Teatro Paraguas Presents WELCOME TO ARROYO'S This April

Teatro Paraguas presents Welcome to Arroyo's, a play about family, community, grief, redemption, and hip-hop by Kristoffer Diaz, directed by Roxanne Tapia.

DJs Trip Goldstein (Jonathan Harrell) and Nelson Cardenal (Matthew Montoya) put a fresh spin on Greek chorus narration. Mixing hot jams and comic relief, they transport us to New York City's Lower East Side in 2004....

Alejandro Arroyo (Rick Vargas) and his angry little sister Molly (Alix Hudson) are struggling to keep their lives together in the wake of their mother's death. Without the glue that held them together, the siblings fight to redefine their own relationship. Alejandro has converted his mother's bodega into a lounge called Arroyo's, but can't seem to get any customers.

Molly is busted by handsome Officer Derek (Daric Gutierrez) while tagging the police station wall. Love at first sight, or 90 days detention?

Alejandro and Molly knew their mother as a hard-working woman, running a no-frills bodega and taking care of her family. But young wannabe hip-hop historian Lelly Santiago (Cristina Vigil) has returned to the neighborhood with a theory about their mother's past that could change everything.

Alejandro must deal with the mystery of his mother, his under-performing lounge, his sister Molly's rebellion, Lelly's distracting cuteness, and his DJs' desire to perform in his bar. Can he successfully fill his mother's place in the community and transform Arroyo's into the "hottest watering hole south of Houston Street"?

APRIL 7-24, 2016
Thursday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
$18 general admission
$12 limited income
Thursdays pay-what-you-wish
GALA RECEPTION Saturday 4/9 $25
advance tickets at Brown Paper Tickets
tickets at door 505-424-1601
Teatro Paraguas
3205 Calle Marie, ?Santa Fe

Kristoffer Diaz is a playwright and educator, living and working in Brooklyn, NY. His full-length plays include The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer), Welcome to Arroyo's, Rebecca Oaxaca Lays Down a Bunt, F**king Vigwan,and #therevolution.