Olvídame
“The beauty of what is found is in knowing that it had to be lost.”
Written by Margot Carmody
Directed by Michael Alvarez
Staged Reading Presentation:
Thursday, June 11, 2026 – 8:00 PM
Tickets
General Admission - $10
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Location
IATI Theater - Mainstage
64 E 4th Street
NYC, NY 10003
ADA/Wheelchair Accessible
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About
After dying in the line of duty, Emmanuel Mateus finds himself caught between worlds, given nine nights to confront the past he buried. Guided by the rhythms of Afro-Colombian bullerengue, memory and music intertwine as his daughter is drawn into a journey of revelation. Olvídame is a haunting, music-driven exploration of migration, identity, and the cost of assimilation, asking what we lose in order to survive.
Language: English
Genre: Magical Realism
Playwright
Margot Carmody | United States
Margot Carmody is a Latinx playwright and screenwriter from Queens, New York, whose work blends poetry, music, and movement to explore identity, queerness, and social justice. Olvídame received the Kennedy Center Award for Hip-Hop Theater and recognition for Distinguished Achievement in Latinx Playwriting. Margot’s work has been developed with Latinx Playwrights Circle, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and New Harmony Writers Residency, and featured at Dixon Place’s HOT! Festival. Margot has also been recognized by Playbill as an LGBTQIA+ Artist to Watch.
Artistic Team
Michael Alvarez, Director
Interdisciplinary and international theatre director whose work has been presented in New York, London, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and across Eastern Europe. His directing and collaborative projects have been seen at institutions including Her Majesty’s Theatre in London’s West End, Arcola Theatre, the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, the National Theatre of Slovenia, New York Theatre Workshop, and Serenbe Playhouse. He has also created performance art pieces for the British Museum. Michael has been a Directing Fellow at New York Theatre Workshop and The Drama League, and a director with The Civilians R&D Group. He currently serves as Professor of Acting and Directing at Dartmouth College and is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab. Trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and the California Institute of the Arts.
Julian Elijah Martinez
as Emmnauel
David Heron
Ensemble
Pete Pasco
as Roberto
Maria Belisario
as Celeste
Nea Somogyi
Bullerengue Voice /Ensemble