Thu. Apr 24th 2025, 7:00 pm
Fri. Apr 25th 2025, 7:00 pm
Sat. Apr 26th 2025, 7:00 pm
Sun. Apr 27th 2025, 5:00 pm
Tickets $5
About ¡BRILLA! El Despertar del Alebrije en Mi // Glow! The Awakening of the Alebrije in Me
In ¡Brilla! Glow!, audiences are transported to 1930s Mexico City, where Pedro Linares, stricken with illness, falls into a fever dream that takes him into Prismatica, a world where alebrijes exist but remain divided by color and ideology. Believing that humans possess infinite wisdom, the creatures battle to claim Pedro as their own. Through his journey, Pedro reveals the struggles and contradictions of the human world, leading the alebrijes to discover that true wisdom lies not in dominance, but in unity, self-acceptance, and collaboration. This vibrant tale explores pressing themes such as race, global warming, and belonging, urging audiences to embrace their own brilliance and collective strength.
En ¡Brilla! El público será transportado a los años treintas en la ciudad de México, donde Pedro Linares gravemente enfermo, tiene un sueño provocado por la fiebre que lo lleva hasta Prismatica, un mundo donde existen Los alebrijes aunque divididos por su color e idiologia. Con la creencia de que los humanos poseen una infinitamente sabiduria, estas creaturas se disputan a quien le pertenece el humano, Pedro Linares. En este trayecto Pedro revela los problemas y contradicciones en el mundo de los humanos, llevando a los alebrijes a descubrir que la verdadera sabiduría yace no en dominar sino en la unión, la aceptación personal y la colaboración. Este vibrante cuento explora temas cruciales como el racismo, el calentamiento global y el sentido de pertenencia incitando al público a abrazar su propio brillo y la fortaleza colectiva.
About La Carpa Teen Ensemble & A Host of People
La Carpa Teen Ensemble is a bilingual program of A Host of People, created to center the voices and stories of Latiné youth in Detroit. Through a collaborative creative process, young artists explore their culture, identity, and individual narratives, strengthening their voices and guiding them to embrace their unique light. While focusing on theater arts, La Carpa also nurtures the diverse talents of its participants, providing a platform where they can feel seen, connected, and uplifted. Ultimately, La Carpa seeks to empower youth to illuminate their communities and futures through artistic expression.
A Host of People is a multi-racial Detroit-based ensemble theater company creating original work for social change that celebrates imagination, complexity, and the synthesis of seemingly disparate elements—at once epic and intimate, political and personal, poetic and approachable. AHOP exists to create aesthetically rigorous, intellectually challenging theater that is warm, welcoming, and inspiring to people from all walks of life. We choose our subject matter and themes carefully with an eye to stories, topics, and aesthetic approaches that will be equally thrilling to the most adventurous theater fans as well as those with less exposure to the form. This is how A Host of People moves people: we play with the light and the dark; the head and the heart.
The Senate Theater and The Detroit Theater Organ Society is supported by The Michigan Arts and Culture Council and The National Endowment for the Arts.
Parking is available in our gated lot, on Gilbert, and Michigan Avenue
