Yamel Cucuy

Yamel Cucuy is the story of a girl on the precipice of adulthood, contending with the physical and metaphysical violence of borders. Yamel is hunted by immigration agents while haunted by specters from the folklore of her youth in Mexico. On the shadowy frontier between worlds, she forges her own spirit of courage and wisdom, in the refusal to be “taken away,” either by legendary phantoms or agents of human law. Set to an original score of indigenous percussion and folkloric guitar, Yamel Cucuy blends sophisticated puppetry with live actors and draws upon frightening folk tales and modern horror movies to create a terrifying psychological landscape of pitfalls both legal and spiritual. Created for adult audiences. Teens welcome. Cast Diana Guizado & Gricelda Silva (Yamel Alternates) Gustavo Martinez (Xavier/Chupacabrón) Minerva Villa (Zaira/Las Lloronas) Veronica Pomata (La Lechuza/Flaca) Victor Santos (El Viejo/ICE Agent) Jen Brown (Reina/Puppeteer) Connor Hopkins (ICE Agent/Puppeteer) Creative Team Directed by Caroline Reck Original score by Paul Pinon Dramaturgy by Alexis A. Arredondo & James Montaño Sound Design by K. Eliot Haynes Lights by Rachel Atkinson Puppetry & Scenic Design by Caroline Reck, Indigo Rael, and Connor Hopkins Costumes by Annie Ulrich Stage Management by Zac Crofford Production Management by Khristián Méndez Aguirre

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