Welcome to Arroyo's
In New York City's fabled Lower East Side, Alejandro Arroyo and his sister Molly are taking very different paths to cope with their mother's recent death. Alejandro has torn down his mom's bodega, replacing it with a stylish new nightclub--that no one seems to go to. Molly has taken to the streets, writing her name in graffiti in the most inappropriate places. Meanwhile, college student and LES-expat Lelly Santiago might just have stumbled across a lost bit of hip-hop history that could change all of their lives. Two onstage DJs/ narrators/neighborhood homeboys spin the story in this hip-hop theater play.
2W, 4M
Developed at South Coast Repertory's Hispanic Playwrights Project, The Lark Play Development Center's Playwrights Week and Barebones Series, The Hip-Hop Theater Festival's Critical Breaks series, Arielle Tepper's Summer Play Festival, and New York University.
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Macedonio Guerra is a pro wrestler who has discovered the next big thing: an impossibly charismatic hip-hop-influenced Indian kid from Brooklyn. His boss has the perfect idea for their characters: terrorists. An in-depth comic look at pro wrestling, geopolitics, and refrigerator crispers.
4M
Guernica
A violent con man turned forgiveness-preaching, potentially violent Man Of God. His business-minded, formerly-estranged daughter. Her mysterious best friend. A meditation on religion, lust, and air-conditioning.
2W, 1M
Developed at The Lark Play Development Center, Manhattan Theatre Source, and New Dramatists.
Part Two of the Guernica trilogy. A cryptic look at the unwanted responsibilities of power and leadership, through the lens of one cracked wall.
Cast Size TBA
This play is a work-in-progress.
Violenter
Part Three of the Guernica trilogy. Guernica has returned to her best friend Tyree, and this time, she's got an army behind her, including the impossibly beautiful and unstoppably violent Aurora. Tattoos, gun lust, and a bloody right arm named Charlie.
This play is a work-in-progress. Developed at The Lark.