DiablaDivina

This is the story of a young girl and her tumultuous relationship with the Virgin Mary. Submerged underwater, Niña pleads to Maria for guidance after discovering a new part of herself that she can only describe as “dark” – a discovery that has her questioning her value and ability to be loved. Maria brings Niña back to the moments that impacted her most growing up, pushing forward despite Niña’s growing frustrations. Will Maria’s wisdom eventually point Niña back to the answers held by the ideal women standing right in front of her?

October 9, 2019 at 7:30 PM

“Would you still love me if there was a really dark thing inside of me?”

About the artist

Jeysa Caridad is a Latinx multidisciplinary performer, creator, collaborator, and writer. She recently completed a residency at Factory Theatre as part of their emerging playwright unit. She is co-creator of ConQueso Collective, currently working on DiablaDivina, soon to premier at Aluna Theatre’s Caminos Festival, 2019. Recent works include: F*cking Perfect (Chocolatekiss Collective, Best of Fringe), U-R-U by Julia Lederer (DIR: Marie-Beath Badian), The Nails by Jason Maghanoy (DIR: Tanya Rintoul), Day of the Locust by Nathanael West (DIR: Karin Randoja), The Sea by Edward Bond (DIR: Christopher Stanton), Tiresias by Kate Tempest (DIR: Fides Krucker and Sharon Moore), How to Build a Flying Machine (DIR: Dan Watson and Christina Serra) 

Adriana Moraes-Mendoza is a latinx, multidisciplinary artist, born and raised in Toronto. She is passionate about storytelling, especially through movement, writing and devised theatre. Recent productions include: Blood + Soil (DIR: ROUVAN SILOGIX), Guadalupe (DIR: ANDREA VILLANUEVA), F*cking Perfect (Chocolatekiss Collective, BEST OF FRINGE). She is currently a part of Factory Theatre’s The Foundry, Emerging Playwright’s Unit. Adriana was on the writing team for Smoothieland Performance Projects’ first production of It’s Not About Kenny (DIR: MARIE BEATH BADIAN). Adriana is the co-founder of ConQueso Collective, premiering their first piece, DiablaDivina as part of Aluna Theatre’s 2019 Camino’s Festival this fall. 

Sofia Rodriguez was born and raised in the City of Mountains: Monterrey, Mexico. She is a multidisciplinary actor, creator and collaborator currently based in Toronto. Her recent work includes: Beautiful Man (Factory Theatre), Noor (Aga Khan Museum), Shadow Girls (Pencil Kit Productions), Communist Manifesto For Children (Rhubarb Festival), El Retorno/I Return (Theatre Aquarius, Riser Project), Nasty (Feminist Fuck It, Fringe), PETS (Changeup, Shadowland Theatre). She is a founding member of QueerAF Collective and since 2017, she’s been working with Aluna Theatre Company in a collaborative artistic effort that will culminate with a piece by the title of Solitudes early 2020.  

Fides Krucker has sung and created award-winning contemporary opera and interdisciplinary work in Canada and abroad for thirty-five years. Her company, Good Hair Day Productions, produced the groundbreaking electroacoustic monodrama Girl With No Door On Her Mouth (Bartley/Carson); CP Salon, an R&B disability love show with Kazumi Tsuruoka — now an NFB film; “Julie Sits Waiting” (Dufort/Walmsley), a sexual catastrophe opera nominated for five Doras; and In This Body, a song journey amplified through dance (Baker/Lemieux/Strauss) which premiered at Canadian Stage. In 1991 Fides founded the interdisciplinary ensemble URGE; their final work was published by Playwrights Canada. Fides has written a book on women and voice.