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Alba

A new play by Alejandro Rodriguez, selected O’Neill NPC Finalist in 2024

Alba is a fresh, funny and poignant interpretation of Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba, set in Miami.

April 17 - May 4, 2025

Chelsea Theatre Works, 181 Winnisimmet Street, Chelsea, MA

Alba was one of three plays selected out of 60 submissions for Teatro Chelsea’s A-Típico New Play festival in 2023, and subsequently chosen for further development and a full production at Teatro. Alejandro Rodriguez, an award-winning Cuban playwright based in Miami, has weaved together the threads of family, humor, exile and memories into a beautiful exploration of how we come to understand our place in the world.

Inspired by Federico García Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba, with a Cuban approach to life and humor, Alba follows a strong-willed Cuban matriarch struggling to maintain control of her unruly household amidst newfangled technology, mounting debts, and a suitor with questionable intentions. Set in working-class Miami, it is the story of a family’s journey as seen through the eyes of remembrance.

Elliot Norton award-winning director Mariela Lépez-Ponce, Co-Artistic director of Teatro Chelsea, leads a cast featuring Elisa Guzman Hosta (Alba), Luz Lopez (Amelia), Ricardo "Ricky" Holguin* (Poet), Inés De La Cruz* (Josefina), Paola Ferrer (Yolanda), Amber Nicole Rodriguez (Adela), Jessibel Falcon (Angie), and Carmen Serrato (Gladys.)

Alba features scenic design by Kristin Loeffler, lighting design by Lauren Stetson, sound design by Armando Rivera.

April 17-May 4 @ Chelsea Theatre Works Blackbox (directions here)

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Previous A-Tipico Festival Finalists:

A-Típico IV

December2023
Beheading Columbus by Diana Burbano
Alba by Alejandro Rodriguez
El Puente // The Bridge by Sandra Ruiz

A-Típico III

October 2022/January 2023
Ashes Down the Drain by Marielle Guadalupe Vizcarra
The Re-Education of Fernando Morales by Justin P. Lopez
Yoli, Alfredo, y la Vida by Peter Pasco
Grit by Nick Malakhow
619 Hendricks by Josie Nericcio

A-Típico II

October 2021
Black Girl Joy by Phanésia Pharel
Revitalized by Joel Ulloa
Temporary by Amy Toruño
Lithosphere Heart by Tatiana Isabel Gil

A-Típico I

April 2021
Before We Focus on Others by Diego Lanao
Malas Mañas by Alejandra Ramos Riera
Anormales by Fernando Vieira
SAA (not that one) by Luis Roberto Herrera
Flood by Alicia Margarita Olivo

About the Artists

ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ (Playwright) is a Miami-based writer, director, and founding Artistic Director of The Peace Studio’s Artist as Catalyst Program. Rodriguez is a graduate of Juilliard, where he was awarded the Michel St. Denis Prize for outstanding achievement. His writing has been featured in collaborations with musicians, choreographers, and filmmakers all over the globe. His first full-length show, Sorry, enjoyed two sold-out runs at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LPAC) in New York, and his earlier work, Now is the Time, was produced three times in NYC including at the Joyce in Chelsea. He has been the recipient of residencies through the Miami Light Project, SPACE at Ryder Farm, Makehouse, and the Center for Innovation in the Arts at Juilliard, as well as grants from the Queens Council of the Arts, CUNY Dance Initiative, and the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. He’s lectured at multiple colleges, is on faculty at The Performing Arts Project, and has carried an adjunct professorship in the CUNY school system.
MARIELA LÓPEZ-PONCE (Director) is an award-winning actor and director based in Boston. Born in Cuba and raised in Miami, López-Ponce is a founding member and Co-Producing Artistic Director of Teatro Chelsea, a theatre company committed to bringing the work of Latin playwrights, actors, and other artists to the Boston area. She recently directed Laughs in Spanish, by Alexis Scheerer, at Speakeasy Stage. In 2023, she received the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Director for her direction of Apollianire Theatre Company and Teatro Chelsea’s co-production of Don’t Eat the Mangos. She has worked as an actor in Boston and beyond, including Hartford Stage, Alley Theatre, Teatro Marti, Apollinaire Theatre, Lyric Stage, The Huntington Theatre, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Wellesley Repertory Theatre, Company One, Folger Theatre, 1st Stage. López-Ponce is a member of Actors’ Equity.
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