Latino Theater Company
presents
Written by Gricelda Silva, Indigo Rael, and Caroline Reck; additional writing by Jesus I. Valles, Connor Hopkins
Directed by Caroline Reck
Glass Half Full Theatre│Austin, Texas
Yamel Cucuy is the story of a girl on the precipice of adulthood, contending with the physical and metaphysical violence of borders. Yamel is hunted by immigration agents while haunted by specters from Mexican folklore. On the shadowy frontier between life and death, she forges her own spirit of courage and wisdom. Set to an original score of indigenous percussion, Yamel Cucuy blends sophisticated puppetry with live actors and draws upon frightening folk tales and modern horror movies to create a terrifying psychological landscape of pitfalls both legal and spiritual.
RUNTIME: 79 minutes
CONTENT WARNING: Subtle reference to sexual assault, image of gun and violence in shadow puppetry, language, death.
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Saturday, October 26 at 4:00 PM
Sunday, October 27 at 2:00 PM
Saturday, November 2 at 5:00 PM
Sunday, November 3 at 4:00 PM
Thursday, November 7 at 8:00 PM
Friday, November 8 at 8:00 PM -
Adults - $48
Students - $24
Seniors (65+) - $24
Veterans - $24
LAUSD Employee - $24
ALL Thursdays - $10
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Cast
Yamel Alternate
Gricelda Silva
Yamel Alternate
Diana Patricia Guizado
Xavier / Chupacabrón
Gustavo Martinez
Tia Zaira / Las Lloronas
Minerva Villa
Lechuza / Flaca
Veronica Pomata
Ice Agent 2 / El Viejo
Victor Santos
Ice Agent 1 / Puppeteer
Connor Hopkins
Reina / Puppeteer
Jen Brown
Credits
Written by
Gricelda Silva, Indigo Rael, and Caroline Reck; additional writing by Jesus I. Valles, Connor Hopkins
Directed by
Caroline Reck
Stage Manager / Technical Director
Zac Crofford
Production Manager / Co-Producing Artistic Director
Khristián Méndez Aguirre
Dramaturgy by
James Montaño
Mágica & Mictlan Consulting by
Alexis Arredondo
Score by
Paul Piñon
Shadow Puppetry by
Connor Hopkins, Indigo Rael, and Caroline Reck
Video Editing and Graphics by
Indigo Rael
Sound Design and Video Integration by
K. Eliot Haynes
Lighting by
Rachel Atkinson
Spirit Costumes by
Annie Ulrich
Additional Costuming by
Caroline Reck and Indigo Rael
Scenic Design/Fabrication by
Caroline Reck, Connor Hopkins, Indigo Rael
Prop Design/Fabrication by
Indigo Rael
Yamel Puppet by
Caroline Reck
Stage Management (and builder of things like screens and a rolling trunk) by
Zac Crofford
Production Management & Company Care by
Khristián Méndez Aguirre
Produced by
Caroline Reck, Khristián Méndez Aguirre, & Gricelda Silva
Graphic Design by
Khristián Méndez Aguirre
Marketing by
Khristián Méndez Aguirre
Public Relations Management by
Motley Crew Media
Videography by
Jose Lozano
Photography by
Ulises Garcia, Minerva Villa
Glass Half Full Theatre
Glass Half Full Theatre (Puppetry of Objects & Ideas) innovates performance structure and audience experience with original works featuring both humans and puppets that elevate issues of environmental and social justice with a focus on Latinx communities. Our bilingual plays cross linguistic and cultural boundaries towards the heart of the imagination, where artists and audiences examine how oppressive power structures work and how they can be overcome. Glass Half Full Theatre began making original work in Austin, Texas in 2011, addressing complex problems through an optimistic lens. We typically create one original work each year while presenting/ touring/ performing our existing works. Our local performances have served over 45,000 audience members in Austin, Texas. Our touring performances have visited 30 states, and performed for more than 100,000 people at 50+ performing arts venues across the nation. For the past five years, our work is exclusively bilingual (Spanish/ English) as we have embraced centering Latinx creators and audience.