THEATRICAL PORTFOLIO
TEA
PRODUCED BY GABE FIGUEROA AND ELISA BOCANEGRA | PRODUCED AT HERO THEATRE IN 2022
A powerful tale of women, immigration and survival.
Written in 1982, TEA has been produced continuously over the last 38 years.
Presented as part of Hero Theatre's ongoing commitment to usher great works by underrepresented artists into the classic American cannon.
Project Stats: One Act Production
Creative Team: Velina Hasu Houston (Playwright), Rebecca Wear (Director), Carlo Maghirang (Set Designer), Azra King-Abadi (Lighting Designer), Maggie Dick (Costume Designer), Dean Harada (Music and Sound Designer), Ashley Weaver (Stage Manager), Marvin Hidalgo (Costume Assistant)
Cast: Hua Lee (ATSUKO), Hiroko Imai (SETSUKO), Olivia Cordell (TERUKO), Tomoko Karina (HIMIKO), Elaine Ackles (CHIZUYE)
Better than Grindr
DIRECTED BY GABE FIGUEROA | PRODUCED AT MeetCute LA in 2020
"A gay latino who uses video games as an escape from his single life finds himself face to face with a new love interest in one of the least expected places.”
Project Stats: One Act Production
Creative Team: César Carmona (Playwright), Henry Alexander Kelly (Producer), Katie Lindsay (Producer)
Cast: Ramón Garcia, Daniel Luna, Teddy Alexis Rodriguez
Hero Song Cycle Cabaret
DIRECTED BY GABE FIGUEROA | PRODUCED AT HERO THEATRE IN 2019
"A night around the piano as the Heroes sing from recent musicals that will be come the ‘classics’ of the next generation”
Project Stats: One Night Only Cabaret
Creative Team: Elisa Bocanegra (Producer), Julia Stier (Book), Veronica Vasquez (Stage Manager)
Cast: Leslie Stevens, Dennis Renard, Polly Humphreys, Francesca O’Hern, Cristian Guerrero, Henry Alexander Kelly, Sarah Randall Hunt, Anthony Fontana, Julia Stier, Rosie Narasaki, Michael A. Shepperd, Carene Rose Mekertichyan, Jully Lee, Monica McSwain, Dionne Gipson
The Mystery at Twicknam Vicarage
DIRECTED BY GABE FIGUEROA | PRODUCED AT CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY IN 2015
“A body on the carpet, three ridiculous Masterpiece Theatre-style suspects and a bumbling Scotland Yard detective solve philosophical quandaries as they investigate: Who killed Jeremy Thumpington-Fffienes?”
Project Stats: Senior Thesis Production - Two Performance Run
Cast: Trista Bell, Garrett Brown, Addie Turner, Lara Fox, David Flack
Revelation
DIRECTED BY GABE FIGUEROA | PRODUCED AT SON OF SEMELE IN 2017
“A daughter recreates three generations of women walking the knife's edge of insanity and inspiration.”
Project Stats: One Woman Show - Two Weekend Run
Creative Team: Se Oh (Set Design), E.B. Brooks (Costume Design), Hsuan-Kuang Hsieh (Projection Design), Fionnegan Justus Murphy (Sound Designer)
Cast: Kelsey Siepser (Herself)
Colony Collapse
UNDERSTUDY CAST DIRECTED BY GABE FIGUEROA | PRODUCED AT THE THEATRE @ BOSTON COURT IN 2016
“Narrated by the ghost of a missing 15 year-old girl, and woven together by a chorus of parents of lost and missing children, Colony Collapse explores the cost one family is willing to pay for a second chance at living.”
Project Stats: World Premiere Production - One Month Run
Creative Team: Jessica Kubzansky (Director), Stefanie Zadravec (Playwright), Julie Oulette (Stage Manager), Susan Gratch (Scenic Designer), Garry Lennon (Costume Designer), Karyn Lawrence (Lighting Design), Jenny Smith Cohn (Properties) John Nobori (Sound Designer).
Cast: Chris Conner, Sally Hughes, Riley Neldam, Paula Christensen, Emily James, Leandro Cano, Julie Cardia, Adrian Gonzalez, Jully Lee, and Tracey A. Leigh
Understudy Cast: Dana Lyn Baron, Larkin Bell, Tommy Day Carey, Desirée Mee Jung, Leslie Stevens, Marie-Francoise Theodore, Jor-El Vaasborg, Joseph D. Valdez, Donathan Walters, and Murielle Zuker