Carl(os) Roa

[cod] ]catfish[ is an enigmatic web browser experience culminating in a live performance. A technology spirit on the internet transports four catfishers to a realm where they are forced to confront their true identities. Together, they unpack race, class, and gender as they reminisce on their time together on the internet. This project blurs the lines between the digital and theatrical, and invites audiences to reflect on their behavior on the internet.

Perfect Mint goes on an adventure outside her sister's apartment and meets Reynolds Wrap: her next-door neighbor who smells like popcorn! Through their wacky and wild friendship, they both transform in ways they never thought possible. Reynolds teaches Mint about science, organic chemistry, and how to cook MDMA! Mint teaches Reynolds about the importance of platonic love and how loving is not the same as dying! Join Mint and Reynolds as they discover the secrets of life, the universe, and bagels. This play can be best described as a bounce house covered in syringes.

After being a receptacle for white gay nonsense for so long, Juaneco has had it! With their zesty nipples, they go on a journey where they learn to reclaim their power, show up for their friends, and most importantly: show up for themselves. Joined by a mysterious Kodiak bear named Sparky, Grrr! is a spiritual journey disguised as a gay sex romp under the backdrop of the bear community, fraught racial dynamics in LGBT spaces, and the quest of knowing who you truly are.

Fátima lives in Tegucigalpa, where she must fight for her life every single day. Guillermo lives in Bogotá, where he is told repeatedly that he does not belong. They both find two halves of an ancient, sentient map that compels them to take a journey to meet each other. But what starts out as a mystic quest turns out to be a horrific nightmare. Pase Lo Que Pase explores the question: what does it mean to be terrified of your own culture?

You are cordially invited to our special seminar: Spanish For Estranged Latin Kids. Destiny y Pancho are very excited to present their culture to you, as they’re highly qualified cultural mavens who know what they’re talking about. Join us as we educate you about some very important concepts regarding the subject of Latin culture, in a perfectly safe environment where nothing will go awry. This seminar on Spanish For Estranged Latin Kids promises to be a harmless experience devoid of any difficult questions about Who We Are and Where We Come From.

Andean Mountains is about personal geography: the way we relate to our place of origin versus where we’ve relocated. Living in the realm of not-quite-theatre, the piece is both a Google Street View tour as well as an exploration of culture loss. Featuring a performance by a juicy Colombian bear, audiences digitally globetrot to various locations – from sunny Miami to urban Bogotá to rural Caquetá. By visiting these locations on Google Maps and comparing them to more familiar territories, we are left with the realization that we are a combination of all the places we’ve lived, not just where we’re from.