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"Deeply affecting! Beautiful! A play that celebrates love." — The Boston Globe
"Magical! An enchanting production that sizzles with passion. José Rivera has penned a heartfelt ode to true love. In the hands of the Huntington Theatre Company, Rivera's love song completely embodies the essence of the bolero." — The Boston Metro
The youthful, whirlwind romance of Flora and Eusebio in their native Puerto Rico is tested and strengthened over four decades of marriage, from their homeland to the U.S., where they continue to share a passionate love and fierce commitment to each other.
Actress Socorro Santiago ("All My Children") invites audiences to Boleros for the Disenchanted.
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Artistic Director Peter DuBois and production director Chay Yew introduce Academy Award-nominee Jose Rivera's love story about hope, family, and forgiveness Boleros for the Disenchanted.
Artistic Director Peter DuBois and members of the cast describe Academy Award-nominee Jose Rivera's love story about hope, family, and forgiveness Boleros for the Disenchanted.
Audiences praise the Huntington Theatre Company's production of Jose Rivera's play about hope, family, and forgiveness Boleros for the Disenchanted.
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Juan Javier Cardenas appeared in Becoming Cuba and Boleros for the Disenchanted at the Huntington. He performed Off Broadway in Havana Journal, 2004 (INTAR Theatre) and The Germ Project (New Georges), and received his BFA at the University of Florida, and his MFA at Florida State University / Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training.
Maria-Christina Oliveras' New York credits include Slavey (Clubbed Thumb, dir. Robert O'Hara), Lonnie-Jake (The Barrow Group), The Crazy Locomotive (The Classical Theatre of Harlem), She Like Girls (Lark Play Development Center), ...
Monica Raymund graduated with a B.F.A. from The Juilliard School. Some of her favorite performances there include The Greeks - The Murders (dir. Brian Mertes), Our Lady of 121st Street (dir. Liesl Tommy), Twelfth Night (dir. Jesse Berger), and The St. James Infirmary (dir. Marion McClinton).
Socorro Santiago previously appeared in the Huntington's production of Boleros for the Disenchanted (2008). Ms. Santiago has appeared on Broadway in The Bacchae (dir. Michael Cacoyannais, Circle In the Square).
Jaime Tirelli has appeared on Broadway in Gabriel García Márquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and Lincoln Center Theater's Production of Jane Bowles' In the Summerhouse. He performed in The Public Theater's production of Blade to the Heat (dir. George C. Wolfe).
Elliot Villar appeared in Boleros for the Disenchanted (2008) at the Huntington. New York credits include in The Brothers Size (2008 Lucille Lortel nominee for Best Play) at The Public Theater and Demetrius in the New York Shakespeare Festival's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
José Rivera is a recipient of two Obie Awards for playwriting for Marisol and References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, both produced by The Public Theater in New York.
Chay Yew's production credits include directing the world premiere of José Rivera's Boleros for the Disenchanted (2008) at the Huntington, as well as work at The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, The Kennedy Center, Mark Taper Forum, Long Wharf Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Goodman Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Portland Center Stage, Geva Theatre Center, Empty Space, National Asian American Theatre Company, Laguna Playhouse in the Park, Theatre at Boston Court, Gala Hispanic Theatre, Singapore Repertory Theatre, Ma-Yi Theater Company, Cornerstone Theater Company, Northwest Asian American Theatre, Walk & Squawk, Highways Performance Space, Pillsbury Playhouse, Smithsonian Institute, and Theatre Rhinoceros.
Alexander Dodge returns to the Huntington having previously designed the sets for Bad Dates (2018); Tartuffe (2018); Bedroom Farce (2016); Smart People (2014); Rapture, Blister, Burn (2013); Good People (2012); The Miracle at Naples (2009); Boleros for the Disenchanted (2008); Brendan (2007); and many more.
Anita Yavich (Costume Design) returns to the Huntington after working on Tartuffe (2017), The Colored Museum (2015), The Miracle at Naples (2009), and Boleros for the Disenchanted (2008). Broadway credits include Fool for Love, Venus in Fur, Chinglish, and Anna in the Tropics.
Paul Whitaker previously designed the lighting for the Huntington's productions of Boleros for the Disenchanted (2008) and Mauritius (2006) (IRNE nomination). His New York credits include Durango (The Public Theater), The Wooden Breeks (MCC Theater), Manic Flight Reaction and BFE (Playwrights Horizons), Points of Departure, Tight Embrace, and Kissing Fidel (INTAR Theatre), Swimming in the Shallows (Second Stage Theatre)...
Fabian Obispo designed sound and composed music for the world premiere of José Rivera's Boleros for the Disenchanted (2008), directed by Chay Yew, and Iphigenia (1991).
Alaine Alldaffer is also the casting director for Playwrights Horizons, where her credits include Grey Gardens (also for Broadway), Clybourne Park (also for Broadway), and Circle Mirror Transformation (Drama Desk and Obie Awards for Best Ensemble and an Artios Award for casting).
Lori M. Doyle served as production stage manager on Broadway for Jane Eyre, the Musical; 1776; The Look of Love; Say Goodnight Gracie; Uncle Vanya; The Rainmaker; and for eight productions, numerous galas, and many staged readings for Roundabout Theatre Company.
Carola Morrone LaCoste has previously worked on The Who & the What (2017), August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned (2016), Becoming Cuba (2014), Ryan Landry’s M (2013), Now or Later (2012), Luck of the Irish(2012), Before I Leave You (2011), Educating Rita (2011), Vengeance is the Lord’s (2010), Prelude to a Kiss (2010), Becky Shaw (2010), All My Sons (2010), Boleros for the Disenchanted (2008), Two Men of Florence (2009), and Pirates! (Or, Gilbert and Sullivan Plunder'd (2009) for the Huntington.