ABOUT THE RESIDENCY
SPANGLISH SH!T tells the story of Brujita, a trans Puerto Rican witch standing trial at the Supreme Court. Her Crime? Brewing up a vengeful hurricane to destroy the White House. Pleading innocence, her testimony transports us from the warm hills of Puerto Rico to the frigid suburbs of New Jersey. But there’s no escaping the guilt of her whitewashed past.
CREATIVE TEAM
Samora la Perdida—Creator, Book and Lyrics
Josiah Handelman—Composer
Mobéy Lola Irizarry—Composer
Paloma Sierra—Dramaturg
Matthew Zwiebel—Composer
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Samora la Perdida (she/they) is a trilingual creator and performer. She starred in the 2022 Off-Broadway productions of Soho Rep’s Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members, Quiara Alegría Hudes’ My Broken Language at Signature Theatre, as well as Tina Landau’s A Transparent Musical at the Mark Taper Forum in 2023. Her TEDxTalk, “Do Latines Need to Speak Spanish? Finding Your Lost Mother Tongue,” features spoken word and music from her upcoming bilingual brujería musical: Spanglish Sh!t. Spanglish Sh!t has been developed with Berkeley Rep, NYSCA and En Garde Arts. Her queer Spanglish rap opera, pato, pato, maricón, debuted at Ars Nova ANT FEST in 2018. Its tour of tristate area public schools was documented in the BRIC TV series Going in With Brian Vines. la Perdida graduated from LaGuardia HS as a YoungArts Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and from Carnegie Mellon University with a dual degree in Drama and Global Studies.
SPRING 2025 ARTIST LABS
Samora la Perdida’s new musical and Fall 2024 Residency project, SPANGLISH SH!T, was our inaugural Artist Labs project in Spring 2025.
CREATIVE TEAM
Samora la Perdida—Creator, Book and Lyrics, Cast
Juliana Morales Carreño—Workshop Director
Josiah Handelman—Composer
Mobéy Lola Irizarry—Composer
Dominique Nadeau—Stage Manager
Paloma Sierra—Dramaturg
Matthew Zwiebel—Composer
Esperanza Rosales Balcárcel—Stage Directions
Edlyn González—Cast
Safiya Harris—Cast
Storm Marrero—Cast
Yani Marin—Cast
Valentino Musumeci—Cast
Sean Stack—Cast