Teatro Visión has been creating visionary Chicanx/Latinx theater in San José for more than three decades. Here is a look back at our past productions.
DON QUIXOTE, adapted by Anne Ludlum and David Quicksall, based on Don Quixote de la Mancha, Parts I and II by Miguel de Cervantes, March-April 2023.
MISS YOU LIKE HELL, book and lyrics by Quiara Alegría Hudes, music and lyrics by Erin McKeown, a co-production with City Lights Theater Company, January-February 2023.
MACARIO by B. Traven, Adapted by Evelina Fernández with Teatro Visión, October 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, & 2022
RAÍCES: EL LIBRO DE LOS CAMINOS, a binational collaboration by Teatro Visión and La Quinta Teatro, July 2022
BECOMING (MAR) by Maribel Martínez, April-May 2022
DEPARTERA by Evelina Fernández with Teatro Visión, October 2018 & 2021
ESPERANZA RISING by Lynne Alvarez, based on the book by Pam Muñoz Ryan, May-June 2021
LA MUERTE BAILA, an original Milagro Theater Día de los Muertos production devised by Rebecca Martinez and the Milagro Theater Ensemble, October 2017 & 2020
LUZ: A SHADOW PLAY INSPIRED BY SENIOR STORIES by Cristal González Avila, January 2020
THE TRANSITION OF DOODLE PEQUENO by Gabriel Jason Dean, March 2019
THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET adapted for the stage by Amy Ludwig from The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, May 2018
SOLITUDE by Evelina Fernández, Directed by José Luis Valenzuela, Produced by Latino Theater Company (Los Angeles), February 2012
BLESS ME, ULTIMA, by Rudolfo Anaya, Directed by Elisa Marina Alvarado, March 2011
PERLA by Leonard Madrid, Directed by Elisa Marina Alvarado, May 2010
TAKING FLIGHT by Adriana Sevan, February 2010
GHOSTS OF THE RIVER by Octavio Solis, Directed by Larry Reed, October 2009
THE WOMAN WHO FELL FROM THE SKY by Victor Hugo Rascón Banda, January-February 2009
LA CASA EN MANGO STREET by Sandra Cisneros, Adapted by Amy Ludwig with translation by Elena Poniatowska, October 2008
HERO by Luis Alfaro, April 2008
SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS by Jose Rivera, January 2008
VISITOR'S GUIDE TO ARIVACA (MAP NOT TO SCALE) by Evangeline Ordaz, October 2007
BODAS DE SANGRE (BLOOD WEDDING) by Federico García Lorca, April-May 2007
DOG LADY/EVENING STAR by Milcha Sanchez-Scott, November-December 2006
LA VICTIMA by Teatro de la Esperanza, October 2006
THE COOK by Eduardo Machado, May 2006
ELECTRICIDAD by Luis Alfaro, March-April 2006
¡CANTINFLAS! written and performed by Herbert Sigüenza (Culture Clash), October 2005
SANTOS & SANTOS by Octavio Solís, May 2005
4 GUYS NAMED JOSÉ Y UN MUJER NAMED MARÍA by David Coffman and Dolores Prida, December 2004
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES by Josefína Lopez, October 2004
DRIVE MY COCHE by Roy Conboy, May 2004
BOXCAR by Sylvia Gonzalez and Teatro Visión, March 2004
CHILEAN HOLIDAY by Guillermo Reyes, October 2003
LADY FROM HAVANA by Luis Santeiro, May 2003
CONJUNTO by Oliver Mayer, March 2003
LA POSADA MÁGICA by Octavio Solis, December 2002
FEFU AND HER FRIENDS by Maria Irene Fornés, March 2002
VIEQUES by Jorge González, December 2001
HEROES AND SAINTS by Cherrie Moraga, October 2001
THE KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN by Manuel Puig, March 2001
LA POSADA MÁGICA by Octavio Solis, Music by Hawkeye Herman, December 2000
LA NONA by Roberto M. Cossa, English Translation by Raul Moncada, October 2000
WHEN EL CUCUI WALKS by Roy Conboy, May 2000
THE TRUE HISTORY OF COCA COLA IN MEXICO by Aldo Velasco and Patrick Scott, February 2000
HARVEST MOON by José Cruz González, October 1999
ROSITA'S JALAPEÑO KITCHEN by Rodrigo Duarte Clarke, May 1999
LA CASA EN MANGO STREET by Sandra Cisneros, Adapted by Amy Ludwig, February 1999
LA CARPA AZTLAN PRESENTS: I DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH ONLY by Antonio García, September 1998
SPIRIT DANCING by José Cruz González, June 1998
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES by Josefina López, March 1998
¡NO SE PAGA! ¡NO SE PAGA! by Dario Fo, 1997
SANTOS & SANTOS by Octavio Solís, August 1997
LA VÍCTIMA by Teatro de la Esperanza, September 1996
OUR LADY OF THE TORILLA by Luis Santiero, January 1996
GOOD GRIEF LOLITA! by Wilma Bonet, September 1995
ROSARIO'S BARRIO by Rodrigo Duarte Clarke, June 1995
THE LAST ANGRY BROWN HAT by Alfredo Ramos, September 1994
LAS NUEVAS TAMALERAS by Alicia Mena, January 1994
NOVENAS NARATIVAS Y OFRENDAS NUEVOMEXICANOS by Denise Chaves, 1993
FOOD FOR THE DEAD by Josefina López, May 1993
ROOSTERS by Milcha Sanchez-Scott, 1992
EL ORO DE LOS QUINTEROS AÑOS by Arturo Gomez, Jaime Avarado, & Denis Marks with Teatro Visión, 1992
HOW ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW I'M STILL ALIVE? by Evelina Fernández, 1991
BRUJERÍAS by Rodrigo Duarte Clarke, 1991
SOLDADO RAZO by Luis Valdez, 1991
BUY! BUY! NAVIDAD! by Manuel Pickett, adapted by Lalo Cervantes with Teatro Visión, 1991
CONVERSATIONS WITH MY GRANDMOTHER MARTHA (MGM) by Edit Villareal, 1991
BRUJERÍAS by Rodrigo Duarte Clarke, 1991
¡NO SE PAGA! ¡NO SE PAGA! by Dario Fo, 1988
IMMIGRATION ACTOS by Teatro Visión, 1985
IMAGES OF DECEIT by Anita Quintanilla, Adapted by Teatro Huipil, 1984