Winter Rep: The Leveret and Midwest Porn

Two world premieres playing in rep.

In The Leveret, Spanish Franciscan Friar and architect Antonio Cruzado designs and builds Los Angeles’ San Gabriel Mission using the enforced labor of the Gabrielino Tongva people. Wrestling with his calling to create a sacred sanctuary and the subjugation of the Native builders, Cruzado must contend with his spiritual imperfection and desire to achieve aesthetic perfectionism. The Leveret, a solo play, features Bobby Plasencia.

In Midwest Porn, students at St. Mary’s Elementary School are preparing for Confirmation, but fourth-grader Beatrice and her coterie threaten to boycott the ceremony due to their beef with Catholicism. At the same time, low enrollment, a nascent adult entertainment industry, and an infestation of turtles threaten the very survival of the school. Midwest Porn features Gilbert Cruz, Brandon Dial, Lennox T. Duong, Matthew Maher, Piper Patterson, Danielle Skraastad, Bubba Weiler, Erin Wilhelmi, and Rae C. Wright.