IHRAF 25: Celebration of Immigration

Thursday, December 11th @ 7 pm

In the Same World

Short Play

VoxArt Lab Productions

Gaston Leguizamon - Playwright/Actor/Producer

Matthew B. Cullen - Director

Agustina Garcia Ramirez - Producer

A tense night unravels in a Los Angeles garage when Carlos attempts to stop his undocumented brother from joining a new self-deportation program. As they unearth old wounds of privilege and belonging, their confrontation reveals how immigration policy fractures not only nations, but families, while questioning the moral comfort of inaction.

Content Advisory - Includes a brief moment of staged physical conflict.

Excavating My Family

Solo Show

Theatre Beyond Broadway

Excavating My Family, is a work-in-progress that explores identity, legacy, and resilience through the lens of Trinidadian history and ancestral DNA research. This project is deeply personal and continues to evolve with each step of its development.

Token

Short Play

Dacyl Acevedo - Playwright

Ana Luz Zambrana - Director
Dacyl Acevedo, Kanika Asavari Vaish, Tai Ortiz, Lina Sarrello - Cast/Crew

A gifted young poet struggles to fit in as the "token" minority, scholarship student at an elite private school and is ready to throw it all away, but a tyrannical English Teacher and former token, won't let them throw it all away.

Split Roots

Dance

Aracely Isidoro - Dancer, co-choreographer; Ariana Arriaga - Dancer, co-choreographer; Halimah Carela - Dancer, co-choreographer;  Inspire Wells - Dancer, co-choreographer; Juliette Castillo- Dancer, co-choreographer; Madison Rivera - Dancer, co-choreographer;  Malaika Holder - Co-choreographer; Melanie Umana Galeana - Dancer, co-choreographer; Mia Rodriguez - Dancer, co-choreographer; Nana Kone - Dancer, co-choreographer

Groove with Me is a non-profit that utilizes FREE after-school and summer dance classes to promote and encourage positive youth development among girls, ages 5-18. The piece that will be presented at IHRAF has been created in collaboration with the students to begin developing their choreographic and performer journeys. With themes specific to the experience of having an immigrant background in the midst of our current political environment, and the fears associated with being a youth without power. 

The group representing Groove With Me is a group of young girls ages 8-14. They are all selected through an audition program for students that want to develop stronger technique.