Ground Floor Theatre will present a workshop reading of Emiliana: A Revolution Cabaret by Jessica L. Peña Torres as part of their GFT Writes series. The play will make its debut during the 2026 season.
Mexico City, 1940s - By day, Silvia Ibarra is a well-bred doctor’s daughter preparing for life as a respectable wife. By night, she becomes Emiliana, a cabaretera who worships Emiliano Zapata and dreams of returning her grandfather’s land to the campesinos. When her double life is exposed, Silvia’s future is thrown into turmoil.
Inspired by the prostitute melodramas of Mexico’s Golden Age of film, Emiliana reimagines the genre through a lens of social justice for Indigenous, femme, and queer communities.
Ground Floor Theatre will present a workshop reading of Emiliana: A Revolution Cabaret by Jessica L. Peña Torres as part of their GFT Writes series. The play will make its debut during the 2026 season.
Mexico City, 1940s - By day, Silvia Ibarra is a well-bred doctor’s daughter preparing for life as a respectable wife. By night, she becomes Emiliana, a cabaretera who worships Emiliano Zapata and dreams of returning her grandfather’s land to the campesinos. When her double life is exposed, Silvia’s future is thrown into turmoil.
Inspired by the prostitute melodramas of Mexico’s Golden Age of film, Emiliana reimagines the genre through a lens of social justice for Indigenous, femme, and queer communities.
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