Magic Spoon Video Promo: EL NOGALAR by Tanya Saracho, June 4 - 20, 2015
This modern bilingual adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard takes place on the beautiful but fading estate, Hacienda Los Nogales, now a hostage of the explosive drug wars prevalent in Northern Mexico. El Nogalar is the story of the Galvan family's struggle to hold on to their homestead and their precarious social status before it slips away. The play shadows the family's housekeeper, Dunia, as she watches the family matriarch Maite and her daughters squander their money and risk losing everything to a local drug cartel, La Maña. Despite the repeated warnings from the once humble but loyal worker in the estate's pecan orchard, Guillermo Lopez, Maite ignores her dwindling fortune as stubbornly as she ignores La Maña.
This poignant and moving story from playwright Tanya Saracho and directed by Rudy Ramirez explores social class, family, identity and the choice between adapting to the changing world or getting left behind.
"What would you risk for the land you love?"
Teatro Vivo is proud to present El Nogalar by Tanya Saracho, directed by Rudy Ramirez.
Starring Yesenia Yadira Herrington, Krysta Gonzales, Olivia Jimenez, Gricelda Silva, Jesus Valles
Set Design by Ia Ensterä. Lighting Design by Patrick W Anthony. Costume Design by Jessica Gilzow. Sound Design by Alexis Arredondo. Props Design by Helen Parish. Stage Managed by Lori Navarrete. Produced by Vanessa Alvarado, JoAnn Carreon Reyes and Rupert Reyes.
Performances are June 4 - 20 Thurs - Sat. 8pm and June 7 and 14 Sunday 2pm at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River Street Austin TX 78701. Free parking is available to audience members.
Tickets are available online at teatrovivo.org or you may purchase at the theatre starting 30 min before the performance time. All Thursdays are "pay what you wish" only at the theatre box office beginning 30 minutes before show time.
Music by Vanessa DelFiero y Mariachi Las Coronelas. Filmed & edited by Magic Spoon Productions
El Nogalar
by Tanya Saracho
Teatro Vivo
June 04 - June 20, 2015
evenings at 8 p.m., Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m.
Tickets $14 - $20 plus fees, available at
Tickets are available online at www.teatrovivo.org or you may purchase at the theatre starting 30 min before the performance time. All Thursdays are "pay what you wish" only at the theatre box office beginning 30 minutes before show time. The "pay what you wish" tickets are not available on line.
