Experiments: Mayonnaise Rizadas and Gatorade – Apr 28

The Experiments play reading series has provided a forum for talented playwrights and theatre makers to continue their creative process. The Monday night readings give emerging artists the opportunity to hear their developing works read by professional actors and receive valuable audience feedback. Experiments remains an artist driven service organized around shifting themes to allow a larger, under-served theater community to experience a greater diversity of programming.

Mayonnaise Rizadas and Gatorade is a fictional autobiography. Greek mythology’s Narcissus is waiting in a white, impersonal room for his diagnosis as his wings are falling. He then learns he has a hereditary terminal disease: unhappiness, most likely caused by the inability to love himself. But the disease doesn’t end with Narcissus. Centuries later, he is reborn into Santiago, a lonely, gay man living in New York City whose grandmother just died, and who prays for his homosexuality to be removed from his body. Santiago, who is stuck in Limbo, now faces the imaginative possibilities of a life on Earth if he decides to live, or the reencountering with his diseased loved ones and historical martyrs if he dies.

A new play by Santiago Molina

Santiago Molina (Playwright/Director): (b. 2003) is a Colombian-born-and-raised person living in Greenpoint, NY. He is currently a Resident Artist at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. 

Alison Zhang (Producer): is a New Zealand actor who trained at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York. During her studies she immersed herself in the craft, advancing her preparation, specificity and ensemble skills. Drawn to theatre, Alison finds creativity through multiple lenses. Prior to moving to New York, Alison completed her Bachelor’s in Business and attended classes at various acting studios in her hometown Auckland, New Zealand. 

Santiago Casares (Producer): is an actor, theater-maker, and writer from Mexico City. He attended NYU Tisch, where he trained at the Experimental Theatre Wing (ETW) and The Meisner Studio, and minored in Business of Entertainment, Media, and Technology at the Stern School of Business. Santiago holds certifications from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA), and is a United Nations award-winning artist. He is passionate about philosophy, Olympic diving, and art that expands our awareness. Select credits include: Circle Mirror Transformation – Schultz (ETW Mainstage); Passage – B, The Chekhov Project – Konstantin, As You Like It – Orlando, Cherrywood – Jack (MSNR); Cause and Effect – Keagan & Co-choreographer, The Children’s Book Play – Boy (PHTS); Cabaret (West End Theatre, Artistic Producer); La Belle Epoque (New York Theatre Festival, Lighting Designer), Gruesome Playground Injuries (Scenic Designer, PHTS).

Dagny Rebhan (Playwriting Dramaturg): is currently in her last semester at NYU studying experimental theatre. She is so excited to be involved in this process as a dramaturg. Previous productions include Hamlet (Ghost Ensemble/First Player) at ETW, Romeo and Juliet (Romeo) at NYU’s Shakespeare in the Square, and Lowlands (Jenna) at PHTS by Noma Mirny. Outside of acting, Dagny writes original music, directs, dances, and (makes money by) working as a stage electrician.