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Festival of New American Theatre: Enferma

Play Reading + live talkback*

*Learn more about our COVID safety protocols here.

By Straton Rushing
Directed By Chanel Bragg

Click here to download the Spanish/English translation of the script

March 20, 2021 to March 21, 2021
The Phoenix Theatre Company Courtyard

Violet O’Neill is just 24 years old, and she probably has lung cancer. Thinking she has nothing to lose, she devises a hair-brained scheme involving Google Translate and catfishing to get revenge on her creepy boss. She also finds herself falling in love with RJ, another cancer patient. All of this tangles her in a web of lies so thick she has to learn a new language to get out of it.
 

 

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The Artists

Straton Rushing
As Playwright
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Chanel Bragg
As Director
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As Stage Manager
Micha Espinosa
As Dialect Coach
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Elyssa Blonder
As Violet O'Neill
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Eddie Maldonado
As Raphael "RJ" Jurado/Francisco Juarez
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Louis Farber
As Dr. Andrew Palmer
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Alyssa Chiarello
As Isabela Palmer-Espinoza
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Gigi Sierra
As Katie Anderson
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The Artists

Straton Rushing
As Playwright
View Bio
Chanel Bragg
As Director
View Bio
Micha Espinosa
As Dialect Coach
View Bio
Elyssa Blonder
As Violet O'Neill
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Eddie Maldonado
As Raphael "RJ" Jurado/Francisco Juarez
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Louis Farber
As Dr. Andrew Palmer
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Alyssa Chiarello
As Isabela Palmer-Espinoza
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Gigi Sierra
As Katie Anderson
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The Creative Team

Straton Rushing - Playwright

Chanel Bragg - Director

Dr. Karen Jean Martinson - Dramaturge

Andrea Small - Stage Manager

Micha Espinosa - Dialect Coach

The Cast

Elyssa Blonder - Violet O'Neill

Eddie Maldonado* - Raphael "RJ" Jurado/Francisco Juarez

Louis Farber - Dr. Andrew Palmer

Alyssa Chiarello* - Isabela Palmer-Espinoza

Gigi Sierra - Katie Anderson

* Courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors & stage managers in the US.