In 2020, ALIENS goes international with performances in Mexico City and Toronto, Canada, and Torres-Tama brings his provocative performance to the cities of Atlanta, Washington DC, the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, and Hammond Louisiana at Southeastern Louisiana University.
2020 ALIENS Tour & Residencies Mexico City, Mexico: Poetry Performance Festival to celebrate publication of GLOSOLALIA Book edited by Guillermo Goméz-Peña Residency March 1-7, 2020 ALIENS Performance March 7 Atlanta, GA: ArtsXchange Residency dates March 10-15 ALIENS Performances March 13-14 Washington, DC: GALA Hispanic Theatre NPN Creation Fund Research Residency March 19-28 ALIENS Performance as Catalyst for Community Activism & Empowerment Sunday, March 22 (FREE) Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Dept. of Theater & Diversity & Inclusion Residency dates March 30 - April 6 Live Art Lecture: Performance & Social Change Monday, March 30 Performance Workshops March 31 - April 1 ALIENS Performances April 3-4 Washington, DC: GALA Hispanic Theatre US of Amnesia Research Residency with DC Poets June TBA New Market, TN: Highlander Research & Center Alternate ROOTS Gathering on Arts & Social Justice June 25-27 Detroit, MI: Detroit Institute of the Arts Concert of Colors Taco Truck Theater / Teatro Sin Fronteras Three-day Residency July 10-12 Ensemble Performances July 11-12 Fall 2020: Hammond, LA: Columbia Theatre / Southeastern University of Louisiana Residency Oct 1-3, ALIENS Performance October 3 Toronto, Canada: ALUNA Theatre RUTAS International Multi-Arts Festival Residency Oct 5-12 ALIENS Performances Oct 8-11 Washington, DC: GALA Hispanic Theatre United States of Amnesia: from Fugitive Slave Act to Zero Tolerance Spoken Word Performance Opera Premiere Performances Oct 24-25 2019 Tour & Residencies Houston: MECA for the Latin Art Now Conference April 5-6, 2021 New Orleans: Ashé Cultural Arts Center ALIENS Performances Aug 30-31 Chicago International Latino Theater Festival National Museum of Mexican Art ALIENS Performances Oct 5-6 Madison: Dane County Arts ALIENS Performance Oct 10 San Diego Repertory Theatre ALIENS Performance Oct 15 Los Angeles Theatre Center Two-week Run ALIENS Performances Thurs-Sun, Oct 24-27 & Thurs-Sun, Oct 31 - Nov 3, 2019 2018 Touring & Residency Schedule: Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Department of Dramatic Art Latina/no Studies & Teatro Latino Series Three-Day Residency February 19-21 Aliens, Immigrants & Other Evildoers Performance Feb 21 New Orleans, LA: New Orleans Museum of Art Taco Truck Theater / Teatro Sin Fronteras Performances April 6 & 8 Minneapolis, MN: Pangea World Theater Taco Truck Theater / Teatro Sin Fronteras Performances May 4 & 5 NPN Performance Residency April 30 to May 7 Washington, DC: GALA Hispanic Theatre Out of the Shadows / Afuera de la Sombra Empowering Immigrant Voices Residency Project April 14-22 Developed with Casa Maryland Community Gathering Saturday, April 21 Washington, DC: GALA Hispanic Theatre Out of the Shadows / Afuera de la Sombra Empowering Immigrant Voices Residency Project October 11-21 Developed with Casa Maryland Community Performances October 20 & 21 ********** 2017 Recent Touring San Francisco, CA: December 14-18 National Performance Network Annual Meeting Saturday, December 16: José Torres-Tama, Artistic Director, ArteFuturuo Productions, New Orleans Leads Panel Session: Staging the Anti-Immigrant Hysteria with Abel Lopez, Associate Director, GALA Hispanic Theatre, DC Tony Garcia, Director, Su Teatro, Denver Anu Yadav, Writer, Educator, Performer, DC Leilani Chan, Artistic Director, TeAda Productions, LA & Hawaii Moderator: Alec De Leon, NPN/VAN Program Specialist, New Orleans Los Angeles, CA: November 9-12 Latinx Theater Commons Los Angeles Theater Center's Encuentro de las Americas Festival Northridge, CA: November 8 California State University (CSUN) Performance Ritual Without Borders, a solo excerpt from Taco Truck Theater / Teatro Sin Fronteras ensemble project Memphis, TN: September 12-14 University of Memphis Three-day Residency Workshop Sept 13: What is Performance Art? & Exploring the Personal Sept 14: ALIENS, IMMIGRANTS & OTHER EVILDOERS Unplugged Performance New Orleans, LA: September 9-10 Taco Truck Theater / Teatro Sin Fronteras Ensemble Performance Ashé Cultural Arts Center September 10 Art Garage September 9 Charlotte, NC: June 2-3 National Association Latino Arts & Culture Regional June 3: Panel Working with Immigrant Communities Tulsa, OK: Living Arts of Tulsa May 13-25 NPN Performance Residency May 18 & 19: Taco Truck Theater / Teatro Sin Fronteras Shows NPN Community Residency New Orleans, LA: March 10-12 Shows in 3 Venues Taco Truck Theater / Teatro Sin Fronteras Performances New Orleans Art Center March 10 Art Garage March 11 Valiant Theatre March 12 National Association of Latino Arts & Culture (NALAC) Grant Selected Touring Highlights 2016 Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX Touchstone Theatre, Bethlehem, PA Ashé Cultural Arts Center, New Orleans, LA Living Arts Of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK 2015 University of California at Riverside (UCR), Riverside, CA Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX Living Arts of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK International Sonoran Desert Alliance (ISDA), Ajo, AZ 2014 California Institute of the Arts (CAL Arts), Valencia, CA Los Angeles Theater Center, Los Angeles, CA Cal State University Northridge, Northridge, CA University of California Irvine, Irvine CA Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA 2013 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA Living Arts, Tulsa, OK Pangea World Theater, Minneapolis, MN 2012 Baruch College, New York City, NY Rochester Community Technical College, Rochester, MN American Folklore Society Conference, New Orleans, LA National Assoc. of Latino Arts & Culture, Philadelphia, PA 2011 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Tulane University, New Orleans, LA GALA Hispanic Theatre, Washington, DC National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM Xavier University, New Orleans, LA 2010 GALA Hispanic Theatre, Washington, DC Ashé Cultural Arts Center, New Orleans, LA MECA, Houston, TX The Shadowbox Theatre, New Orleans, LA 2009 Roehampton University, London, England Live Art Development, London, England The Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, England Centre for Performance Research, Aberystwyth, Wales University of Maryland, Washington D.C. New World Theatre at U Mass, Amherst, MA |