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The Cuban Vote

by Carmen Pelaez
Directed by Kelsey Mesa

Carmen Pelaez

Booking and details

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Dates Fri, Jan 26, 2024, 8pm

Tickets Festival pass - $35; All-access pass - $75

Duration 90 minutes

Join us at The Reading Room Festival for this staged reading of The Cuban Vote, directed by Kelsey Mesa.

Miami is the third rail of national politics. Confounding experts every election cycle, its electorate sets the tone for what’s to come for the rest of the country. For better, or worse. Inspired by The Taming of the Shrew, The Cuban Vote by Carmen Pelaez revisits Shakespeare’s story through an unlikely romantic lead who embodies our vote while being honest about our hubris, surreal political tendencies and our success as a city, even if it’s in spite of ourselves.

The Cuban Vote was commissioned by Miami New Drama, world premiere April, 2022.

Post-show conversation

Nadia Guevara moderates a conversation with Carmen Pelaez and Kelsey Mesa.

Students receive free admission with valid ID, 30 minutes before event start time. General admission seating is available for this staged reading on a first-come, first-serve basis after festival pass holders are seated.

Who’s who

Carmen Pelaez

Playwright, Carolina

Carmen Pelaez

Gabriel Alejandro

Alex

Gabriel Alejandro

Fabiolla da Silva

Blanca

Fabiolla da Silva

Mariela Lopez-Ponce

Ofelia

Mariela Lopez-Ponce

Thony Mena

Benji

Thony Mena

Jonathan Nichols-Navarro

Gilberto

Jonathan Nichols-Navarro

Andrew Quilpa

Stage Directions

Andrew Quilpa

Nadia Guevara

Post-Show Moderator

Nadia Guevara

Kelsey Mesa

Director

Kelsey Mesa

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Carmen Pelaez shares how she was inspired by Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and why she set her play The Cuban Vote amid a political campaign in Miami.