2023-2024 Season

Roosters

Unfortunately, the first weekend of ROOSTERS has been cancelled after a cast member tested positive for Covid.
We have scheduled additional performances next weekend, with showtimes as follows:
  • Friday, July 26, at 7:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, July 27, at 2:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, July 27, at 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday, July 28, at 2:00 p.m.
  • Monday, July 29, at 7:30 p.m.
Our box office will be in contact with those who purchased tickets for this weekend.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this cancellation.

Roosters is a co-production between Teatro Bravo and Spotlight Youth Theatre. It will be performed on the Spotlight Youth Theatre mainstage on July 19 – 28, 2024.

Roosters was written by Milcha Sanchez-Scott

Roosters is rated PG-13 for language, sexual situations, and violence.

About This Production

Synopsis:

Gallo Morales returns home after being imprisoned for seven years for murdering a man over a cockfight. His family welcomes him back with mixed feelings. While his daughter Angela is eager to have him back, his son Hector feels otherwise. Hector desires to leave behind the farm and wants to use the family’s prize-winning cock, which he has inherited from his grandfather, to win money in order to move his family away. However, Gallo has returned from prison determined to continue the business and to raise a new flock of roosters. Hector and Gallo soon clash over their differing goals.

Press Release:

Phoenix, Arizona – Teatro Bravo! and Spotlight Youth Theatre are proud to present the mounting of Roosters by Milcha Sanchez-Scott from July 19 through July 28, 2024. Showtimes are Friday and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. 

 “We felt that this needed to be addressed, not by words but action. We decided to help make the show happen because some people in the community at large may have just seen a show getting canceled, but I see it as an opportunity lost for eight Latinx artists to participate in art-making.”, says Ricky Araiza of Teatro Bravo. “Kenny from Spotlight Youth Theatre – who I had never met – reached out when he heard we were looking for a space; and once we finished chatting in our first meeting, it became clear that we were both on the same page and wanted to right a wrong that was done to our community.”

 

 

Cast

Role(s)Performer(s)
The cast
GALLOAlejandro Sanchez Vega
HECTORJose Antonio Guevara
JUANALuz Navarro
CHATAEstrella Parra
ANGELAMaria Cruz
ADANAxel Avitia

Production Team

Role(s)Team Member(s)
The Roosters production team
DirectorsRicky Araiza
Chris R. Chávez
Set DesignMichael Esparza
Lighting DesignNick Hutchinson
Makeup/Hair/CostumesShelly Trujillo
Stage ManagerChelsea Jauregui
Assistant Stage ManagerRuth Ochoa
Sound DesignChris R. Chávez