TEATRO SALON TABLE READING SERIES AT THE LATINO BOOKSTORE (1300 GUADALUPE)
August 8, 2026 & August 15, 2026| 2 PM
🎠Experience new works in the making!
Join the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center for the 2026 Teatro Salón Table Readers Series—two afternoons of powerful storytelling, live readings, and conversation with the artists behind the work.
📅 Aug 8 & 15 | ⏰ 2 PM
đź“Ť Guadalupe Latino Bookstore
🎟️ FREE + post-reading Q&A
Don’t miss these bold new voices from South Texas.
Learn more: guadalupeculturalarts.org.
If I Could Turn Back Time by Gerry Rodriguez
Date & Time: Saturday, August 8, 2026, at 2:00 PM
Directed by: Marisela Barrera
Synopsis: After the sudden death of their sister, Julio returns to their family home in the South Texas borderlands for the funeral. Once there, Julio must navigate grief while confronting an estranged family that disapproves of their involvement in the drag community. Encouraged by their late sister’s spirit, Julio summons strength by stepping into their drag persona, Sharona, for the remainder of the visit. As Sharona, she builds unexpected connections, heals old wounds, and finds a way to let go of past pain while accepting her sister’s passing.
About the Playwright: Gerry Rodriguez is a poet and playwright from Mission, Texas, holding an MFA in Creative Writing from UTRGV. She teaches college-level English Composition and Rhetoric, serves as the founder and Artistic Director of the Rio Grande Valley Playwrights Circle, and is VP of Operations for Palabrandar Theatre Company.
About the Director: Marisela Barrera (BFA, MA, MFA) is an award-winning Tejana teatrista—writer, actor, stage director, cultural activist, and border goth storyteller whose genre-bending work bridges the Tex-Mex frontera, the classroom, and radical Chicana/Latina arts spaces.
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Welcome to the Neighborhood by Marissa Castañón-Hernández
Date & Time: Saturday, August 15, 2026, at 2:00 PM
Directed by: Clint Taylor
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Synopsis: Set in a suburban Texas community, Welcome to the Neighborhood explores the mounting tensions among neighbors as personal beliefs collide with contemporary social and political divisions. When a conflict escalates to a dangerous breaking point, the Virgen de Guadalupe appears in a miraculous moment. In the aftermath, as the community awaits her return, the neighbors begin to confront their differences and discover a shared capacity for forgiveness, understanding, and acceptance.
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About the Playwright: Marissa Castañón-Hernández is an Austin-based educator, writer, and award-winning playwright whose work—featured in the Austin American-Statesman and on stages from Repertorio Español to the Vortex Theatre—champions educational justice and amplifies the voices of historically marginalized communities.
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About the Director: Clint George Taylor is the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s Theater Arts Program Assistant and a multifaceted San Antonio-based artist, educator, and community leader, active with Jump-Start Performance Co. and co-creator of Better Butter the Show, using performance, writing, and production to champion arts education and marginalized voices.
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