SONIA FLEW

SONIA FLEW

Directed by Amelia Lumpkin

DATES HELD: Friday, May 2 - Sunday, May 11, 2025

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Friday, May 2 (7:30 PM)

Saturday, May 3 (7:30 PM)

Sunday, May 4 (3:00 PM) Audio Description by Arts Access

Friday, May 9 (7:30 PM)

Saturday, May 10 (6:00 PM) Free Pre-Show Talk Back Session:
Ties Across the Tides: Separated by an Ocean Yet Inseparable from Impact.

Saturday, May 10 (7:30 PM)

Sunday, May 11 (3:00 PM)

By Melinda López

LOCATION: Cary Arts Center

ABOUT THE SHOW

When Sonia learns of her son’s decision to leave college, enlist in the military and fight against terror in Afghanistan in the weeks following 9/11, memories of her own childhood overwhelm her. She struggles to reconcile being forced as a young girl to leave Cuba at the dawn of Fidel Castro’s rule with her own responsibilities as a mother facing uncertainty. Sonia must find a way to come to terms with her past, her lost parents, her own children and her adopted country—or risk losing everything that she loves. Set between post-revolutionary Cuba and post-9/11 America, SONIA FLEW telescopes the large cultural and political forces of a historic moment to examine their impact on the intimate lives of ordinary men and women. What do we owe our parents? Can we forgive the past? This poetic and urgent play bridges time and culture in a drama about the cost of forgiveness.

*Please Note: This play contains adult language and situations. Parental discretion is advised.*

THE CAST

  • Sonia: Mairym Azcona

  • Zak: Will Kalland

  • Jen: Meghan Tanaka 

  • Daniel & Orfeo: Martin Balaguer

  • Sam: John D’Amato

  • Nina: Chelsea Collar (U/S Marta, Pilar, Sonia)

  • Young Sonia: Nicole Montijo

  • Pilar: Melanie Payne 

  • Professor Waldman: Naveen Kumar (U/S Orfeo)

  • Marta: Seema Kukreja 

  • Tito: Jeff Lowe

  • Jose: Cameron Carpentier (U/S Jen, Young Sonia, Zak)

PRODUCTION STAFF / CREW

  • Director - Amelia Lumpkin

  • Assistant Director - Carol Machuca

  • Stage Manager - Sareek Hosein

  • Assistant Stage Manager - Sarah Gendron

  • Technical Director - Kevin McIntire & Joel Soren

  • Set Designer - Joel Soren

  • Master Carpenter - Kevin McIntire & Joel Soren

  • Intimacy Coordinator - Veronica Dress

  • Costume Designer - Monica Hoh

  • Sound Engineer - Jack Kaufmann

  • Microphone Assistant - Chloe Veeder

  • Choreography - Riki Dows

  • Dramaturgy - Rebecca Hodge

  • Sound Effects Designer - Davyous Melvin

  • Lighting Designer - Cory Arnold

  • Sound Board Operator - Shafar Massenburg

  • Light Board Operator - Callie Hammond

  • Props - Chante Thompson

  • Concessions Managers - David Calhoun, Irene Schloss

  • Producers - Joey DeSena, Debra Grannan, Toni Schloss

  • Graphic Artist - Catherine Campbell

  • Playbill Layout - Joseph Foster, Minuteman Press

  • Photography - Dan Chadwick, DC Chadwick Photography

  • Volunteer Coordinator - Jeri Summer

  • Finance Manager - Bob Grannan

  • Audition Assistance - Nicole Ackman, Debra Grannan, Adrienne Kelly Lumpkin, Toni Schloss

Interested in joining our volunteer production team for our shows? Check out our Volunteer page or contact us at info@caryplayers.org