Yamel Cucuy is the story of a girl on the precipice of adulthood, contending with the physical and metaphysical violence of borders. Yamel is hunted by immigration agents while haunted by specters from Mexican folklore. On the shadowy frontier between life and death, she forges her own spirit of courage and wisdom. Set to an original score of indigenous percussion, Yamel Cucuy blends sophisticated puppetry with live actors and draws upon frightening folk tales and modern horror movies to create a terrifying psychological landscape of pitfalls both legal and spiritual.
RUNTIME: 79 minutes
CONTENT WARNING: Subtle reference to sexual assault, image of gun and violence in shadow puppetry, language, death.
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OCT 8 - NOV 1, 2026
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PREVIEW $10
THURSDAYS $10
GENERAL $48
STUDENT WITH ID $24
SENIOR 65+ WITH ID $24
VETERAN WITH ID $24
LAUSD Staff WITH ID $24Groups of 6 or more get up to $10 OFF per Ticket. More Info here.
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Latino Theater Company is committed to providing full access to patrons with disabilities. Our theatre is ADA accessible and is enabled with the following features.
A minimum of 3 wheelchair and semi-ambulatory tickets are available throughout this Theater.
Our theatre has raked seating, with steps to most rows. Most seats are fixed, though there are a limited number of free-standing seats that may be preferable for some patrons.
Accessible seating is available to those with mobility disabilities who require accessible seating because of their disability, at most price levels. This includes individuals who use wheelchairs, those who use other mobility devices, and people who cannot climb steps or walk long distances because of significant arthritis, or severe respiratory, circulatory, or cardiac conditions. Individuals who, because of their disability, cannot sit in a straight-back chair or those whose service dogs cannot fit under a non-accessible seat or lie safely in the aisle are also permitted to purchase accessible seats.
Individuals purchasing a ticket for an accessible seat may purchase up to three (3) additional seats for their companions in the same row and that are contiguous with the accessible seat. If contiguous seats have already been sold and are not available, the Latino Theater Co. will offer other seats as close to the accessible seats as possible.
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Credits
Written by
Gricelda Silva, Indigo Rael, and Caroline Reck; additional writing by Jesus I. Valles, Connor Hopkins
Directed by
Caroline Reck
Glass Half Full Theatre
Glass Half Full Theatre (Puppetry of Objects & Ideas) innovates performance structure and audience experience with original works featuring both humans and puppets that elevate issues of environmental and social justice with a focus on Latinx communities. Our bilingual plays cross linguistic and cultural boundaries towards the heart of the imagination, where artists and audiences examine how oppressive power structures work and how they can be overcome. Glass Half Full Theatre began making original work in Austin, Texas in 2011, addressing complex problems through an optimistic lens. We typically create one original work each year while presenting/ touring/ performing our existing works. Our local performances have served over 45,000 audience members in Austin, Texas. Our touring performances have visited 30 states, and performed for more than 100,000 people at 50+ performing arts venues across the nation. For the past five years, our work is exclusively bilingual (Spanish/ English) as we have embraced centering Latinx creators and audience.