Offering creative space for Latinx artists to grow and express their work, A-Típico will feature a selection of English/Spanish/Bi-lingual full-length plays presented as staged readings in the style of in-development workshops. Scripts will be read by professional actors and audiences will then be able to share feedback with the playwrights to help them continue to develop their work to its next steps.

As part of Teatro Chelsea’s commitment to cultivating new work, a new work from the A-Típico Festival may be selected for a world premiere production in 2026! Teatro Chelsea’s new play festival, A-Típico, aims to showcase and expand the focus on underrepresented Latinx stories.

The festival also looks to present universal stories: not Latinx plays but plays by Latinx playwrights.

ALL READINGS TAKE PLACE @ Chelsea Theatre Works Black box

Thursday March 6th @ 7:30pm L.A. Muerta by Mario Vega, Directed by Armando Rivera

Synopsis:

Yulissa Sepulveda is a teenage delinquent at an underfunded charter school in Los Angeles. She fights with her mom, her teachers, her classmates and eventually demons manifested from the negative emotions of the city. As she goes toe to toe with manifestations of loneliness and violence, she slowly begins to learn that there is a strength beyond punching and kicking (though punching and kicking will come still in handy!).

Friday March 7th 7:30pm The Leopard Women by Andrew Rincon , Directed by Carla Mirabal Rodriguez

Synopsis:

Amanda and Lucia are sisters who struggle to get along. And after an explosive fight between the two - each start seeing visions of Death and a mysterious creature called a Leopard Woman. The play follows them as they struggle to repair their bonds and deal with the grief of recently losing their mother. A play in Spanglish about Grief, Art and the meaning of Life.

Saturday March 8th 7:30pm Salve Maria by Tatiana Isabel Gil , Directed by Sofia Cardona

Synopsis:

Two struggling sisters who are also brujitas (witches), accidentally conjure Mary, the mother of Jesus into their secret attic fortress at the girl’s home in which they reside. The girls learn they are not so different from Mary and find healing in the process of getting Mary to the great beyond.