Teatro Chelsea announces our production of Alba, a new play by Alejandro Rodriguez.

Performances run from Thursday, April 17 to Sunday, May 4, 2025.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday @ 7:30pm

Sunday @ 3pm

Estimated Runtime: 1hr 40min

Selected 2023 A-Típico finalist and 2024 O'Neill NPC finalist, it is a fresh, funny and poignant interpretation of Lorca's House of Bernarda Alba set in Miami.

Alba was one of three plays selected out of 60 submissions for Teatro Chelsea’s A-Típico New Play festival in 2023, and subsequently chosen for further development and a full production at Teatro.

Alejandro Rodriguez an award-winning Cuban playwright based in Miami, has weaved together the threads of family, humor, exile and memories into a beautiful exploration of how we come to understand our place in the world.

Elliot Norton award-winning director Mariela López-Ponce, Co-Artistic director of Teatro Chelsea, leads a cast featuring Elisa Guzman-Hosta (Alba), Luz Lopez (Amelia), Ricardo "Ricky" Holguín* (Poet), Inés De La Cruz* (Josefina), Paola Ferrer (Yolanda), Amber-Nicole Rodriguez (Adela), Jessibel Falcon (Angie), and Carmen Serrato (Gladys.)

Alba features scenic design by Kristin Loeffler, lighting design by Lauren Stetson, costume design by Parker Jennings and Mariela López-Ponce, sound design by Armando Rivera.

*Member Actors Equity

About Teatro Chelsea:

Teatro Chelsea celebrates Latin cultures, showcases and fosters local talent, builds community in Chelsea through arts engagement and collaboration, and is establishing a hub for Latin artists in the Boston metropolitan area. Teatro Chelsea creates theatre at the crossroads of languages, cultures, and histories that make up the Latin experience, and seeks to amplify and honor the voices that speak to these unique experiences. (teatrochelsea.com)

The 2025 Season at Teatro Chelsea is made possible in part by the Barr Foundation, and MassDevelopment.