The world premiere of José Rivera's play School of the Americas will begin previews tomorrow, June 20th. The official opening will be July 6th, and the show will close on July 23rd. A co-production between LAByrinth Theater Company and The Public Theater, School of the Americas is a new play from the Academy Award-nominated author of The Motorcycle Diaries.
The cast includes Karina Arroyave, Raul Castillo, Nathan LeBron, John Ortiz, Felix Solis and Patricia Velasquez. They will be directed by Mark Wing-Davey."In the Bolivian jungle, Che Guevara is captured and held in a one-room schoolhouse. For two days, no one – not the Bolivian President nor the U.S. State Department—is able to decide his fate. The young schoolteacher of the village insists that she be given permission to speak to the famous revolutionary. Her conversations with Che—based on historical fact—are the heart of School of the Americas," state press notes.OBIE Award winner and LAByrinth Co-Artistic Director John Ortiz (The Last Days of Judas Iscariot) will portray Che Guevara. The young schoolteacher, Julia Cortes, will be played by Patricia Velasquez (The Mummy films), who is making her professional U.S. stage debut. Karina Arroyave plays Lucila Cortes and Felix Solis assumes the role of Felix Rodriguez. Cast as the two guards are Raul Castillo and Nathan LeBron.
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