La Lucha Arts
presents
Raquel Almazan
in a
Site Specific Butoh Performance
Pre-Show Butoh Ritual & Works-in-Progress Reading
Feb 27th and Feb 28th, 2026
7pm
Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre
304 W 47th St, New York, NY 10036
FREE ADMISSION
EL ODIO DE UN PAÍS / The Hate of a Country
part of The Latin is American Play Cycle by Raquel Almazan
7:00 PM – 40-minute Butoh Dance Ritual
7:45 PM – Play Reading
Experience the transformative power of Butoh as Raquel Almazan performs a site-specific ritual installation at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater.
Functioning as a ceremonial threshold into El Odio de un País, the Butoh performance begins on the 4th floor and guides audiences into the emotional and mythic landscape of the play. The staged reading follows the ritual.
Admission is free. Reservations recommended. Email: laluchaarts@gmail.com for reserved seating
About the Work
EL ODIO DE UN PAIS/ The Hate of a Country (part of the Latin is American play cycle) by Raquel Almazan explores the conditions of women through the dramatization of violence contrasted with the actions of healing and solidarity within female communities. Rape culture becomes personal Costa Rican mythology: A missing arm in the sugar cane fields, a mother and daughter climb the mango tree of dangerous memories in the jungle, imprisoned men swear their innocence to the Crimen de Colima. An autobiographical and biographical series of scenes that explore the mainstream history of Costa Rica from the perspective of family lineage. This play challenges the male and colonial gaze by revealing the destructive impact of oppression on the individual, positioned as a metonym for Costa Rica itself.
Produced by Raquel Almazan’s La Lucha Arts, funded by NYSCA Grant and Artist Space with support from Pregones/PRTT, and its ASAP/Artist Space At Pregones initiative.
Written by Raquel Almazan
Directed by Gineiris Syphertt
Original Sound & Music Sinuhe Padilla
Butoh Vangeline & Raquel Almazan
Set Design Hao Bai
Graphic & Video Design Eva Pedriglieri
Production Management Aislinn Curry
Stage Management Celina Revollar
Cast appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
Ensemble (Alphabetical Order)
Raquel Almazan
*Jen Anaya
*Danny Borba
Andres Chaves
Gerardo Gudiño
*Gladys Perez
*Reynaldo Piniella
Yadira de la Riva
*Reza Salazar
Produced By
La Lucha Arts
Raquel Almazan is the Executive Artistic Director of La Lucha Arts, an organization that collaborates with arts institutions, communities, and social initiatives to produce interdisciplinary theater and media projects.
Select productions include: La Paloma Prisoner, La Negra, Café, Porning the Planet: The De-Sensitization of a Nation, The Latin is American Play Cycle (lecture performance), and She Wolves.
Major supporters include: The Doris Duke Foundation, NYSCA, The Howard Gilman Foundation, National Association of Latino Arts & Culture, The MAP Fund, and NYC Mayor’s Women Fund.
Community partnerships include: Close Rikers Campaign, Life Jacket Theatre, Brooklyn DA’s Re-entry Task Force, and The United Nations.
Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater
Pregones/PRTT is a multigenerational performing ensemble, multidisciplinary arts presenter, and steward of bilingual arts facilities in The Bronx and Manhattan. Its mission is to champion a Puerto Rican/Latine cultural legacy of universal value through original theater and musical productions, artistic partnerships, and engagement with diverse audiences.
This workshop of El Odio de un País was developed with support from Pregones/PRTT and its ASAP (Artist Space at Pregones) initiative, which provides artists with subsidized access to professional theater facilities and creative development support.
More information: www.pregonesprtt.org
