Recent Alien Abductions at Sacred Fools Theater Company

Part family drama, part examination of personal and cultural alienation, Recent Alien Abductions follows Álvaro, a queer Puerto Rican artist who believes he has unraveled a real-life conspiracy embedded in an early episode of The X-Files. Years later, a close friend arrives at Álvaro’s family home hoping to get permission to publish his plays. What she uncovers while there means Álvaro might have been right all along.

This West Coast premiere serves as a centerpiece for Sacred Fools' landmark 30th-anniversary season, celebrating three decades of bringing eclectic, profound, and highly engaging theatrical work to the Los Angeles community. A 2017 Humana Festival hit commissioned by Playwrights Horizons, Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas's play is a gripping examination of personal and cultural alienation.