PLAYS I’VE WRITTEN AND PRODUCED!
MOMENTOS by Santi Castro
Directed by James Bruenger Arreguin
At the University of the Arts February 2019
In MOMENTOS, Leona is devastated with her parents, the King and Queen, who have done nothing to assist in their country’s revolution against colonisers. After running away from home, she finds Alejan who has the magic ability to tell stories so powerfully they cause hallucinations. They ban together with the head of the revolution to attempt to end the battle.
VISIONES DEL CUERPO by Santi Castro
Directed by James Bruenger Arreguin
At the University of the Arts September 2022
VISIONES DEL CUERPO is an immersive play where an ensemble guides the audience into the body and mind of Latinx individual. Poetic monologues reveal secrets and tenderness throughout the hands all the way to the feet. The ensemble attends to the songs and sorrows of the mind, soul and body as familiar and long lost things resurface and rejoice, turning blood into oil paints and brain matter into dance floor: this piece is a meditation on all that has ever been stored in one’s body. A reminder of where we come from and a regeneration of cells and memories.
Gente Del Sol by Santi Castro
Workshopped at PlayPenn New Play Conference 2022
Directed by Santiago Iacinti
Chosen for the Kilroy’s List in 2023
In Gente Del Sol, Valeria and Leonardo are at a crossroads. Leonardo, manic, seeks professional help. Unsatisfied with western medicine, Leonardo seeks a second opinion from someone that can speak to Mexican culture and indigenous practices. Valeria does not feel capable of leaving Leonardo in his time of need but finds herself falling for Fern. This play uses magical realism to explore the intricacies of personal identity, sexuality, and interracial relationships.
MANFLOR written and directed by Santi Castro
Produced in Cannonball Festival in the Philadelphia Fringe Fest 2022 Chosen as a BIPOC New Work Grantee
MANFLOR Is a one act play that follows Zeta, an addict, as they have a wild peyote trip through Philadelphia. They encounter characters like the Genderweird and Billie Joe Armstrong of Greenday, and the spirit of addiction trying everything possible to get out of their trip and back to reality.
Black Lung Deja Vu is a ten minute play that packs an existential punch. Storm and Pluto find a bell that, when wrung, will change reality as they know it. Finding a sort of code, the two explore the multiverse with different bell rings. The narrator, an omnipresent being, guides us through Storm and Pluto’s despair as they go deeper and deeper into a world of existential options. From poetry on physics to coal miners deaths to photosynthesis, discover what end Storm and Pluto will succumb to in this quick paced play.
Black Lung Deja Vu by Santi Castro
Produced with the 24 Hour Plays at Interact Theatre in December 2022
Directed by Carly Bodnar