INTAR presents
THE PALACIOS SISTERS
A UNIT52 WORKSHOP PRODUCTION
Co-conceived by Adrián Alexander Alea & Cristina García
Written and adapted by Cristina García
Directed by Adrián Alexander Alea
November 20 & 21 @ 7pm, November 22 @ 5pm
Dive into the vibrant chaos of 1985 Miami as Cristina García's gripping play, The Palacios Sisters, catapults Chekhov's "Three Sisters" forward to Florida in the 1980s. Recently arrived from Havana, the ambitious young ballerina Irinita joins forces with her culturally refined siblings - Olga and María- and their talented classical pianist brother, Andrés.
Together, they navigate Miami's treacherous landscape filled with drug wars, rampant violence, and an escalating AIDS epidemic. Clinging to memories of their beloved homeland while grappling with the dizzying new reality that surrounds them, the sisters emerge as artistic beacons of hope in this poignant tale about longing, resilience, and the unbreakable bonds of family.
The annual UNIT52 Workshop production features alumni from UNIT52 which is INTAR Theatre’s non-equity actor training program.
INTAR Presents
BLANCA & INÉS
Written by Cusi Cram
Directed by Laurie Woolery
January 30 - February 28
Two young Latinas lock eyes at a Greenwich Village party in 1954 and the world tilts. Blanca is a razor-sharp bartender and struggling painter who’s getting tired of struggling. She’s looking for a way out in all the wrong people and places. Inés is a Cuban seamstress with an open heart, big artistic dreams, and no intention of playing it safe. What begins as flirtation becomes a doomed duet of mentorship, rivalry, and seduction.
Their funny, sexy, and decidedly dangerous relationship unfolds in Greenwich Village’s cold-water flats, ateliers, and dive bars, where postwar American art is being invented. Blanca & Inés is an unsentimental love story about two women who want more than the world thinks they should. It asks how art gets made, who is allowed to make it, and what women sacrifice to be seen.
Community Partners: LAByrinth Theater Company & The Sol Project.
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INTAR Presents
I Hope This Letter Reaches Mictlān
Written by Amalia Oliva Rojas
SPRING 2026
Somewhere between heaven and hell, there is an immigration office in front of a black lagoon.
I Hope This Letter Reaches Mictlān follows a young woman, Sarai, grieving the death of her twin brother, Saul. Desperate to see him again, she risks everything to transcend to the Aztec underworld of Mictlān. But the rules of Mictlān are firm: no intervening from the living. Nothing, not even death, can stop Sarai.
A supernatural, indigenous, ensemble story about how to say goodbye.
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Soho Rep and INTAR present
THE POTLUCK
A New Musical
By César Álvarez
Directed by Sarah Benson
Solidarity is just another kind of queerness.
In 1979, five labor organizers were murdered at a protest in the streets of Greensboro, NC, by members of the KKK and the American Nazi Party.
A year later, César James Alvarez was born into the survivor community and named for two of the victims. 37 years after that, César got a commission to write a musical about the Greensboro Massacre, but it turned into a show about ghosts… and capitalism…and how to recuperate from trauma that happened to you before you were even born.
The Potluck is a new musical featuring a 12 person intergenerational cast that conjures the soft side of the revolution, and tells a story about what to do when the government is actually trying to kill you.
All performances at Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Playwrights Horizons
(416 W 42nd St).
With Signal Producing Support from Civis Foundation
in collaboration with Spirits Go Blah
In association with Royal Exchange Theatre
The World Premiere of
SPREAD
By Jesús I. Valles
Directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo
Previews Begin February 21st, 2026
Opening Night Is March 2nd, 2026
Now Extended Through March 29th, 2026
At a high school in Austin, Texas, four ninth-grade boys gather at lunchtime to make “spread,” or “Texas prison brick” from their snacks – dry ramen, hot chips, beef jerky, beans, hot water, all cooked in a bag.
Jeffrey, Andrew, Chris, and Jordan play fight, tease, talk shit, and try their absolute best to be friends to each other on the brink of adulthood. Spread offers a glimpse inside the fullness of all a ninth-grade lunchtime might contain: all the brutal, sweet ways we might try to be with one another.
Cast:
Daniel Bravo Hernández
Ricardy Fabre
Danny Gómez
Ishmael Gonzalez
Jaden Perez
Creative team:
Scenic/Props Designer - Rodrigo Escalante
Costume Designer - Christopher Vergara
Lighting Designer - Christina Watanabe
Sound Designer - Michael Costagliola
Production Stage Manager - pau
ASM - Alejandra Lucero
Assistant Director - Angela Reynoso
Casting - Bass/Valle Casting
The UNIT52 Workshop Production of
WITH DEEPEST REGRETS, LUPE VÉLEZ
Featuring an ensemble of alumni from INTAR’s UNIT52
(in alphabetical order): Kiara Alejandra, Carmen Alvarez, Fernanda Figuera, Danny Gomez, Nancy Gomez, Pedro González, Kathleen Guerrero, Marión Rivas, Alessandra Ruiz, Fé Torres.
Written by
(in alphabetical order): Luis Alfaro, Julissa Contreras, Migdalia Cruz, Antonia Cruz Kent, Guadalís Del Carmen, Georgina Escobar, C. Julian Jiménez, CQ Quintana, Octavio Solís, and Jesús I. Valles.
Directed by Rebecca Martínez
Assistant Director: Laura Riveros-Sefair
Performances on November 21 & 22, 2025
Ten writers + one collaboratively written piece of theatre + a company of Unit52 actors
This year INTAR’s UNIT52 workshop production brings together 10 visionary writers commissioned to write 5 minutes of a story, building only on the pages of the writer right before them. Inspired by a bright star of Hollywood’s Golden Age, With Deepest Regrets, Lupe Vélez is a joyful experiment of collective storytelling with an astounding lineup of talent.
