Soho Rep's world premiere of Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!, penned by Alina Troyano (a.k.a. Carmelita Tropicana) and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, officially opened November 10, and the reviews are rolling in.
Directed by Eric Ting, the production is the company's final staging at 46 Walker Street. Performances will continue through December 15. Joining Obie winner Troyano onstage are Octavia Chavez-Richmond (Mary Gets Hers, Fuente Ovejuna), Ugo Chukwu (Oklahoma! Primary Trust), Will Dagger (Corsicana, The Antelope Party), and Keren Lugo (At the Wedding, Privacy).
Give Me Carmelita Tropicana! is described as "part love letter to an iconic performance artist, part intergenerational debate about the legacy of 'downtown' New York, part theatrical interrogation of the uses and abuses of nostalgia, real estate, representation, and the avant-garde—and 100% fantastical journey in which Jacobs-Jenkins attempts to buy Tropicana from her creator… but at what cost?"
Read the reviews below.
New York Theater (Jonathan Mandell)
New York Stage Review (Michael Sommers)
TheaterMania (Zachary Stewart)
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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.
The production also has co-scenic design by Mimi Lien and Tatiana Kahvegian, costume and props design by Greg Corbino, lighting design by Barbara Samuels, co-sound and video design by Tei Blow and Jeremy Kadetsky, and casting by Stephanie Yankwitt, Nia Smith, and Tanis Parenteau of tbd casting co.
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