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Plays written by Orlando Hernandez<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EVA MAR\u00cdA, PLEASE COME HOME
LA TEMPESTAD
LA BROA\u2019
TIKTOK TOOK MY TACO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopses<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eva Mar\u00eda, Please Come Home – Ten-year-old Eva Mar\u00eda arrives in Rhode Island from Mexico looking for her father, only to find a cartoonish dystopia of vigilante shopkeepers, charlatan preachers, sound-wave hackers, and ecoterrorist birders. As she uncovers the painful truth about her father\u2019s early years in this country, she must decide between self-preservation and helping others in an increasingly savage world. And the government just started performing purity tests\u2026 Part-picaresque, part-sci-fi, part-historical-allegory, all in a small post-industrial New England city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Tempestad – This bilingual adaptation of The Tempest continues Shakespeare\u2019s investigation into language, power, and place, guided by Caribbean and Latinx experiences of living in multiple languages, code-switching, and negotiating power and belonging. Our adaptation also writes against Shakespeare by centering the characters of Ariel and Calib\u00e1n, asking what kind of subversion and transformation are possible in places with legacies of colonial violence and exploitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loa Broa’ – La Broa\u2019 tells the stories of Latinx communities in Rhode Island, their struggles and triumphs, and how they were able to get a foothold in healthcare, social services, activism, the arts, and politics. Told through the tape recorder of Ana\u2014a journalism student at Providence College in the 90s, who finds comfort and inspiration in Do\u00f1a Rosa, the matriarch of the Dominican community who\u2019s making peace with her husband\u2019s death and their market closing. Inspired by Marta Mart\u00ednez\u2019s Nuestras Ra\u00edces Oral History Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TikTok Took my Taco – Three high school friends get catapulted into another dimension while doing a TikTok dance. A surrealist comedy with tender notes, touching on young romance, bullying, technology, and making peace with a departed loved one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez is a playwright from Hoboken, NJ. He is a 2026-2027 Terrence McNally New Works Incubator Fellow at Rattlestick Theater. He helped develop Teatro en el Verano<\/em>, a bilingual theater collaboration between Trinity Repertory Company and Rhode Island Latino Arts that began in 2016. His play La Broa\u2019 (Broad Street)<\/em> received its world premiere at Trinity Rep in 2024. As a member of La Bulla Collective, alongside Tatyana-Marie Carlo and Leandro \u201cKufa\u201d Castro, he has worked on bilingual adaptations of Shakespeare plays, including La Tempestad<\/em>, which was produced at Trinity in 2025. He holds a B.A. in English from Yale University, and his poems, translations, and essays have appeared in publications in print and online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to his writing, Orlando performs and teaches widely as a tap dancer. His dance-theater work has been presented at venues around the US and internationally including New York Live Arts, On the Boards, Jacob\u2019s Pillow, Joe\u2019s Pub, and La Casa de Cultura Ruth Hern\u00e1ndez Torres. He is a 2025-2028 Jerome Fellow in Dance. He lives in Washington Heights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.orlyhernandez.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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