WINNER- Jefferson Award for Best New Play
WINNER- Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Adaptation
WINNER- Los Angeles Ovation Award
NOMINEE- 2020 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Adaptation

Medea and Hason have escaped the worst. After a harrowing journey across the Mexican–American border, the couple has made it safely to the States, where they can work toward a better life for their family. While Hason is convinced the future looks bright, Medea fears a darker fate as they face the challenges of living without documentation.

With poetry, humor, and heart, Mojada is a bold new telling of a story as old as tragedy itself. Blending Euripides’ classic with Mexican folklore, MacArthur Genius Award-winning playwright Luis Alfaro examines the tragedy behind America’s immigration system and the destiny of one family caught in its grip. A stirring drama about love, immigration, and sacrifice, Mojada combines ancient storytelling with the most pressing issues facing our country today, following a young Mexican mother who gives up everything to bring her son to America, only to find America demands even more.

Mojada is published as part of The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro. Based on Sophocles' Electra and Oedipus, and Euripides' Medea, Alfaro's Electricidad, Oedipus El Rey, and Mojada platform the concerns of the Chicano and wider Latino communities in Los Angeles and New York through ancient drama.

Content Warning: True to the original Greek tragedy, the play includes mature situations, violence, adultery, and the murder of a child. As well as adult language in both English and Spanish. Mojada is recommended for adult audiences.

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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“Playwright Luis Alfaro delivers another searing update of Greek drama… [MOJADA] really grabs you by the guts…” – TIME OUT CHICAGO