Canciones

Radical Evolution, Latinx Playwrights Circle, The Sol Project, and Boundless Theatre Company present

Canciones

Collaboratively created by Rebecca Martínez, Julián Mesri, Beto O’Byrne, Sara Ornelas, and Meropi Peponides

Join three generations of the legendary Guerrero family as they gather for a special family reunion. In the kitchen, Kati and Ellie are digging up old feuds. On the patio, you can get high (on life) with the cousins, and in the living room, Maestra will tell you about the generations of musicians that came before, while you sit next to her sipping your drink.  

As the evening unfolds, secrets are unearthed, old rivalries are revived, and the family is forced to decide who will carry on their musical legacy. Inspired by the seminal Linda Ronstadt album Canciones de mi Padre, Canciones is a site-specific party, an acoustic Mariachi jam, and a family reunion all rolled into an immersive, interactive experience. Come for the tamales—stay for the chisme!

May 2-24, 2026

Accessibility: Please note that Canciones is located in a private home. There are 6 steps required to access the front door of the home. Due to the immersive nature of this performance, all seating areas consist of a combination of chairs and standing room. The majority of the performance will take place on the ground floor, with optional travel to the patio and basement via stairs for select scenes. Audience who wishes to remain on the ground floor will still have a full experience of the performance. If you have any accessibility needs or require accommodations, we warmly encourage you to contact us in advance at boxoffice@radicalevolution.org

In partnership with Inclusive Communication Services, we will provide ASL interpretation for our Sunday, May 10 performance at 3 p.m. to ensure full access for Deaf and hard-of-hearing audience members. 

If you require accommodations for another date, please contact boxoffice@radicalevolution.org at least one week before the show date. We will do our best to accommodate last-minute requests, but the more notice you provide, the better we can help ensure an accessible experience. 

We recommend this performance for ages 13+

Radical Evolution is a producing collective committed to creating artistic events across media that seek to understand the complexities of our multicultural existence in the 21st Century. We collaborate with people from many different identities to build capacity to relate to each other across difference, platforming practitioners that represent the intersectionality of perspectives and aesthetics of the city around us. Through this approach, we work to assert a vision for cultural and social equity in our field, city, and nation. radicalevolution.org

Latinx Playwrights Circle (LPC) is an artist-led development and production organization for Latinx(é) playwrights. Founded in 2018 by playwrights Guadalís Del Carmen and Oscar Cabrera with the mission to build a network of Latinx(é) and Caribbean playwrights nationwide in order to promote, develop and elevate their work while making their plays accessible to theater makers looking to find the next generation of American Storytellers. LPC embraces the ever evolving landscape of Latinidad and the names used to describe this community, including Latiné, Latinx, Hispanic, and the next generation of names to come. Like language itself, this is an ever-evolving name. For more information on our many programs and a full list of our donors please visit www.LatinxPlaywrights.com

The Sol Project is an Obie Award-winning theater initiative dedicated to amplifying the voices of Latiné playwrights through fully realized productions with leading theaters in NYC and beyond. Led by artistic directors Jacob G. Padrón and Adriana Gaviria, The Sol Project launched in 2016 with the world premiere of Alligator by Hilary Bettis in partnership with New Georges. Subsequent productions have included: the New York premieres of Seven Spots on the Sun by Martín Zimmerman (Rattlestick Theater), Oedipus El Rey by Luis Alfaro (The Public Theater), the world premieres of El Huracán by Charise Castro Smith (Yale Repertory Theatre), Richard & Jane & Dick & Sally by Noah Diaz (Baltimore Center Stage and The Playwrights Realm), Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members by Mara Vélez Meléndez (Soho Rep), Bees and Honey by Guadalís Del Carmen (MCC), Blanca and Ines by Cusi Cram (LAByrinth Theater Company), and the Off-Broadway premieres of Sancocho by Christin Eve Cato (WP Theater and Latinx Playwrights Circle) and Torera by Monet Hurst-Mendoza (WP Theater and Latinx Playwrights Circle). Canciones collaboratively created by Rebecca Martínez, Julián Mesri, Beto O’Byrne, Sara Ornelas, and Meropi Peponides with text by Beto O'Byrne and musical direction/arrangement by Julián Mesri marks The Sol Project’s 10th Sol. In addition to productions, The Sol Project advances its mission by producing a yearly new play festival, SolFest, in partnership with Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater and North Star Projects, while also supporting writers through readings, workshops, a podcast (SolTalk), a writer’s retreat and ongoing symposia. In 2023, The Sol Project was awarded an Obie Grant, Off-Broadway’s highest honor, for their unprecedented championing and support of Latiné voices in the theater and in recognition of outstanding achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway theater during the 2020-2022 season. The artistic collective includes Adriana Gaviria (Co-Artistic Director, SolFest Producer), Rebecca Martínez, David Mendizábal, Jacob G. Padrón (Co-Artistic Director), Julian Ramirez, and Laurie Woolery. Bryanna Cuthill is the Producing Associate. Brian Herrera is the Resident Scholar. Stephanie Ybarra is the Resident Dramaturg. For more information, visit solproject.org

Boundless Theatre Company is a designer-led organization seeking to investigate, push and redefine the boundaries of theatrical storytelling. Spearheaded by women and theatre-makers of color, we strive to nurture cross-cultural voices in our programming, producing aesthetically challenging and visually mesmerizing interpretations of new and existing work.  In these ways, we foster a collaborative artistic landscape as richly and authentically diverse as our own communities. Past productions: Mud & The Conduct of Life by Maria Irene Fornes at 64E 4Th Street Theater, Fur by Migdalia Cruz at the NYTW Black Box Theater all directed by Elena Araoz. Boundless has also established a cultural bridge between Puerto Rico and NY producing work in both places.

The performance will take place in a private home in Flatbush, Brooklyn. To respect the host’s privacy, the exact address will be shared with ticket holders a few days before the performance date.

Subway stop: Beverly Rd (2, 5)