Waiting for Julieta

For years, I’ve been waiting for the moment when I could play Juliet Capulet in William Shakespeare’s tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, but I was born a man in a shitty and sexist country… Finally, the wait is over; today, I am her.

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Waiting for Julieta is based on this shakesperean classic with the main purpose of deconstructing this story, to revisit it with a contemporary critical look. This adaptation is situated in the Mexican Northeast, “la mera frontera”, where we talk about the failed love stories in our own lives, the toxic love and the romantic stumbles in relationships. Our play is a contemporary piece happening in a ‘carne asada’; a mexican party with tacos and tequila, where we mix hints of cabaret, performance, theatre of objects, and mexican pop culture.