A Mythical Drama

By Jordan Ramirez Puckett

In-Person Performance: Saturday, November 6, 2021 at 2:00 pm

En Las Sombras is the mythical tale of Xenia and Luz, two children travelling with their mother to God’s Gate, beyond which is the promise of safety and a life free from hunger and suffering. When Xenia and Luz are separated from their mother, it becomes clear that the gods may not be quite so ready to share the riches that lie beyond. This myth asks us to consider why we’ve allowed our gods to become so powerful and what we can do to stop them.

About the Playwright

Jordan Ramirez Puckett is a Chicana playwright, lighting designer, and theatre producer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her plays include Transitional Love Stories, En Las Sombras, To Saints and Stars, A Driving Beat, Las Pajaritas, Restore, and Inevitable. These works have been produced and/or developed by Abingdon Theatre Company (New York, NY), Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Goodman Theatre (Chicago, IL), Harold Clurman Laboratory Theatre Company (New York, NY), Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Playwrights Realm (New York, NY), San Diego Repertory Theatre, San Francisco Playhouse, among others. Most recently, A Driving Beat was named a 2021 Finalist for the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center.