Written by Alejandra Maria Rivas

Full Production (2019) - Under 30: One Act Play Festival

Staged Reading (2020) - Bay Area Women’s Theater Festival BIWOC+ Reading Series (Aurora Theater and Brava Theater)

Staged Reading (2022) - Bay Area Women’s Theater Festival BIWOC+ Reading Series (Aurora Theater and Brava Theater)

Father. Daughter. Mexican. American. Familial bonds are tested and linguistic lines are broken in this fascinating take on a magical journey into the afterlife.

Bracero y Daughter

Bracero (Dante Fregoso) and Daughter (Carmen Estrenez). Projection Design by Anika O’Donnell. Directed by Robert D. Guzman. (2019)

Daughter After Death

Daughter (Carmen Estrenez) surrounded by birds. Directed by Robert D. Guzman. (2019)

Bracero

Bracero (Dante Fregoso). Directed by Robert D. Guzman. (2019).

Talkback

Talkback with Alejandra and cast members and director of LA PALOMA. Directed by April Ballesteros. (2022)

Pain

Bracero (Francisco Rodriguez) and Daughter (Virginia Blanco) in a reading. Directed by Marisa Ramos. (2020)

Dancing

Bracero (Francisco Rodriguez) and Daughter (Virginia Blanco) dance. Stage directions read by Omar Osoria. Directed by Marisa Ramos. (2020)

Stage Directions as Consciousness

Stage directions read by Omar Osaria. Directed by Marisa Ramos. (2020)

Talkback

Director Marisa Ramos leads a talkback with the cast of the show. (2020)

Staged Reading

Bracero (Francisco Rodriguez), Daughter (Virginia Blanco), and stage directions (Omar Osaria). Directed by Marisa Ramos. (2020)

EXCERPT - Magic Fruit

Co-Written, Produced, and Performed by Kimiya Shokri

Commissioned by TheatreFIRST

Produced 2020-2021 as a Web Series culminating in a long-cut Streamed Video Play during the early-mid pandemic.

two foodies pitted against each other…until they start cooking ancestral cuisine.

Berkleyside Review of MAGIC FRUIT (2021)

Tara

Tara (Kimiya Shokri). Directed by Susannah Martin. (2020)

Amaya

Amaya (Alejandra Maria Rivas). Directed by Susannah Martin (2020)

Tara and Amaya

Tara (Kimiya Shokri) and Amaya (Alejandra Maria Rivas) catching up. Directed by Susannah Martin (2020)

Tara

Tara (Kimiya Shokri). Directed by Susannah Martin (2020)

Amaya

Amaya (Alejandra Maria Rivas). Directed by Susannah Martin (2020)

Abgoosht

Persian dish called abgoosht made by Tara (Kimiya Shokri). Directed by Susannah Martin (2021)

Tara

Tara (Kimiya Shokri). Directed by Susannah Martin. (2020)

Amaya

Amaya (Alejandra Maria Rivas). Directed by Susannah Martin (2020)

Amaya and Tara

Amaya (Alejandra Maria Rivas) and Tara (Kimiya Shokri) have a hard conversation. Directed by Susannah Martin (2021)

Tara

Tara (Kimiya Shokri). Directed by Susannah Martin (2020)

Amaya

Amaya (Alejandra Maria Rivas). Directed by Susannah Martin (2021)

Alejandra and Kimiya

Alejandra and Kimiya dancing in the ending credits. (2021)

Enchiladas Tres Moles

Mexican dish called enchiladas tres moles, made by Amaya (Alejandra Maria Rivas). Directed by Susannah Martin (2021)

Amaya

Amaya (Alejandra Maria Rivas) eats a dish prepared by Tara (Kimiya Shokri). Directed by Susannah Martin (2020)

excerpt - Curly Fries (episode four)

Co-Written with Geetha Reddy and Patricia Cotter

Written for theater students at UC Berkeley based on their pandemic experiences and still trying to make connections.

Alejandra wrote episodes 1 and 4. Characters are generated with all three playwrights.

Produced Fall 2020 as a Web Series during the early pandemic.

Twelve young people navigate a world blindsided by a pandemic and a reckoning for racial justice. How to go to school, pay the rent, stay alive, attend a protest, go on a date? Can curly fries save the day?

Curly Fries Site (2020-2021)

Curly Fries Program (2020)