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Milagro presents the U.S. premiere of Opción Múltiple, an award-winning dark comedy by acclaimed Mexican playwright, Luis Mario Moncada Gil. This will be the tenth Spanish professional language, production presented by Milagro since 2002, a unique accomplishment unparalleled in the region. BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the show below!
Offering Spanish language theatre embodies the organization's commitment to producing compelling stories and presenting extraordinary work from Latino writers.
In 1993, Milagro offered its first programming in Spanish when it presented a single evening of Botánica, by Dolores Prida, produced by New York City's Repertorio Español. Over 300 patrons and students attended the performance, demonstrating a strong local interest in Spanish language theatre. This momentous event was inspiring but, at the time, Milagro realized that it was not ready to produce it on a professional scale, and there was little assurance that this type of programming would have sufficient audience to sustain it. A lot has changed, and more than twenty years later, Milagro brings Opción Múltiple, a play that has delighted critics and theatre-goers throughout Latin America and Spain.
Milagro's production, directed by long-time Milagro collaborator Nelda Reyes, is a creative portrayal of a person living with dissociative identity disorder (aka, multiple personalities). Through the playwright's creative portrayal of Diana's alter egos as distinct characters, the struggle of those living with this mental illness is brought out into the open, on the stage for us to see. The play brings light and awareness of this condition through laughter. In addition, this production provides great roles for talented local Latino actors, including veterans of Milagro's many Spanish language programs, Nurys Herrera, Veronika Nuñez and Vicente Guzmán-Orozco.
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