¡BIENVENIDOS BLANCOS!

OR WELCOME WHITE PEOPLE!

¡Bienvenidos! Welcome! What a pleasure! Please come in.

Presented by FringeArts in 2018/ Remounted in 2020 at the Lang Performing Arts Center

Cuban and American history converge in this original play exploring cultural exploitation, race, embargos, conquistadores, and the relationship between two countries that are really, really close together. Led by Cuban-American director Alex Torra, and created by an International Cast including real Cubans from actual Cuba, imported legally via airplane.

​Performed in Spanish with English supertitles.​


For more information, visit the Post Show Info Page

Photos by Kate Raines, Plate3 Photography

Cast & Team

Director/Lead Artist: Alex Torra

Assistant Director: Cheryl Zaldívar Jiménez

Choreographer: Makoto Hirano

Performer/Creators: Jorge Enrique Caballero Elizarde, Benjamin Camp, Lori Felipe Barkin, Idalmis Garcia Rodriguez, Jenna Horton

Live Music Performers: TIMBALONA

Project Manager: Sara Nye

Production Manager: Robin Stamey 

Stage Manager: Emily Schuman

Set Designer: Efren Delgadillo, 

Jr. Costume Designer: Fabian Fidel Aguilar

Lighting Designer: Oona Curley

Sound Designer: Anthony Martinez-Briggs

Props Designer: Alicia Crosby

Supertitles Coordinator/Operator: Paloma Irizarry 

Technical Direction: Flannel & Hammer Scene Shop

Sound Engineer: Chris Sannino 

Assistant Lighting Designer: Abby Schlackman

Scenic Charge: Anthony Wiegand

Photographer: Kate Raines, Plate3 Photography

Video Producer: Danielle Gatto

Community Liaison: Marángeli Mejía Rabell

Talent Booking Agency: AfroTaino Productions

Dramaturg/Online Resource Manager: Linnea Carlson deRoche

Workshop Supertitles: Designer Les Rivera

Responses to ¡Bienvenidos Blancos! Or Welcome White People!

¡Bienvenidos Blancos! is a genuine invitation for further conversation.
— thINKing dance
...an inventive, fun... show that specifically considers those who live in two cultures…
— Broad Street Review

Special Thanks and Support  

¡BIENVENIDOS BLANCOS! or WELCOME WHITE PEOPLE! premiered at FringeArts in the spring of 2018. This production was developed at Teatro Ludi (Havana auditions); Swarthmore Project in Theater, Swarthmore College; Taller Puertorriqueño; and FringeArts. Major support for ¡BIENVENIDOS BLANCOS! or WELCOME WHITE PEOPLE! has been provided to Alex Torra by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional support from The William J. Cooper Foundation and Department of Theater, Swarthmore College, Wyncote Foundation, the Network of Ensemble Theaters, and the Puffin Foundation, as well as the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Southwest Airlines, and the Surdna Foundation through a grant from the NALAC Fund for the Arts Grant Program.