Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!

First Preview: Oct 23, 2024

Opening Date: Nov 10, 2024

Closing Date: Dec 01, 2024

https://sohorep.org/shows/give-me-carmelita-tropicana/

Playing @

Walkerspace / Soho Repertory Theatre

46 Walker St New York, NY 10019

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B: I was at the end of a particularly good year for me when A, my mentor and former teacher, called me up. It was during a thunderstorm. —Hey A!
A: I have to… I think I’m gonna kill her.
B: … Kill who? (no answer) A? Who are you killing?
A: Carmelita Tropicana.
(A loud crack of THUNDER.)

Thus begins Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!—part love letter to an iconic performance artist, part intergenerational debate about the legacy of “downtown” New York, part theatrical interrogation of the uses/abuses of nostalgia, real estate, “representation” and the “avant-garde,” 100% fantastical journey in which Branden Jacobs-Jenkins attempts to buy Carmelita Tropicana from her creator… but at what cost?

Audience Advisory:

Masks are required for the October 26 evening performance and the November 23 matinee performance only.

Performance Schedule:

TUESDAY-FRIDAY & SUNDAY @ 7:30 PM
SATURDAY @ 3 PM & 7:30 PM

No 3 PM performance October 26 & November 7
No performance November 3, 5 & 27
Added performance November 4 @ 7:30 PM & November 27 @ 3 PM

Cast

Carmelita Tropicana
Octavia Chavez-Richmond
Ugo Chukwu
Will Dagger
Keren Lugo

Director

Eric Ting

Written by

Alina Troyano & Branden Jacobs-Jenkins