“In the polyglot Americas, leaning south:
a market of video arcades, old and new drugs,
Nescafé internet cafes, swift-changing political regimes,
Fluctuating currency, cheap sex for the tourist trade,
ex-bullrings turned into discos and hotels, white cars and bright
blue houses with peeling paint, fresh murals on ruined walls,
and a view of the limitless, dirty sea.”
- Caridad Svich

The Tropic of X, by Latinx playwright Caridad Svich, is the story of Maura and Mori, two street kid lovers and arcade freaks who live in a touristed wasteland at the end of the alphabet.
Maura and Mori, together with their friend Kiki, take refuge: in each other, in taunting tourists, in the next distraction, and in the chase of a consumerist dream, a numbing high, as they rage, seduce, and barter to survive the roaring tides of a place on the edge of collapse.

Danna-Rae Evasiuk: Assistant Stage Manager
Mariano Franco: Sound Designer
Jean-François Gagnon: Fight Choreographer
Sophie Gee: Director
Isabel Gelfrand: Make-Up and Wigs
Betty Iglesias: Cultural Consultant
Zoe Maeve Jenkins: Wardrobe Assistant
Fabrice Lapa: Scenic Painter
Sonoyo Nishikawa: Lighting Designer
Courtney Orbin: Set & Costume Design Assistant
Véronique Pagnoux: Scenic Painter
Isabel Quintero Faia: Stage Manager
Gerald X Reyes: Intimacy Choreographer
Eo Sharp: Set and Costume Designer
Dave Surette: Technical Director
Alessandra Tom: Assistant Director

Arlen Aguayo Stewart as Maura
Eric Davis as Fabian
Braulio Elicer as Mori
Gitanjali Jain as Hilton
Victor Andres Trelles Turgeon as Kiki

“The moment the show started until the actors took their final bows, I had no hope of pulling my eyes away.” - Montreal Theatre Hub

Photos by: Andrée Lanthier