LLERMO! or My Big Fat Mexican Apotheosis, with Sincerest Gratitude to Lorca

by Jesús I. Valles

Llermo wants to taste everything, to be bigger, to want more and nobody else seems to want that for Llermo. A bird-boned boyfriend, a diet-obsessed mother, a mushroom-fueled GROWLr hook-up, a demonic Sandra-Lee of Food Network fame, and the ghosts of dieters past converge in a queer bacchanalia that hopes all our queer wants might be unbearably fat and that all our fat wants might become wildly queer! A riff on...

Llermo wants to taste everything, to be bigger, to want more and nobody else seems to want that for Llermo. A bird-boned boyfriend, a diet-obsessed mother, a mushroom-fueled GROWLr hook-up, a demonic Sandra-Lee of Food Network fame, and the ghosts of dieters past converge in a queer bacchanalia that hopes all our queer wants might be unbearably fat and that all our fat wants might become wildly queer! A riff on Lorca’s YERMA, LLERMO! holds steadfast to a fat, queer, Mexican world where desire must be the fuel to make a new world.

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LLERMO! or My Big Fat Mexican Apotheosis, with Sincerest Gratitude to Lorca

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  • Shaun Leisher: LLERMO! or My Big Fat Mexican Apotheosis, with Sincerest Gratitude to Lorca by Jesús I. Valles
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    A play that celebrates queer and fat people. A play about wanting to live life to its fullest. These characters break out of stereotypes and are written with so much nuance. Loved the way time and reality is played with in this play. Hope this gets produced. A great showcase for types of people that aren't seen often on the American stage.

    A play that celebrates queer and fat people. A play about wanting to live life to its fullest. These characters break out of stereotypes and are written with so much nuance. Loved the way time and reality is played with in this play. Hope this gets produced. A great showcase for types of people that aren't seen often on the American stage.

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A NOTE ON CASTING: This play could be done with as little as 6 actors or as many as 12 actors (or more, if you want!). Spanish-speaking proficiency is desired for LLERMO, YRMA, CHAYO, and LUZ. This play is a chance to cast a bunch of dope, FAT (except MIKAL + CHAYO), talented, hilarious, deeply skilled trans, queer, brown, Black, and Indigenous folks, so do it! Fat is important to this play. Mexican is a nationality, not a race, so truly, cast some dope FAT actors across multiple racial identities in this (except MIKAL + CHAYO)! The room feel best with fat people in it, loving on each other, and skinny folks who are down. Be mindful of the historical exclusions that Mestizaje has forced upon us. What I’m saying is, this shouldn’t look like a telenovela cast – that’s the opposite of the vibe.

Development History

  • Reading, Texas Performing Arts / Fusebox Festival , 2022
  • Residency, Texas Performing Arts & Fusebox Festival - The Ruining Lorca Trilogy, 2020