Funding for Teatro Chelsea has been provided by the Barr Foundation's Powering Cultural Futures initiative.
A-Tipico
RSVPTeatro Chelsea is proud to announce the finalists for the 5th Annual A-Tipico Latinx New Play Festival!
From March 6-8 at 7:30pm, each night will feature a staged reading of a fresh new play from rising Latinx playwrights from around the country. Join us in celebrating these three playwrights and their work:
L.A. Muerta by Mario Vega
The Leopard Women by Andrew Rincon
Salve Maria by Tatiana Isabel Gil
Each evening of the festival is FREE and open to the public. Just RSVP Here!
Each staged reading will be followed by a talk back with the playwright. Be a part of a play's development and learn about a playwright's process.
Audience members' feedback will play an essential role in helping Teatro Chelsea select one of the plays for a world premiere production in 2026!
March 6-8 || Thursday, Friday, Saturday @ 7:30pm
Offering creative space for Latinx artists to grow and express their work, A-Típico will feature a selection of English/Spanish/Bi-lingual full-length plays presented as staged readings in the style of in-development workshops. Scripts will be read by professional actors and audiences will then be able to share feedback with the playwrights to help them continue to develop their work to its next steps.
As part of Teatro Chelsea’s commitment to cultivating new work, a new work from the A-Típico Festival may be selected for a world premiere production in 2026! Teatro Chelsea’s new play festival, A-Típico, aims to showcase and expand the focus on underrepresented Latinx stories.
The festival also looks to present universal stories: not Latinx plays but plays by Latinx playwrights.
ALL READINGS TAKE PLACE @ Chelsea Theatre Works Blackbox (directions here)
Previous A-Tipico Festival Finalists:
A-Típico IV
A-Típico III
A-Típico II
A-Típico I
A-Tipico
March 6-8 @ Chelsea Theatre Works Blackbox (directions here)
RSVPThursday March 6th @ 7:30pm
L.A. Muerta by Mario Vega
Directed by Armando Rivera
Synopsis:
Yulissa Sepulveda is a teenage delinquent at an underfunded charter school in Los Angeles. She fights with her mom, her teachers, her classmates and eventually demons manifested from the negative emotions of the city. As she goes toe to toe with manifestations of loneliness and violence, she slowly begins to learn that there is a strength beyond punching and kicking (though punching and kicking will come still in handy!).
Friday March 7th 7:30pm
The Leopard Women by Andrew Rincon
Directed by Carla Mirabal Rodriguez
Synopsis:
Amanda and Lucia are sisters who struggle to get along. And after an explosive fight between the two - each start seeing visions of Death and a mysterious creature called a Leopard Woman. The play follows them as they struggle to repair their bonds and deal with the grief of recently losing their mother. A play in Spanglish about Grief, Art and the meaning of Life.
Saturday March 8th 7:30pm
Salve Maria by Tatiana Isabel Gil
Synopsis:
Two struggling sisters who are also brujitas (witches), accidentally conjure Mary, the mother of Jesus into their secret attic fortress at the girl’s home in which they reside. The girls learn they are not so different from Mary and find healing in the process of getting Mary to the great beyond."
Teatro Chelsea
Teatro Chelsea celebrates Latin cultures, showcases and fosters local talent, builds community in Chelsea through arts engagement and collaboration, and is establishing a hub for Latin artists in the Boston metropolitan area. Teatro Chelsea creates theatre at the crossroads of languages, cultures, and histories that make up the Latin experience, and seeks to amplify and honor the voices that speak to these unique experiences.
Teatro Chelsea welcomes all and brings together people with different talents and passions. Love to sew? You can make costumes. Love to write music? You can create a sound design. You don’t need theatre experience and the time commitment is individual. Adults, youth, groups of friends, and businesses can all be involved. What’s your talent? What do you have to lend? Teatro Chelsea would love to have you!
Teatro Chelsea in American Theatre Magazine
Teatro Chelsea and The Huntington Collaborate On New Latine Play Reading Initiative
Teatro Chelsea and The Huntington announce a new Latine play reading initiative to collegially explore and celebrate the work of Latine writers with a series of play readings, conversations, and convenings in the coming year.
The two organizations launched this initiative with a reading of Jacuzzi by Cuban playwright and activist Yunior Garcia and translated and directed by Huntington Artist-in-Residence Melinda Lopez at The Huntington Theatre.
The Huntington and Teatro Chelsea have collaborated on past projects, including an online presentation in connection with Teatro Chelsea's production of Sonia Se Fue in 2020 and works included in The Huntington's audio play series Dream Boston, and look forward to deepening their relationship.