Registration for this event will open at 12 PM on Friday, April 18.
by Amalia Oliva Rojas
Showtimes
Friday, May 9 @ 3:30 PM
Friday, May 9 @ 8 PM
Saturday, May 10 @ 3:30 PM
I Hope This Letter Reaches Mictlān follows Sarai mourning the loss of her brother, whose soul is deported back to Mictlān, the Aztec underworld. Using her newly found shaman powers, Sarai attempts to transcend to help him, only to realize the journey begins with her. This play explores the complexity of grief and how it changes those who experience it.
About the Playwright
Amalia Oliva Rojas is a Mexican poet, performer, and theatre artivist raised in Nueva York. Her work centers and archives the stories, myths, and legends told by her family and the New York immigrant community. Her plays include Tonantzin On the 7 Train (Pen America), A Step-by-Step Guide on How to Succeed in the Myth-Making Business (Lehman College, Jamaica Arts and Learning Center), How to Melt ICE (or How the Coyote fell in love with the Lizard Who Was Really a Butterfly) (New York Women’s Fund Grant, New Perspectives Theatre Company and Boundless Theater Company, Latin American Theater Award for Outstanding Playwriting), and In The Bronx Brown Girls Can See Stars Too (Egg & Spoon Incubate NYC). She was recently named one of six Culture and Narrative Fellows for The Opportunity Agenda, where she will be working on her new solo show, DREAMing and The City. Additionally, Amalia is proud to be an Inaugural The Lily’s Lorraine Hansberry Fellow and CUNY Mexican Studies Institute Lydia Mendoza Fellow. She is a third-year MFA Playwriting candidate at Columbia University.
About the New Plays Festival
Columbia University School of the Arts presents a festival of new plays written by the 2025 Columbia MFA Playwriting Cohort. The esteemed faculty who nurtured these students, including Tony©, Pulitzer, and Obie Award winners, such as Lynn Nottage, Rogelio Martinez, Blair Singer, Noelle Vinas, Charles L. Mee, Michael Korie, David Auburn, and David Henry Hwang invite everyone to experience these innovative new playwrights.
Organized by Leslie Ayvazian, Theatre.