Upcoming Events at APO Cultural Center
Fri Oct 14, 7:30 PM - Fri Oct 14, 10:00 PM
1438 w 18th st, Chicago, IL 60608
Community: Uptown Chicago
Description
A new play by Ricardo Gamboa, "The Wizards" is a supernatural thriller about the histories and people that haunt us.
Event Details
The Play:
The Wizards by Ricardo Gamboa, and directed by Katrina Dion, follows Amado and Sam, a Brown and Black genderqueer couple that move back to Amado’s hometown of Chicago after surviving a hate crime in New York the day after the 2016 presidential election.
In their new apartment in the city’s gentrifying Pilsen neighborhood, the two find a Ouija board that puts them in touch the ghost of four boys who were members of The Wizards, a Mexican-American Motown cover band on the Southside during the 70s.
The Wizards is a supernatural thriller about the histories and people that haunt us.
The Wizards is brought to you by Concrete Content in conjunction with APO Cultural Center, Destinos, Chicago Latino Theater Alliance, National Museum of Mexican Art and Gertie.
The Cast:
Ricardo Gamboa as Amado
Sean James William Parris as Sam
Eliseo Real as Serafin
Eljiah Ruiz as Lalo
Alvaro Padilla as Javi
Luis Mora as Neto
Sam Sage as Dan
Joe Bushell as Steve
Felipe Carrasco as Mike
Daniela Martinez as Lorena/Nurse Rosie
Freddy Mauricio as Donato/Wakanda/Sonny
The Wizards by Ricardo Gamboa, and directed by Katrina Dion, follows Amado and Sam, a Brown and Black genderqueer couple that move back to Amado’s hometown of Chicago after surviving a hate crime in New York the day after the 2016 presidential election.
In their new apartment in the city’s gentrifying Pilsen neighborhood, the two find a Ouija board that puts them in touch the ghost of four boys who were members of The Wizards, a Mexican-American Motown cover band on the Southside during the 70s.
The Wizards is a supernatural thriller about the histories and people that haunt us.
The Wizards is brought to you by Concrete Content in conjunction with APO Cultural Center, Destinos, Chicago Latino Theater Alliance, National Museum of Mexican Art and Gertie.
The Cast:
Ricardo Gamboa as Amado
Sean James William Parris as Sam
Eliseo Real as Serafin
Eljiah Ruiz as Lalo
Alvaro Padilla as Javi
Luis Mora as Neto
Sam Sage as Dan
Joe Bushell as Steve
Felipe Carrasco as Mike
Daniela Martinez as Lorena/Nurse Rosie
Freddy Mauricio as Donato/Wakanda/Sonny
