luiz away forever.<\/p>\n

\u201cTempt Me\u201d by Andrew Rinc\u00f3n \u2014 3 p.m. Nov. 22<\/p>\n

God starts the world with light. But then the Devil (call him Lucy) suddenly appears on stage. He speaks into a microphone and asks the audience to imagine the stage as a familiar Garden. But things seem strange in Paradise. There\u2019s a lonely lisping animal, inventingdance. Eve is overworked and facing a crisis. Adam\u2019s a hot idiot. And when a mysterious woman sneaks her way into the Garden, Lucy finds himself taking the audience on a metatheatrical journey that twists narratives of good and evil.<\/p>\n

\u201cAma. Egg. Oy\u00e1\u201d by\u00a0 Lori Felipe-Barkin \u2014 7 p.m. Nov. 22<\/p>\n

A papaya falls from between Ama\u2019s legs and breaks into pieces, meaning she has had another miscarriage. Hailing from Hialeah, Florida, Ama is hell-bent on having a child. It\u2019s no wonder she feels an affinity towards Oy\u00e1, a barren African Orisha. As told through a series of fables, this bilingual play blends modern-day Miami and Cuban beats with Santer\u00eda to examine infertility, motherhood\u00a0 and maternal ambivalence.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Lady of the San Diego Convention Center\u201d by Mario Vega \u2014 2 p.m. Nov. 23<\/p>\n

Lulu and Milli are hired to work as youth care workers at the San Diego Convention Center, which is being used as a shelter for young migrant girls. As time passes, Lulu and Milli are tested by the changing rules and restrictions at their job. This new play is written by San Diego local, Mario Vega, a graduate of San Diego State University, and the playwright and book writer for P\u00e1sale P\u00e1sale featured at La Jolla Playhouse\u2019s 2024 WOW Festival.<\/p>\n

2025 Latinx New Play Festival<\/p>\n

When:\u00a0Nov. 21-23<\/p>\n

Where: Play Development Center, La Jolla Playhouse, 2910 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla<\/p>\n

Admission: All tickets are reserved, but a waitlist is available at formspring-xpeow.formstack.com\/forms\/2025_latinx_waitlist<\/a><\/p>\n

Online: lajollaplayhouse.org\/latinx-new-play-festival<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"La Jolla Playhouse will host the eighth Latinx New Play Festival later this month, with four scripts by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[7,967,930,181,74,84,76,75,1058,420],"class_list":{"0":"post-32485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-la-jolla","11":"tag-latest-headlines","12":"tag-san-diego","13":"tag-san-diego-county","14":"tag-san-diego-headlines","15":"tag-san-diego-news","16":"tag-theater","17":"tag-things-to-do"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}