Feliz - An American Play

Season four at The Wayward Artist kicks off 2021 exploring the idea of identity. To launch the season, the Wayward Artist is holding strong to its mission to “produce works unknown” with the second world premiere in their four years of existence. In partnership with Michael-Miguel Productions and funded by a Santa Ana Arts Grant, the Wayward Artist presents “Feliz – An American Play” by Michael J. Mejia. Directed by LA-based director and teaching artist, Rosa Lisbeth Navarrete, the play follows a Mexican-American family in Bakersfield, California filled with secrets of addiction, desire and identity. Within the world of Latinx magical realism, the family must finally face the truths they are all avoiding. “Feliz – An American Play” premieres on April 17, 2021 at 7 p.m. with a drive-in experience screened by The Frida Cinema.

The cast of “Feliz – An American Play” includes Moises Rodriguez as Augusto, Sheresade Poblet as Amanda, Miguel Torres Cruz as Joe, Jennifer Aguilar as Vicki, Isaac Ybarra as Eric, Roberta H. Martínez as Consuela, and Chayan Tavakoly as Sam.

Though the COVID-19 pandemic has closed the doors to the theater, the Frida Cinema team has created Streaming Cinema, a series of outdoor drive-in events that offers a socially distant and safe viewing experience. The Wayward Artist is proud to partner with The Frida Cinema to host the premiere of “Feliz – An American Play.”

Grand Central Arts Center in downtown Santa Ana, California is currently the home of the Wayward Artist. Although proud of their home in DTSA, in order to continue working to keep artists and audience members safe, all Wayward Artist productions will be produced online or in a socially distant venue. For more information about “Feliz – An American Play”, please visit https://www.thewaywardartist.org/