A new Luis Alfaro play is always something to get excited about. In the past five years, Magic Theatre audiences have been treated to his electrifying barrio remixes of ancient Greek tragedies, Oedipus el Rey and the Medea update Bruja. Now Alfaro starts a whole new trilogy, This Golden State, co-commissioned by the Magic and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Alfaro plans to explore different grand, sweeping themes of American life through the lens of a Latino family that’s been living in the Western states since before they were part of the United States. In Part One: Delano, Alfaro tackles religion and community in a story about a pastor and his wife who return to Delano, California, to take over a congregation in disarray.
— Sam Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle, Theater critic
Director: Loretta Greco, Magic Artistic Director
Cast: Wilma Bonet, Carla Gallardo, Rod Gnapp, Sara Nina Hayon, Armando Rodriguez, and Sean San Jose
Set design: Andrew Boyce
Costume design: Alex Jaeger
Sound design: Jake Rodriguez
Musical direction: Christopher Winslow
Performances: Previews May 21 – June 2; Opens June 3-14
Wednesday 5/27 @ 8pm (Preview)
Thursday 5/28 @ 8pm
Friday 5/29 @ 8pm**
Saturday 5/30 @ 8pm
Sunday 5/31 @ 2:30pm
Tuesday 6/2 @ 7pm
Wednesday 6/3 @ 8pm (Opening)
Thursday 6/4 @ 8pm
Friday 6/5 @ 8pm**
Saturday 6/6 @ 8pm
Sunday 6/7 @ 2:30pm
Tuesday 6/9 @ 7pm
Wednesday 6/10 @ 8pm
Thursday 6/11 @ 8pm
Friday 6/12 @ 8pm**
Saturday 6/13 @ 8pm
Sunday 6/14 @ 2:30pm
**Friday nites post-show: Talk Back with Playwright Luis Alfaro
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— Sam Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle, Theater critic
Director: Loretta Greco, Magic Artistic Director
Cast: Wilma Bonet, Carla Gallardo, Rod Gnapp, Sara Nina Hayon, Armando Rodriguez, and Sean San Jose
Set design: Andrew Boyce
Costume design: Alex Jaeger
Sound design: Jake Rodriguez
Musical direction: Christopher Winslow
Performances: Previews May 21 – June 2; Opens June 3-14
Wednesday 5/27 @ 8pm (Preview)
Thursday 5/28 @ 8pm
Friday 5/29 @ 8pm**
Saturday 5/30 @ 8pm
Sunday 5/31 @ 2:30pm
Tuesday 6/2 @ 7pm
Wednesday 6/3 @ 8pm (Opening)
Thursday 6/4 @ 8pm
Friday 6/5 @ 8pm**
Saturday 6/6 @ 8pm
Sunday 6/7 @ 2:30pm
Tuesday 6/9 @ 7pm
Wednesday 6/10 @ 8pm
Thursday 6/11 @ 8pm
Friday 6/12 @ 8pm**
Saturday 6/13 @ 8pm
Sunday 6/14 @ 2:30pm
**Friday nites post-show: Talk Back with Playwright Luis Alfaro
A new Luis Alfaro play is always something to get excited about. In the past five years, Magic Theatre audiences have been treated to his electrifying barrio remixes of ancient Greek tragedies, Oedipus el Rey and the Medea update Bruja. Now Alfaro starts a whole new trilogy, This Golden State, co-commissioned by the Magic and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Alfaro plans to explore different grand, sweeping themes of American life through the lens of a Latino family that’s been living in the Western states since before they were part of the United States. In Part One: Delano, Alfaro tackles religion and community in a story about a pastor and his wife who return to Delano, California, to take over a congregation in disarray.
— Sam Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle, Theater critic
Director: Loretta Greco, Magic Artistic Director
Cast: Wilma Bonet, Carla Gallardo, Rod Gnapp, Sara Nina Hayon, Armando Rodriguez, and Sean San Jose
Set design: Andrew Boyce
Costume design: Alex Jaeger
Sound design: Jake Rodriguez
Musical direction: Christopher Winslow
Performances: Previews May 21 – June 2; Opens June 3-14
Wednesday 5/27 @ 8pm (Preview)
Thursday 5/28 @ 8pm
Friday 5/29 @ 8pm**
Saturday 5/30 @ 8pm
Sunday 5/31 @ 2:30pm
Tuesday 6/2 @ 7pm
Wednesday 6/3 @ 8pm (Opening)
Thursday 6/4 @ 8pm
Friday 6/5 @ 8pm**
Saturday 6/6 @ 8pm
Sunday 6/7 @ 2:30pm
Tuesday 6/9 @ 7pm
Wednesday 6/10 @ 8pm
Thursday 6/11 @ 8pm
Friday 6/12 @ 8pm**
Saturday 6/13 @ 8pm
Sunday 6/14 @ 2:30pm
**Friday nites post-show: Talk Back with Playwright Luis Alfaro
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— Sam Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle, Theater critic
Director: Loretta Greco, Magic Artistic Director
Cast: Wilma Bonet, Carla Gallardo, Rod Gnapp, Sara Nina Hayon, Armando Rodriguez, and Sean San Jose
Set design: Andrew Boyce
Costume design: Alex Jaeger
Sound design: Jake Rodriguez
Musical direction: Christopher Winslow
Performances: Previews May 21 – June 2; Opens June 3-14
Wednesday 5/27 @ 8pm (Preview)
Thursday 5/28 @ 8pm
Friday 5/29 @ 8pm**
Saturday 5/30 @ 8pm
Sunday 5/31 @ 2:30pm
Tuesday 6/2 @ 7pm
Wednesday 6/3 @ 8pm (Opening)
Thursday 6/4 @ 8pm
Friday 6/5 @ 8pm**
Saturday 6/6 @ 8pm
Sunday 6/7 @ 2:30pm
Tuesday 6/9 @ 7pm
Wednesday 6/10 @ 8pm
Thursday 6/11 @ 8pm
Friday 6/12 @ 8pm**
Saturday 6/13 @ 8pm
Sunday 6/14 @ 2:30pm
**Friday nites post-show: Talk Back with Playwright Luis Alfaro
show less
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