Bernarda Alba

Presented by the Department of Drama | Words and Music by Michael John LaChiusa | Based on the play “The House of Bernarda Alba” by Federico Garcia Lorca | Directed and Choreographed by William Carlos Angulo | Associate Direction by Diego Alejandro González and Felipe Panamá | Music Direction by Jacob Kerzner

Oct. 10 – 19 | Opening Night: Oct. 11

“My pains, Mother, are not pains of hunger.” After the death of her husband Antonio, Bernarda Alba mourns in a shuttered home while keeping watch over five daughters—each desperate to break free from her matriarchal stranglehold. A tale of lust, longing and lamentation, Federico García Lorca’s classic Spanish drama is brought to a dark and melodic boil in this musical adaptation from composer Michael John LaChiusa.