Corazón Cicatrizado Development Timeline
October 2021. Mexico City-Chicago
After a significant rewrite of Act 3 to change the end of the play, cast member Roberto Valera put on the director’s hat and led the cast thru a full workshop of the revised play. We were joined by two new cast members: Gilary Negrete and Azael Herrera.
2021 Director’s Workshop of Revised Script
Roberto Valera, Director | Oscar Ruiz, Producer
AirBnb Space, CDMX
June 9, 2021. Mexico City-Chicago
International Live-Stream and In-Person Staged Reading with limited sets and blocking, live-streamed from Mexico City for an audience in the USA and greater Mexico in collaboration with Chicago Dramatists. A private live audience was also present.
2021 International Live-Stream from CDMX
Noé Alvarado, Director | Javier Ruiz, Producer
Ágora Espacio Artístico, CDMX
2022 CDMX Theatrical Preview – Foro La Gruta
Jozh Varela, Director | Oscar Ruiz, Producer
Associate Producers: Gilary Negrete, Axel Lascari, & Roberto Valera
July 20, 2022. Mexico City
The cast and crew expanded. We welcomed new actors: Hector Sandoval, Jonathan Alavez, and Alberto Melendez as well as new directing team Jozh Varela (Directing) with Berenice Zavala (assistant director). We secured a date for a single performance at the prestigious Foro La Gruta at Helenico Centro Cultural in CDMX.
2021 CDMX Theatrical ACT 1 Preview – Foro Lenin
Roberto Valera, Director | Oscar Ruiz, Producer
December 19, 2021. Mexico City
An evening of live performance and a hosted lively talk-back session hosted by Gerry Padilla Bahena with the actors and audience closed the year on a successful note in the march to a full season for Corazon Cicatrizado.
2024 Actor’s Table Read – Foro Shakespeare
TBD, Director | Oscar Ruiz, Producer
September 2, 2024. Mexico City
Veteran actors returned along with some new faces. We wanted the time and space to fall in love with this story and these characters all over again. The plan: Fall 2025. This play is ambitious, complex, and multi-layered. It demands every ounce of talent from those that work on it. But we feel it’s an important story to tell.
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