The New York City premiere of the latest play by Cuban-American playwright Gabe Rodríguez, who has joined forces with director Juliana Kleist-Méndez to tell a universal story of healing and survival. A leading lady, Brooke Gomez, is an Oscar-winning, Cuban-American actress with a passion for Greek tragedy. She has successfully achieved the American Dream, only to find it leaves her empty. In taking a pilgrimage to Cuba, she buries the past and builds a new nightclub. But, when she pulls back the curtains and veneer of blue velvet, she finds that the cabaret’s performance extends out into daily Cuban society.
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critic, and lyricist. He has worked on The Apprentice,
Make Me a Supermodel, and Bill Moyers’ Journal,
and been published in Hispanic Business, The World and I,
and MovieMaker magazine. His major works for the screen
include Fighting Nirvana, Havana In Bushwick, and Goddess of Time, among others. His major works for the stage are
Zora’s Collar and Mother’s Peak. His films Susie in the Afterlife won the Spirit Award at The Queens World Film Festival in 2011 and Q to the 6 Train was selected by the Anthology Film Archives as part of a retrospective for the ten-year anniversary of 9/11, and has since played in part of The Subway Film Series. Gabe made his theatrical debut when Zora’s Collar premiered at Manhattan Rep Theatre in 2015. Club Silencio is his third play.
An Iowa-born Cuban, Juliana Kleist-Méndez studied theatre for social change at Cornell University. She dedicates her time to telling stories that investigate traditional and freshly fabricated narratives. Selected credits include: Far From Canterbury: A New Musical (FringeNYC/Fringe Encores/Winner FringeNYC: Best Musical 2015); Elvira The Immigration Play (Lehman College/FAPC); King Lear: A Radio Play (Framework Theatre Co); No Exit (Advanced Undergraduate Theatre Program, Cornell); Candide (The Melodramatics). Esta obra es para todas las cubanas que sueñan con regresar a la isla.
This event is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
