Photographs
Ensemble Productions
Puntos de fuga (Vanishing Points) is a 90-minute
interactive multimedia play set in an interrogation room
where Amalia, a young maquila worker from Catemaco, Veracruz
is being held for questioning in connection with the kidnapping
of DEA Agent John Arenas. As the officer sets off to find
incriminating evidence that links her to the drug cartel,
Amalia reveals her supernatural powers as a means to keep
a solemn vow of securing an American airplane (piloted
by the fictional character of Amelia Erahart) in order
to unearth the missing women in Juárez. The interrogation
is existentially challenging to the interpreter, who is
discomforted by its senseless brutality.
Pre-Production
History
el entrecejo/the brow is a solo movement theater piece by Angeles Romero, an actor, writer, and activist whose work mediates on the new lexicon of contemporary Latino culture and its political relations to Anglo and international cultures. el entrecejo/the brow flashbacks Frida Kahlo’s life and the moment after her death (Frida Kahlo, Mexican, 1907-1954). Frida’s work is explicitly autobiographical. In her paintings she narrates her childhood bout with polio; the near-fatal bus accident at 18, her tempestuous marriage to Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, her love affairs, her many surgeries—nearly 30 altogether—and finally her death. Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer, elegantly compares Kahlo’s fractured self to the schisms and disjunctions, the wars and succession of empires, the turbulence that existed within each epoch of Mexico. While exploring the identity of a highly complex woman and her nation, this play proffers many questions. What do we do to survive? How do we create? What would we sacrifice the ultimate for?
Sueño is a multimedia play that focuses on the life of 17th Century Mexican nun, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Sor Juana is widely known in
Latin America and in Spain. Her fame stems from her voracious drive for knowledge and her exceptional genius as a writer. From her silent
solitary cell, this free-thinking nun conducted scientific experiments, wrote hundreds of poems, plays, as well as theological essays. She was frequently
attacked and chose to defend not only her own interest in worldy learning, but also the broad rights of women to education and a life of the mind. With interactive video and sound sculptures, Sueño evokes realities in the intellectual mindspace of Sor Juana—a world that borders on a
continuous sliding between concrete experiences, intellectual exercises and psychological hallucinations. 
Cuerpos Ambulantes is a surrealist detective story about the drowning of Marina, a women who is found dead and whose cause of death is investigated by the narrator-performer. Piecing together the various strands of evidence and speculation, the performance, incorporating video projection and numerous physical objects, turns into a dense and evocative drama of suspense. This piece is a solo performamce commissioned by the 8th Encuentro Mujeres de Iberoamerica en las Artes Escenicas. It was premiered in October 2004 at the Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro de Cadiz, Spain.