Lumbrada

When Lalo invites his friends into the deep dark woods for a camping trip, he quickly realizes that they all might be a little out of their element. The campground is expansive, the woods are dense, and the nights are unforgiving. In most cases, nature can provide a serene escape. Instead, this new environment becomes the perfect storm for revealing hidden truths and secret rivalries. Trying to regain control of the situation, Lalo proposes an activity to keep everyone entertained for the remainder of the evening: a scary story competition. One by one, the friends take turns recounting stories from their pasts, most of them stories they’d never even spoken aloud, let alone shared with each other. And when Lalo disappears into the woods, it’s up to his friends to find him. They use clues from his stories to lead them to his whereabouts. It’s not long before the lingering fears that have followed them since the moment they arrived start to materialize. To survive the night, they must not only find their friend but also confront their innermost fears. CAST: ELI - Taelyn Gore-Taelyn has been performing for over 20 years. Recent credits include A Christmas Carol at the Guthrie, The Sponge Bob Musical as Sandy with both Lyric Arts and Normandale, and Ensemble in Cabaret with Orthogonal Theatre. She is thrilled to be working on Lumbrada and hopes this production marks the first of many collaborations with the Horror Festival. MONSE - Antonia Kramer Perez-Antonia is an actor/choreographer around town. Some of her gigs include Little Women-Jo-Lyric Arts, ONCE The Musical-Reza-Theatre Latte Da, and Moby Dick-Queequeg-Theatre Coup D'etat. This is her first time at Horror Fest and hopefully not the last. GABBY - Mayra Gurrola Calderon- Mayra Gurrola Calderon (she/they) is a queer theatre artist, storyteller, and eldest daughter from the east side of Saint Paul with roots laid in Jauja Durango Mexico. Her piece Quinceañera was selected to run for Exposed Brick Theatre’s Through Our Eyes cohort in 2025. Mayra writes and moves with her community by nurturing those around them and carrying with them the mothers who cackle so loud the world trembles. LALO - Caroline Jimenez Reyes (Presented by Maria I. Arreola & Jazmin M Villalobos.)

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