Beheading Columbus by Diana Burbano, Directed by Luz Lopez

Beheading Columbus follows two sisters down a trail of DNA deception and makes them face race and colorism in the Latinx community and in their own family. Lana is white passing, Susi isn’t, and that's been a point of conflict their whole life. Through DNA testing they discover that Lana has a white father. The DNA test also reveals that Susi, who is mixed race, has the genes for the Alzheimers that is destroying their mother. Add to that, they discover that the previously unknown other father is a fertility doctor who has sired at least 40 mixed race children. Through love and a massive sense of humor, the sisters work at decolonizing themselves from the inside out.

TEATRO CHELSEA’S 4th ANNUAL A-TÍPICO: A NEW LATINX PLAY FESTIVAL || FINALIST ANNOUNCED!

Teatro Chelsea is excited to announce our featured new plays for our 4th Annual A-Típico New Latinx Play Festival this December 7-9!

Out of over 40 submissions from across the United States and Latin America, these three plays have been chosen for staged readings here at the Chelsea Theatre Works Blackbox: Beheading Columbus by Diana Burbano, Directed by Luz Lopez; Alba by Alejandro Rodriguez , Directed by Mariela Lopez-Ponce; y El Puente // The Bridge by Sandra Ruiz, Directed by Armando Rivera.

Offering creative space for Latinx artists to grow and express their work, A-Típico will feature a selection of English/Spanish/Bi-lingual full-length plays presented as staged readings in the style of in-development workshops. Scripts will be read by professional actors and audiences will then be able to share feedback with the playwrights to help them continue to develop their work to its next steps.

As part of Teatro Chelsea’s commitment to cultivating new work, a new work from the A-Típico Festival may be selected for a world premiere production in the summer of 2023! Teatro Chelsea’s new Latinx play festival, A-Típico, aims to showcase and expand the focus on underrepresented Latinx stories. The festival also looks to present universal stories: not Latinx plays but plays by Latinx playwrights.