Bridging Turtle Island: ATE & ITMéxico Present New Works
Thu, Sep 18
|Forest Meadows Amphitheatre
Staged reading series of new play excerpts from Lauren Gunderson, Drew Woodson, Amber Kay Ball, R. Réal Vargas Alanis, W. Fran Astorga and others.


Time & Location
Sep 18, 2025, 7:00 PM
Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, 890 Belle Ave, San Rafael, CA 94901, USA
About the event
In a political climate where artists are being reprimanded and censored, ITMéxico is an act of defiance, resilience, and survival. If we are told to “go back,” then we take our art with us, create in freedom, and return with stories that refuse to be silenced.
In partnership with Alternative Theater Ensemble, Marin Shakespeare Company and Dominican University of California, In the Margin presents a free, one-night-only staged reading series of works by playwrights resisting this silencing through humor, nuance and joy. A culmination of their work during ITM's artist residency in Sahuayo, Michoacán, this series highlights their stories in the beautiful Forest Meadows Amphitheatre of San Rafael, California.
We invite the Bay Area community to stand with us in this effort—to witness the art that emerges from liberation and to uplift the next generation of QTBIPOC artists as they carry these narratives forward.
Cast & Creative Team

Leah Sanginiti
Creator & Co-Director

Stephen Hitchcock
Lighting & Projection Design

Isabel Anne To
Art Exhibition Audio Guide

Angela Hernandez
Producer

Charles Peoples III*
Storyteller & Composer + Sound Design

Zoë Aiko Sonnenberg
Co-Director & Dramaturg

Bri Reads
Deviser

Fredy Gomez Cruz
Producer

Erolina Kamburova
Storyteller & Deviser

Chloë Parmelee-Laporte
Stage Manager

R. Réal Vargas Alanis
Producer

Sara Ruiz
Producer
*Member of Actor's Equity Association
