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Testigo de Cargo: Opening Night!
A classic courtroom thriller, reimagined with robots, AI, and a touch of the future. Our second run of Testigo de Cargo opened last night - new costumes, new characters, and a bold new world.

AI Looked at My Plays and Got Weird With It
To celebrate the end of our 2023 season, I fed photos from our theatre productions into an AI. The results were strange, emotional, and sometimes unsettling. This thread explores how artificial intelligence interprets live art.

El Show Que Sale Mal: Opening Night!
The rainny opening night of El Show Que Sale Mal was a beautiful mess - and it wasn’t planned. A packed house, nonstop laughter, and a cast nailing every “mistake” with perfect timing.

El Último Inventor: Opening Night!
A brand-new story on a brand-new stage. El Último Inventor inaugurates Escenario Millennium - our new theatrical home in the heart of San Salvador. These boards are fresh, but they’re already alive with ambition. Come see the play that pushed us to deconstruct, rebuild, and dream all over again.

The Quick Change That Kills
What do you do when one actor plays two characters — and one has to kill the other onstage? In Urinetown, we paused the show, did a live costume change in front of 210 people, and hoped for the best.

Urinetown: Opening Night!
Opening night of Urinetown was pure electricity. After months of work, 48 rehearsals, and a complete redesign of the theatre, we finally let the madness loose. And it was one of the most unforgettable openings we’ve ever had.

The Opera Strikes Back: Assembling Busquen al Tenor 2
In this fast-paced sequel to Busquen al Tenor, the beloved cast returns for another night of opera, deception and mistaken identities - this time in Paris. With musical numbers, collapsing chandeliers, and one flying butler, Busquen al Tenor 2 cranks the volume way up.

How We Faked Flying
Flying onstage sounds like magic — but behind the scenes, it’s pure engineering, muscle, and madness. With no fly system and limited height, we built our own rig, filled the air with smoke, and pulled off a live illusion involving five actors, nine crew members, and zero room for error.
Born In Smoke And Fire: Frankenstein
We set out to reimagine Frankenstein with fire, dance, and a spinning stage made from scrap parts. Scripts were rewritten, the floor caught fire, and monsters came alive in total darkness.

Slamming Doors: Directing Busquen al Tenor
A missing tenor, seven doors, and a hotel suite full of secrets. Go behind the scenes of Busquen al Tenor, our first theatrical comedy—a chaotic farce that flipped the stage, broke the doorknobs, and reminded us why laughter is worth the work.

We Built a Courtroom: Testigo de Cargo
A courtroom thriller, two possible endings, and a live audience voting on the verdict. Go behind the scenes of Testigo de Cargo, our boldest theatrical experiment yet—complete with rotating sets, exploding blood bags, and a jury that changed the story every night.

Live from Lockdown: Reimagining Guerra de los Mundos
When the pandemic shut down theaters, we didn’t stop—we adapted. This is the story of how we transformed La Guerra de los Mundos from a live stage play into a televised event, complete with roaming cameras, live sound effects, and a set built for chaos.

Martians and Microphones: Making La Guerra de los Mundos
A theatrical experiment that blurred the line between fiction and reality. From vintage radios to live sound effects and a room-shaking Martian invasion, this post unpacks how we brought Orson Welles’s infamous broadcast to life—just one week before the world shut down.

Blood, Snow and Loneliness: Inside Déjame Entrar
Go behind the scenes of Déjame Entrar, our first stage production. From flying vampires to shredded paper snow, this blog unpacks the chaos, craft, and quiet intensity of bringing a dark love story to life on stage.

We Sent a Pupusa to the Edge of Space
Discover how we launched a weather balloon carrying a pupusa more than 30,000 meters into the sky. This post shares the story behind PUPUSAT, a bold experiment to celebrate National Pupusa Day.