2Rhythms Theatre presents El Rey Del Pollo
2Rhythms Theatre presents
El Rey Del Pollo
Written by Anna Skidis Vargas
Directed by Eddie Ruiz
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WHO WANTS TO BE KING?
In the Lear family, everyone has something to prove and gain.
The esteemed Reymundo Lear is retiring from running his fried chicken empire and plans to pass on his three restaurants to daughters, Gisela, Raquel, and Cordelia… until Cordelia falls out of favor. What will happen next? What of Rey’s brother Gilberto and his feuding sons Edwardo and Edmundo? Will Rey ever be served his lunch? You’ll have to wait for the rest of the delicious story to be told by the foolish narrator Jeff.
El Rey del Pollo puts a family-friendly spin on Shakespeare’s King Lear, using Elizabethan verse, Spanglish, and today’s vernacular to serve up a Shakespearean telenovela for the stage. If you know King Lear you’ll enjoy the clever storyline, but this entertaining new production stands on its own.
2Rhythms Theatre’s next production takes us into a world of family, ambition, identity, and the complicated pursuit of success.