Mojada
Mojada
77% 72 reviews
77%
(72 Ratings)
Positive
82%
Mixed
14%
Negative
4%
Members say
Relevant, Absorbing, Great acting, Intense, Thought-provoking

About the Show

MacArthur Genius Award-winning playwright Luis Alfaro returns to The Public with the New York premiere of his stirring drama about love, immigration, and sacrifice, inspired by the Ancient Greek story of Medea.

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Critic Reviews (14)

The New York Times
July 17th, 2019

"Review: A Mexican Medea Heads to New York in ‘Mojada.’ In this retelling of Euripides’ tragedy of an abandoned lover, the heroine is a shy seamstress in seclusion in the Queens neighborhood of Corona."
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Time Out New York
July 18th, 2019

★★★ "The world outside the Public Theater is a brutal but effective collaborator in Luis Alfaro’s 'Mojada': As we sit, watching his modernization of Euripides’ Medea, the news whispers additional horrors in our ears..."
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New Yorker
July 29th, 2019

"Morals and Monologues in 'The Rolling Stone' and 'Mojada.' New plays by Chris Urch and Luis Alfaro center on a gay man in Uganda and a Mexican immigrant in Queens, each facing dangers."
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The Hollywood Reporter
July 17th, 2019

"Playwright Luis Alfaro, whose Latinx-themed adaptations of Greek tragedies include 'Electricidad' and 'Oedipus El Rey,' puts a modern-day spin on Euripides' 'Medea' in his latest work receiving its New York City premiere."
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Theatermania
July 17th, 2019

"Medea Crosses the Border and Settles in Queens in 'Mojada.' Playwright Luis Alfaro returns to New York with another modern take on a Greek tragedy."
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BroadwayWorld
July 18th, 2019

"Luis Alfaro's 'MOJADA' Adapts An Ancient Text Into A Contemporary Refugee Story"
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Lighting & Sound America
July 18th, 2019

"Alfaro's view of the original material proves to be more of a distorting lens…As the horrifying revelations of the last week have shown, the problems of illegal immigrants are enough for the most harrowing of dramas; there's no need to pile on plot twists involving predatory lady contractors."
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Talkin' Broadway
July 17th, 2019

"Playwright Luis Alfaro's Mojada, opening tonight at the Public Theater, reshapes the ancient tale of Medea into a drumbeating cry for social justice on behalf of refugee immigrants."
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