TEATRO de la Luna presents Pondering About My Memories/Reflexión sobre el Recuerdo by Rodin Alcerro, which premiered at the Capital Fringe Festival in 2024. Written originally in Spanish, it will be presented in English and for the first time, with Spanish supertitles.
The play will be performed at Teatro de la Luna, 4020 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20011 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 3:00pm for two consecutive weeks from May 16-25, 2025. Audience members are invited to participate in Friday night post-performance discussions conducted by special guests and there will be a post-performance reception on Saturday May 17, on the traditional “Luna Night.”
ABOUT THE PLAY
Pondering About My Memories/Reflexión sobre el Recuerdo is a poetic exploration of queerness, cheesiness, love and foolishness. It is a reflection of the past, the present, the uncertainties of the future, and the unbearable question of the meaning of our existence. This production received positive reviews while participating in the 2024 Capital Fringe Festival. (John Stoltenberg’s DCTA review is here.)
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT AND DIRECTOR
Rodin Alcerro was born in Camayaguela, Honduras. An actor and writer, he began his career in his native Honduras, later extending his theatrical experiences to Spain and Argentina. Now in DC, he has performed with Synetic Theater, GALA Hispanic Theatre, First Stage and Teatro de la Luna. Rodin made his directorial debut with this play Pondering About My Memories in the 2024 Capital Fringe Festival.
ABOUT THE ACTORS
Pablo Guillén, a well-known figure to DC-area stages, was born and raised in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where he trained at the National School of Dramatic Arts of Honduras and later continued his theater studies at the Miami Dade College, The Carpetbag Brigade Physical Theatre, and Odin Theatre. He has participated in various productions as an actor at Teatro de la Luna, GALA Hispanic Theatre, Synetic Theater, Arts on the Horizon and Imagination Stage. Pablo was also Director of Paso Nuevo, a bilingual educational theater program for middle and high schoolers in Washington, DC.
Joshua Lucas is a DC-based actor, dancer, teaching artist, and theatrical carpenter. He has worked primarily with Synetic Theater, credits include Hamlet…the rest is silence (Guildenstern), The Tempest (Stephano), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stout), Dracula (Quincy), Host and Guest (Ensemble), Snow Queen (Kai), The Phantom of the Opera (Ensemble), “Day 6, Story 4” of The Decameron, Shakespeare Revue, Cinderella (understudy), and Servant of Two Masters (understudy). With Arts on the Horizon he has performed in Off the Page (Quill), Birds of a Feather (understudy), Fitting In (understudy). He has performed at the DC Fringe Festival in Pondering About My Memories (Max). He is making his first appearance with Teatro de la Luna.
Teatro de la Luna, founded in 1991, produces performing arts and other events that celebrate Latin American culture and seeks to connect Spanish-speaking and English-speaking communities. La Luna has been recognized for its cultural contributions on several occasions. Director Mario Marcel received the Elizabeth Campbell Award for advancement of the arts from the American Association of University Women’s Arlington Chapter. On two occasions, La Luna was honored with the STAR prize from the Arlington County Commission for the Arts for its administrative excellence and service to the community. In 2017, the theater received the “Working for the Community” award from NBC4. La Luna Producer Nucky Walder received the Latina Woman Leadership 2009 award and the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from DC Mayor Muriel Bowser through the Office of Latino Affairs.