Nuevo Mundo (A New Directors Festival)
with Guest Mentors Christie Vela, Sasha Maya Ada, and Lauren Leblanc

Celebrating forty years of developing new artists, we are expanding on our biennial international festivals with the addition of Nuevo Mundo, a festival to incubate new directors and playwrights. We will select three talented young directors that are under-represented on Dallas’ stages and pair them with seasoned directors to mentor and support their selections of plays they believe deserve to be seen. Explore the next generation of new voices connecting Dallas to the global South.

“Como Agua Para Chocolate” written by Laura Esquivel directed by Gabriel under the mentorship of Christie Vela. In 1910, during the Mexican Revolution, Pedro Muzquiz and Tita de la Garza fall in love, but their love is forbidden. When Pedro and his father ask Tita’s mother for her hand in marriage, she refuses, citing family tradition that the youngest daughter must care for her mother in old age. In order to stay near Tita, Pedro reluctantly agrees to marry Tita’s older sister, Rosaura. (SPANISH)

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