Sin Muros: A Latinx Theater Festival

7:30 PM: Hotel Puerto Vallarta, a legitimate work of dramatic theatre by David Davila

A Q&A will directly follow the reading, featuring the playwright.

Tickets are available here for $5.

The Hotel Puerto Valarta (with one “L”) is the second most popular drag resort in sunny Puerto Vallarta—which ain’t saying much considering there’s only two. Though it hasn’t been remodeled by the fab five or any other interior designer since the early nineties, some would call its shabbiness chic. Still, others would call an Uber to take them to a nicer hotel. That won’t stop local drag has-been turned hotel manager, Connie Guisada from dreaming of one day being able to restore it to its former glory! So imagine how Connie and the other queens react when they find out their boss, Barbra Coa, has plans to sell to developers and leave them all unemployed. Can Connie prevent the sale of the Hotel Puerto Valarta (with one “L”) by end of business day or will she be turning tricks with the half-naked hustlers out on Playa de los Muertos?

7:00 PM: 619 Hendricks by Josie Nericcio

A Q&A will directly follow the reading, featuring the playwright.

Tickets are available here for $5.

Two brothers fight about the fate of their childhood home. Nesto wants to sell right away, Richie wants to wait, and each have their own reasons for what they want and need from the house.

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: Dramatizing Your Curriculum: Interactive Activities for On Your Feet Learning: An Educator’s Workshop led by Marissa Castillo, co-founder of TEATRX

In this free, interactive workshop using the text Aniana Del Mar Jumps In by Jasminne Mendez, teachers will learn how to integrate theater games and imaginative activities into the classroom. These activities will bring the curriculum to life using the student body, voice, and imagination. Students will strengthen their understanding of sequencing, identify conflict and resolution, and make deeper inferences. This workshop can be beneficial for educators who teach reading, writing, history, social studies, and science.

RSVP here to reserve your place in this workshop.

11:00 AM – 8:00 PM: Arts Market

Free to attend!

Local vendors, artisans, food trucks, and non-profit organizations from the Greater Houston community will be present throughout the day. Come visit with TEATRX, Texas Salsa Congress, Defunkt Magazine, artist Michaella Cerenio, The Houston Artist Speaks Through The Grids, Barrio Antiguo Designs, and more.

SPECIAL OFFER! You can purchase a Festival Pass to see all three readings on 5/27 for $10.

11:00 AM: Hotel Puerto Vallarta, a legitimate work of dramatic theatre by David Davila

Individual tickets are available here for $5.

The Hotel Puerto Valarta (with one “L”) is the second most popular drag resort in sunny Puerto Vallarta—which ain’t saying much considering there’s only two. Though it hasn’t been remodeled by the fab five or any other interior designer since the early nineties, some would call its shabbiness chic. Still, others would call an Uber to take them to a nicer hotel. That won’t stop local drag has-been turned hotel manager, Connie Guisada from dreaming of one day being able to restore it to its former glory! So imagine how Connie and the other queens react when they find out their boss, Barbra Coa, has plans to sell to developers and leave them all unemployed. Can Connie prevent the sale of the Hotel Puerto Valarta (with one “L”) by end of business day or will she be turning tricks with the half-naked hustlers out on Playa de los Muertos?

2:00 PM: 619 Hendricks by Josie Nericcio

Individual tickets are available here for $5.

Two brothers fight about the fate of their childhood home. Nesto wants to sell right away, Richie wants to wait, and each have their own reasons for what they want and need from the house.

7:00 PM: parts per million & prophets by Ricardo Dávila

Individual tickets are available here for $5.

After a provocative biology project lands her on suspension, Silvia’s eco-anxiety follows her through the halls of La Monte High School, cracking through her adolescence and opening up a channel to something older and much deeper, someone who’s been waiting for her to wake up … and then there’s the crocodile.

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Writing for the More-Than-Human World: A Community Playwriting Workshop with Ricardo Dávila

This two-hour workshop will focus on storytelling through the lens of the more-than-human world. As we wade through this ecologically precarious age, the degradation of ecosystems, and the mass extinction of thousands of species, our stories have the capacity to reshape human perspectives on those living beings who suffer most from our blatant disregard for the earth’s natural balance: forests, rivers, animals, glaciers, clouds, ocean currents – and maybe in doing so, alter the course of history. Participants will examine the ways in which the more-than-human world is often portrayed in the stories we tell, and explore new ways of bringing life, dignity, and honor to our more-than-human comrades.

RSVP here to reserve your spot in this workshop.

2:00 PM: a river, its mouths by Jesús I. Valles

To increase accessibility, this free virtual reading will be livestreamed on Stages’ YouTube channel and available to watch through June 2023.

Struggling with severe depression, You return to your hometown in Texas, right by the river that raised You, right on the border with Mexico. It’s the summer of 2019 and the Rio Bravo keeps claiming migrants’ lives during their perilous crossings. However, the people in your hometown are much more interested in talking about “The Rio Grande mermaid,” a creature rumored to haunt the river, clawing its way out of the sand, out of the water, into the air, into your head, haunting the mouths of family, friends, and strangers. Something in the water calls to You. “Come,” the river says, “Come to me.”

2:00 PM: parts per million & prophets by Ricardo Dávila

A Q&A will directly follow the reading, featuring the playwright.

Tickets are available here for $5.

After a provocative biology project lands her on suspension, Silvia’s eco-anxiety follows her through the halls of La Monte High School, cracking through her adolescence and opening up a channel to something older and much deeper, someone who’s been waiting for her to wake up … and then there’s the crocodile.

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM: El Reposo – The Closing Ceremony

Free to attend!

Last year’s Premio Puente winner, Ruby Rivera, and the Texas Salsa Congress will lead our community in bidding farewell to the Festival with dance.