Orange is the New Black’s Dascha Polanco and Selenis Leyva and more have been tapped for the world premiere of Paola Lázaro’s Tell Hector I Miss Him. Directed by David Mendizábal, tickets are now available for the Atlantic Theater Company production, which will play a limited engagement off-Broadway January 11, 2017 through February 12. Opening night is scheduled for January 23 at Atlantic Stage 2.
Along with Polanco as Malena and Leyva as Samira, the company will also feature Victor Almanzar (Between Riverside and Crazy) as Jeison, Sean Carvajal (Water by the Spoonful) as Palito, Alexander Flores (The Maze Runner) as Tono, Yadira Guevara-Prip (Mad Dogs) as Isis, Juan Carlos Hernández (Wait Until Dark) as Mostro, Talene Monahon (Alligator) as La Gata, Flaco Navaja (Blue Bloods) as Hugho, Lisa Ramirez (To the Bone) as Mami, Luis Vega (Heirloom) as El Mago and Analisa veleZ (The Inheritance) as Tati.
You're in Puerto Rico. Old San Juan. You're a tourist, you walk down the stairs of this beautiful old fort built by the Spaniards. When you reach the bottom, you realize you're in a hole. Welcome to the basement that lies under the tourism and behind the fort walls. You spend some days there, you don’t want to leave. Oh no, you’re addicted. Tell Hector I Miss Him unmasks a community built on the law of respect that keeps getting washed away but refuses to drown.
The production will feature scenic design by Clint Ramos, costume design by Dede Ayite, lighting design by Eric Southern and sound design by Jesse Mandapat.