Aztec Pirates, Or the Insignificance of Life on Mars
Written by David Davila
Directed by Sofia Ubilla
Assistant Director: Fabiola Arias
Johnny Montenegro is an ICE agent trying to put back the pieces of his life after an ugly incident in the field got him suspended from duty. While arresting a man he had already deported two years earlier, he was called a traitor to his race and he beat the accuser half to death, but he couldn’t shake the idea that had been planted within him: was he a traitor to his race? Equipped with only his commands Johnny embarks on an odyssey as he searches for the truth about his country, his culture, his memory and his complicity in colonialist genocide. However with every answer that he finds, there is something inside of him that becomes less clear. His quest to clear his conscience leads him from strip bars to courtrooms to hospitals to morgues, as he seeks the validation he needs to continue living complicitly.
AEA Showcase produced by Lone Star Media at the Chain Theatre
Featuring: Alexandra Castro, Lillian Andrea De León*, Jorge Sánchez Díaz*, Carmen Lamar Gonzalez*, Maria Isabella Rojas*, Marlon Xavier, and Kayla Zanakis.
Lighting Design: Isaac Castillo Sound Design: Amelia Way Stage Management: Jose Noel Costume Design: Eliana Yost
Photos: Krystal Pagán
"He was raised here. In this depressing place; the drought, the dried up dirt. This thirsty land is his. He belongs here. Why can't you just let him stay?”