(Partner Event) The New Latiné Play Salon

New Latiné Play Salon, Flamboyán’s debut play reading event. The Salon is a place for writers, actors, directors, and audience members are encouraged to engage with new works and discuss the craft of storytelling before the works begin production for the stage. This will be the first Latiné-focused play reading series in Lakewood! Each of the works being performed will receive productions by Flamboyán, and also act as a first look at our upcoming season. The event will be a hybrid presentation, with a private livestream on our YouTube channel, allowing for theatre fans from around the world to engage with these exciting stories.

The Salon is broken up into two nights. On March 3, we will be highlighting the work of Mexican-American playwright Bella O’Brien’s paranoid thriller water from the river is also in the sea, which will be the opening play of our 2026 season. This will be followed by Puerto Rican playwright Baylee Shlichtman’s horror comedy You Will Be Made of Ashes Too, which will have a full production September 17-27. On March 5, we will showcase the comedic works of two Puerto Rican writers, Jon Marcantoni and Alberto Medina (President of Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora), as well as a bilingual jukebox musical about the life of La Lupe by Mexican-Puerto Rican author Alejandro Valtierra. Puro Estilo will receive a full production June 11-21, and Playa and Right of Admission will have a one night performance on June 8!