74%

(9 Ratings)

Positive

89%

Mixed

11%

Negative

Members say

Excellent acting & dance, Delightful, Entertaining, Original, Terrible final plot points

About the Show

A young woman fights tradition and family to pursue a forbidden career in Mexico's bullfighting world.

Set in the world of Mexican bullfighting, this family drama follows Elena Maria Ramirez, a young woman determined to become a torera—a rare and controversial ambition in a male-dominated tradition. Her pursuit places her at odds with societal expectations, her own family, and the legacy of Don Rafael Cárdenas, a revered figure in the sport.

The production explores the personal and cultural stakes of breaking barriers within an insular, tradition-bound world.

Critic Reviews (7)

"Torera offers a fascinating inside look at a sport, bullfighting, that many Americans may not know about beyond broad cultural stereotypes. "
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"In Torera, the playwright Monet Hurst-Mendoza wants us to root for her heroine, Elena, in her struggle to become a bullfighter, but she never explains why."
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"Torera is about the cost of breaking tradition and following your dreams; it’s about deep and long-lasting friendship and how culture and tradition can hold us back, even as we honor them. "
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A young Mexican woman’s dream of becoming a bullfighter is depicted in this enchanting fable.
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‘Torera’ is a loving portrait of Mexican society at its most traditional, misogyny and class rigidity very much reinforced. But Monet Hurst-Mendoza overstuffs the final scenes with too much meat, too many revelations and narrative turns
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Transforms something distant and difficult into something universal with meaning
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An ear for theater dialogue and a theatrical vision.
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