!Alebrijes!

"¡Alebrijes! - A Día de Muertos Tale" – originally commissioned by Milagro and written Georgina Escobar – is a playful homage to the totemic creations of the original creator of alebrijes, Mexico City’s Pedro Linares, who in 1936 first created and named the surreal and imaginative “animal-like” creatures. A mythologized account of Linares’ life (and almost death!), this screwball comedy is about art’s capacity to transcend mortality. Audiences will follow Pedro on his nostalgic visit to Mexico City in 1936, discover his special relationship to his animal totems, and join him in his journey through a psychedelic Oaxacan underworld. When Pedro attempts to trade his soul with La Muerte to save his brother, he quickly learns that one shouldn’t try to strike bargains with Death. After Pedro’s alebrijes rescue him from his near-death experience, he realizes the importance of relationships, and he fulfills his artistic potential by creating something that becomes a cultural legacy. "¡Alebrijes!" celebrates the beauty and absurdity of life, art, and love, and invites us to consider that death is not a severance, but an evolution.

This production is the spotlight event in Milagro's 30th Annual Dia de los Muertos Festival. For more information, visit https://milagro.org/event/dia-de-muertos-3.