Charlie Chauca, Ana Sophia Colón, and Latinx Playwrights Circle
Puerto Rico es una Cama Twin
May 16-18 2025
IN RESIDENCE: May 13 – 19, 2025
This play is an ode to womanhood and the Latino experience, a vicious cycle that is broken when we actively choose to forgive. Ana Sophia Colón wrote this piece out of a desire to contemplate why people leave their hometowns and why some of them stay. Are we continuously chasing after the American dream and how does that affect those we leave behind? Perhaps leaving is a way of breaking cycles.
PERFORMANCES:
May 16th 7pm
May 17th 7pm
May 18th 2pm
RUNNING TIME: 75 minutes
PRICE: $15.00
At IRT: 154 Christopher st. NYC #3B (third floor)
ADA Accessible
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Meet the Team:
Ana Sophia Colón: Writer/ Actress
Born and raised in San Juan Puerto Rico, Ana Sophia Colón is an actress, writer, producer based in New York City. She carries within her not just a love for her island, but also her determination to create a bridge with the unknown. She graduated from Fordham University with a B.A. in Theatre and a concentration in Performance.She has worked with several theater companies including LAByrinth Theater Company, The Public, INTAR, Repertorio Español, among others. She is very grateful and excited to make Puerto Rico es Una Cama Twin happen! Website: www.anasophiacolon.com
Cándido Tirado: Director
Cándido Tirado (candidotirado.com)- Has directed more than 25 plays. Some of his notable directing credits include the Off-Broadway Hit “Made in Puerto Rico” by Elizardi Castro and “Law and Disorder,” “The Downfall of Rafael Trujillo” by Carmen Rivera, for which he received the Best Director award from Premio ATI, “El Grito Del Bronx” by Migdalia Cruz, and the one-person show “The Broadway of the Bronx” by Juan Ramirez. As a playwright he’s had over 50 productions of his plays. Off – Broadway productions include Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz (co-written with Carmen Rivera); King Without a Castle, Checking Out, First Class, The Barber Shop, Momma’s Boyz and La Cancíon. Fish Men, was produced by the Goodman Theatre in collaboration with Teatro Vista; and at INTAR. He’s a four-time recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts Playwriting Fellowship.
Charlie Chauca: Lead Producer
Charlie Chauca is a theater producer from Queens, NY. His passion lies in new work and experimental storytelling. Select Credits include: Peachy by Jasmine Sharma, LOBSQD New Work Festival, D/E’s Everything Goes Fest, Broadway For All Summer Conservatory. He’s an alumnus of IRT Theater’s 3B Residency, 2021/22 Playwrights Horizons Fellowship, 2022 Westport Country Playhouse Directing Fellowship, and member of the artistic collective Devise/Experiment.
Latinx Playwrights Circle: Co-Producers
Kat Sciortino: Stage Manager and Lighting Designer
Maricelis Galanes: Assistant Director
Maricelis Galanes is a Puerto Rican actress and writer, excited to be making her assistant directing debut with Puerto Rico es Una Cama Twin! She holds an MFA in Acting from the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University, trained at The Juilliard School’s Extension Program and graduated from Syracuse University with a dual bachelor’s in Drama and Psychology. Maricelis has performed in multiple Off-Broadway productions, among them Las Borinqueñas (Ensemble Studio Theater), La Traición en La Amistad (Repertorio Español), ¡GÁRGOLA! (MCC Theater) and The Oxcart (Roundabout Theatre Company and Pregones/PRTT). TV/Film: Fantasy Island (FOX), The Baker and the Beauty (ABC), Miranda’s Victim (Hulu). Maricelis is passionate about supporting Puerto Rican stories and amplifying female voices – I am so grateful to my colleague and friend, Ana Sophia Colón, for giving me the opportunity to be a part of this journey!
Antonia Cruz-Kent: Dramaturg
Antonia Cruz-Kent (she/her) is a Nuyorican-Jewish playwright and actor. In Fall of 2024, she completed a residency at La Lengua Theater @ Brava (S.F.) through their Decolonization Stories Festival (October 2024), and studied under Cusi Cram with the Intensive Mentorship Program @ The Latinx Playwrights Circle. She was part of IATI Theater’s 2024 Cimientos Play Development Program, and is a company member of Hero Theatre. (L.A.) She graduated in May 2024 from Columbia University’s MFA Playwriting program, and is an alum of the CalArts BFA Acting program (2021). While at Columbia, she had the pleasure of being mentored by Rebecca Taichman, and served as the assistant to Larissa FastHorse on the Broadway debut of The Thanksgiving Play. Her playwriting credits include IVERA (Latinx Playwrights Circle/Columbia University), Cross y Bandera (La Lengua Theater @ Brava), Isolina and Hamburgerpillow in the Bronx (The 24-Hour Plays @ INTAR), esperaré (IATI Theater/Columbia University), and GUAYABA MOUTH (48 hours in…EL BRONX! @ Pregones/PRTT & Harlem9). She wrote her first play at age 4. It involved a grocery store parking lot, murder, and a tenacious stuffed animal.
IRT Theater is a grassroots laboratory for independent theater and performance in New York City, providing space and support to a new generation of artists. Tucked away in the old Archive Building in Greenwich Village, IRT’s mission is to build a community of emerging and established artists by creating a home for the development and presentation of new work.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council; A.R.T./New York’s NYC Small Theatres Fund made possible with support from the Howard Gilman Foundation & support for ASL interpretation provided in part through funding from Access A.R.T./New York.
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