April 2023, Los Angeles, U.S.
El Misterio
Project Description: El Misterio
Translated, Adapted, and Directed by Luna Izpisua de Kissel
El Misterio is an adaptation of the 700-year-old Spanish liturgical drama Misteri d’Elx, which depicts the dormition, assumption, and coronation of the Virgin Mary. El Misterio uses the original medieval narrative as a framework for investigating modern rites of human connectivity, spirituality, and embodiment in a technologically-mediated world.
April 13-21, 2023, CalArts WALT DISNEY MODULAR THEATER (MOD)
Creative Team
Director: Luna Izpisua de Kissel
Scenic Designer: Benny Pitt
Costume Designer: Danica Martino
Lighting Designer: W. Alejandro Melendez
Sound Designer: Nick DePinto
Video Designer: Natalie Nicholas
Music Director/Organist: Daniel Newman-Lessler
Assistant Music Director: Michael Lanham
Intimacy Coach: Emily Barasch
Assistant Scenic Designer: Holly Joy Webb, Ariel Ling-An Huang
Assistant Costume Designer: Emily Unthank
Master Electrician: Jack Cannon
Sound Engineer: Charles Glaudini
Assistant Video Designer: Wei-Fang Chang
Vocal Coach: Rafael Lopez-Barrantes
Movement Consultant: Analee Traylor
Producer: Gefei Liu
Assistant Producer: Vladimir Tuaev
Associate Production Manager: Katherine Paez Froehlich
Assistant Lighting Designer: Jackson Funke
Stage Manager: Sami Hansen
Assistant Stage Manager: Mia Condon
Deck Assistant Stage Manager: Liz Zaragoza
Technical Director: Sam DuBois
Assistant Technical Director: Sophia Prothero
Graphic Design: Luna Izpisua de Kissel, with photography by Natalie Nicholas