Coming Soon: Watch our glorious, colorful, high energy 2022 Production! filmed in the Rialto Theater, Tacoma
Set in 1890s Mexico. Full of the sights, lively sounds, tradi tions,and vibrant colors of Mexico.
Featuring Bill Johns, who you've seen on the Revels stage several times, and new reveler, Marleyne Hernandez. They bring us the heartfelt story of a young woman reclaiming her Mexican heritage.
Amazing folk band Trío Guadalevín enriches the journey with their voices and a wealth of instruments and techniques. More info below.*
Also in the company - Bailadores de Bronce, Revels own Adult andChildren’s Choruses, the Seattle Brass Ensemble. It includes a hilarious La Pastorela, La Posada, and the Nahuatl story of Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe.
*Trío Guadalevín - This wonderful trio explores, sometimes reimagines, the musical dialogue between Indigenous, European and Africancultures, which define Latin American identity.
Abel Rocha is a Mexico City-born folklorist, singer and multi-instrumentalist who performs music of Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Argentina and beyond. Formed by the folk and nueva canción traditions of the 70s and 80s, he is a foundational member of groups including Correo Aereo and Los Flacos and was recently the subject of the NW Emmy-winning documentary, Los Artistas. Percussionist Antonio Gómez has studied across Latin America and in Morocco, Spain and Italy. He designs arts education programs and curricula as the Associate Director of Education at Tacoma Arts Live and has produced performing arts and curricular content for universities and PBS, and currently serves as an Associate Folklorist for the Washington Center for Cultural Traditions. August Denhard performs on lute, theorbo, baroque guitar, oud and vihuela. He is a founder of the Eurasia Consort, and has appeared with Baroque Northwest, the Concord Ensemble and Chicago Music of the Baroque. He is the Executive Director of Early Music Seattle, where he has produced events with Jordi Savall and others. Abel and Gus’ research on vihuela of western Mexico and the jarana and quinta of La Huasteca is sponsored by Arts WA and Humanities Washington.