ARC is delighted with the community partnership we’ve formed with AlterTheater, and thrilled to bring Dillon Chitto’s terrific Pueblo Revolt to the Berkeley campus. Pueblo Revolt explores the Pueblo Uprising through the eyes of a gay Pueblo teen, Feem, and his older brother, Ba’homa. This funny and emotionally moving play animates a significant episode in Indigenous history, told through the experiences of two brothers as they struggle to survive with bodies and hearts intact. The play is perfect for a campus audience–the two brothers are young men, one with a serious crush–as well as a broader audience interested in the gifts that Indigenous playwrights are bringing to the theater.
AlterTheater’s unique model of collaboration to create accessible, community-driven theater aligns with ARC’s mission as a think tank for the arts. We are proud to host playwright Dillon Chitto as an Artist-In-Residence Feb 6 – 9, and he will be visiting classes in the Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies department as well as giving a public talk on ‘Theater as a Site of Public History,’ with Gonzaga University professor Laurie Arnold on Monday, Feb 6.
On Monday, February 6th at 1pm, Chitto will be joined by Laurie Arnold (Gonzaga University) for a lecture, Theater as a Site of Public History. The lecture will be held inside the play set at the Arts Research Center. Laurie Arnold is an enrolled citizen of the Sinixt Band of the Colville Confederated Tribes. She is Associate Professor of History, Director of Native American Studies, and the Robert K. and Ann J. Powers Chair of the Humanities at Gonzaga University. In 2019-20 she held the Frederick W. Beinecke Senior Research Fellowship at Yale University and an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship. Her current research considers how contemporary Native American playwrights are using theatre to tell Native narratives of the past and present.
In addition to the lecture, Chitto will spend time engaging with students at the Native Community Center, hosted by the Native American Student Development Program. On Tuesday, Chitto will visit classes in the Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies Dept. ARC is providing free student tickets to the play to several classes in the TDPS, English, Ethnic Studies, and History Departments.
Directed by Reed Flores
Featuring Steven Flores & Eduardo Soria
$15 students/$25 general/sliding scale
ARC provided 100 comped tickets to Berkeley students
Presented by the Arts Research Center in collaboration with Art Works Downtown.
Dillon Chitto, (he/him) is an Indigenous playwright of Mississippi Choctaw, and Isleta and Laguna Pueblo descent. Originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico he grew up learning the importance of art, culture, and traditions. In his playwriting, he explores these ideas through the lens of comedy. He is presently based in Chicago, Illinois and is a company member of BoHo Theatre where he serves as literary manager. His first play Bingo Hall, developed by Native Voices at The Autry and presented during their 2017 Festival of New Plays, was given a world premiere at Native Voices in March 2018 in Los Angeles. He was selected as Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program’s 2017 winning playwright. Bingo Hall had a reading presented by the Global Voices theatre project as part of 2019 Origins Festival of First Nations at the British Library in London. He was also featured in the 2019 Adaptation Festival at Theater Above the Law in Chicago, Illinois.
Reed Flores (he/him) is a Queer CHamoru guy who directs and writes. Reed is currently the Artistic Assistant at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, and has worked around the area with: The Pear Theatre, New Conservatory Theater Center, Bindlestiff Studio, and Theatre Rhino. Nationally, Reed has worked with some awesome folks including: Seattle Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Breaking Wave Theatre Company. He also started, with Chris Henrriquez, Wayward Voices, an initiative to produce work by and for BIPOC artists. Favorite directing credits include: Lizard Boy (Asst. Director to Brandon Ivie), The Twentieth Century Way (Long Beach Playhouse), The Piano Teacher (The Pear). Upcoming: Brackish (Wayward Voices), Pueblo Revolt (AlterTheater), The Little Shop of Horrors (Asst. Director to Jeffrey Lo). www.reedflores.com(link is external)(link is external)
Steven Flores is a bi-coastal actor originally from Northern California, he is a descendant of the Numunuu (Comanche) & Mexican Indigenous peoples. He originated the role of Seketemaqua/Luke in Manahatta for its world premiere at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Yale Repertory Theater. He has performed as Menelaus in Helen and Master Puppeteer for Puppets & Poe at Theatre of Yugen. Other credits: Last of the Caucasians (The Barrow Group Theater Company, NY) Delusion: The Blood Rite (Haunted Play, Los Angeles), Jakubei in A Noh Christmas Carol (T. of Y. San Francisco) TV/Film: The Monster Project, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Upcoming: collaborator and actor on BRAIDED: A Native Noh Story, world premiere in San Francisco 2021. Studied at the Herbert Berghof Studio, NY.
Eduardo Soria (Feem) is thrilled join AlterTheatre’s production of “Pueblo Revolt” by Dillon Chitto. Eduardo is currently a student at CCSF finishing his studies as well as pro-wrestling training in Oakland for the blend of theatre and athletics. He is the co-founder of CCSF’s very own Theatre Club to help other theatre majors refine their techniques from acting to tech and to expose other students on campus as well as the surrounding community to performance art. Recent performances include Pure Native (Art) at Alter Theatre, Velorio (Aldo) at Portrero Stage, Its a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play (George Bailey) at Tabard Theatre, Ghosts of Bogota (Bruno) at Alter Theatre, El Rio (Fernando) at the Brava Theatre, Memoria del Silencio en el Pias de la Eterna Primavera (Fernando, Esqueleto, Viejo, and Military Captain) at the Mission Cultural Center of Latino Arts, Buffalo Soldiers: The Untold Story (Wolf Sleeve) at the Oakstop, and Cradle Will Rock (Diego Rivera) Mission (Herbert) as well as writing & performing an original solo one act Dia De Mi Muerte at CCSF’s Diego Rivera Theatre. Eduardo has also written & directed a one act Perfect that was also performed at CCSF’s Diego Rivera Theatre. Infinite thank you’s to his father, two sisters, family, friends, and mentors for their ongoing love and support.
