Hot Tamale is a Latina fiesta about the Latina stereotype. 1999 was Latin pop singer Ricky Martin’s year with his hit song “La fiesta.” Latinos became the new market. They were considered hot, great lovers, great dancers, and big consumers. “Hot Tamale” is a show about sex and hot tamales.
Rats – the fantasy of extermination (1999)
Rats is about queers, butches, lesbians, and a little bit about rats. The show has a non-linear structure. The piece starts with a comparison between rats and King Hamlet. The main character realizes that she already became a ghost –even when she is not dead yet– and she starts obsessing about her ghost and her death. She states: “sometimes your death can be more important than your life.”
Butch Fashion Show in the Femme Auto Body Shop (1997)
Butch Fashion Show in the Femme Auto Body Shop is a witty, satirical exploration of the ups, downs, and sexual charades at play in an urban butch-femme relationship.