DESTINY OF DESIRE Cast Set for Denver Center Theatre Company

The Denver Center Theatre Company has announced the full cast and creative team for Destiny of Desire: A Telenovela Play with Music by Karen Zacarías (Just Like Us, Native Gardens), the first production of the Theatre Company's 2026/27 season. Destiny of Desire will launch a co-production in Denver on September 11 in the Wolf Theatre and then transfer to Los Angeles where performances will begin at Center Theatre Group's Mark Taper Forum on November 11. 

Destiny of Desire will feature Victoria Gómez (Basura, Alliance Theatre) as Victoria María del Río/Nurse 1/Ensemble, Adam Enrique Hollick (Jersey Boys, Pioneer Theatre Company) as Sebastián José Castillo/Paramedic 1/Cop 1/Ensemble, Adrián Javier (The Reservoir, Geffen Playhouse) as Dr. Diego Mendoza/Paramedic 2/Cop 2/Ensemble, Jessica Lopez (DCPA debut) as Pilar Esperanza Castillo/Nurse 2/Ensemble, Bianca Marroquín (Chicago, Broadway) as Fabiola Castillo/Ensemble, Zeus Mendoza (twenty50, DCTC) as Armando Castillo/Ensemble, Francisca Muñoz (The Gardens of Anuncia, Lincoln Center Theatre) as Hortensia del Río/Ensemble, Elijah Reyes (Hamilton, national tour) as Ernesto del Río/Ensemble, Al Rodrigo (Open Admissions, Broadway) as Dr. Jorge Ramiro Mendoza/Casino Dealer/Bartender/Guard/Ensemble, Cheryl Umaña (Alma, Center Theatre Group) as Sister Sonia/Ensemble, Ge Enrique (Jesus Christ Superstar, Palace Theatre) as Musician/Ensemble, Robert Almodovar (Into the Woods, Singapore Repertory Theatre) as Understudy for Armando Castillo/Dr. Jorge Ramiro Mendoza/Ensemble, James Frederick Everts (Spring Awakening, East West Players) as Understudy for Ernesto del Río/Sebastián José Castillo/Dr. Diego Mendoza/Ensemble, Isabella Bria Lopez (Evita, Shakespeare Theatre Company) as Understudy for Victoria María del Río/Pilar Esperanza Castillo/Ensemble, and Sandra Ochoa Rice (The Addams Family, Center Stage Theatre) as Understudy for Hortensia del Río/Fabiola Castillo/Sister Sonia/Ensemble.

Destiny of Desire will be directed by Marcela Lorca (Sueño, American Players Theatre) with music direction by Deborah Wicks La Puma (Frida Libre, La Jolla Playhouse), choreography by William Carlos Angulo (Hello, Dolly!, Ogunquit Playhouse), scenic design by Takeshi Kata (The Reservoir, DCTC), costume design by Raquel Barreto (Cebollas, DCTC), lighting design by Pablo Santiago (Somewhere, DCPA), sound design by Lindsay Jones (Cowboys and East Indians, DCTC), original compositions by Aldo Max (Don't Let the Kids Alone), dramaturgy by Ken Cerniglia (Hadestown, Broadway), voice and dialect coaching by Elisa Gonzales (Anna in the Tropics, American Players Theatre), fight direction and intimacy choreography by Samantha Egle (Godspeed, DCTC), casting by RBT Casting (Ryan Bernard Tymensky, CSA) (Brigadoon, Pasadena Playhouse) and Grady Soapes, CSA (Next to Normal, DCTC), and stage management Brooke Redler (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, DCTC) and Abigail Peterson (The Phantom of the Opera, national tour).

“We are delighted to launch our 2026/27 Theatre Company season with Karen Zacarías' hilarious and heartfelt homage to the telenovela, Destiny of Desire,” said Artistic Director Chris Coleman. “Karen is one of the most influential and widely produced playwrights in American theatre today, and it is especially meaningful to welcome back a playwright whose work has been produced across all our theatres. Destiny of Desire brilliantly blends sharp comedy, sweeping romance, and surprising twists while exploring the universal search for identity and belonging. There could be no better way to open our season than by inviting audiences to share in the laughter and vibrant theatricality of this remarkable play.”

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