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Oberonis Latino Shakespeare Company Launches Inaugural Production with a bilingual Much Ado About Nothing. Shakespeare’s beloved comedy comes to McCadden Place Theatre in a vineyard-inspired Latino adaptation presented in bilingual Spanish/English and English-language performances
LOS ANGELES, CA – Oberonis Latino Shakespeare Company will launch its inaugural
production with William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, presented at McCadden Place Theatre in Los Angeles this August. Directed by Adrián Genésius Barrón, this full production reimagines Shakespeare’s romantic comedy through a Latino cultural lens, setting the play in an imagined wine country where love, language, family, and identity are cultivated with humor, passion, and care.
Performances will take place August 7–16 at McCadden Place Theatre, located at 1157 N
McCadden Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90038. The production will be presented in both bilingual
Spanish/English performances and English-language performances, inviting audiences into a
version of Shakespeare that celebrates the beauty of speaking, understanding, and being
understood across language.
Set against the romance of vineyard country, Oberonis Latino Shakespeare Company’s Much
Ado About Nothing draws inspiration from golden hills, rich colors, the labor of the vine, and the
emotional architecture of love. In this world, Benedick and Beatriz are not only Shakespeare’s
iconic sparring lovers, but figures who feel deeply familiar; characters from a long-running
telenovela, our parents, our friends, and maybe even ourselves.
This production asks, “How can I be truly seen by someone else?” says director Adrián Genésius
Barrón. Through the romance of wine country and the richness of Latino culture, the play is
exploring love as something cultivated over time through language, labor, and laughter.
In the bilingual Spanish/English performances, characters move between both languages,
allowing language to become part of the emotional and theatrical landscape of the play. The
English-language performances offer the same vineyard-inspired Latino adaptation in English,
expanding access while preserving the production’s cultural world and community-centered
spirit.
As the inaugural production of Oberonis Latino Shakespeare Company, Much Ado About
Nothing marks the beginning of a new Los Angeles theatre company dedicated to exploring
classical work through Latino perspectives, bilingual storytelling, and culturally resonant
performances.
The production features Salvatore Russildi as Benedick, Doriana Schoner as Beatriz, Victor Parra
as Claudio, Cristina Glezoro as Hero, Michael DiNardo and Hector Zapata as Don Pedro, and
Nick DiCola and Mario Tardon as Leonato. The cast also includes Izzy Martinez as Antonio,
Marycarmen Portillo as Margaret and Seacoal, Emilio Lann as Don John and Verges, Roberto
Arrizón as Borachio, Laura Montesinos as Conrade, Joel Jofré as Dogberry, and Sebastian
Senatore as Sexton/Friar.
The creative team includes Adrián Genésius Barrón as Director, Doriana Schoner, Salvatore
Russildi, and Adrián Genésius Barrón as Executive Producers, Phone Tha and Oliver Rotunno as
Producers, Felicia Cantu as Stage Manager, Siyin Yan as Scenic Designer, Morgan
Cordova-Stuart as Costume Designer, Marycarmen Portillo as Choreographer, and Andrea
Carillo as Dramaturg.
Bilingual Spanish/English Performances:
Friday, August 7 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, August 8 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, August 15 at 2:00 PM
Sunday, August 16 at 6:00 PM
English-Language Performances:
Saturday, August 8 at 2:00 PM
Sunday, August 9 at 6:00 PM
Friday, August 14 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, August 15 at 8:00 PM
Venue:
McCadden Place Theatre
1157 N McCadden Pl
Los Angeles, CA 90038
through Eventbrite at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/much-ado-about-nothing-tickets-1987789686462
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