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Moe

His name is Moises, but his friends call him Moe. He’s having a going away party because he’s dying of AIDS. He’s a theater artist working on a one man, uh….one woman show. He invites his closest friends over for his “going away for good” party, but his plans go awry when his best friend, who has given himself to the Lord, and his ex, who he hasn’t seen in 15 years, show up. All the while his alter ego, a torch singing drag queen, wants to take him for “the ride of his life.”

When first produced on stage in 2002, “Moe” (then titled “Dementia”) won the GLAAD Award for Outstanding Theater Production in Los Angeles, and garnered four Ovation Award nominations.

  • Jose Luis Valenzuela
    Director
    Luminarias
  • Evelina Fernandez
    Writer
    Luminarias
  • Sal Lopez
    Producer
  • Sal Lopez
    Key Cast
    "Moe"
  • Tonantzin Esparza
    Key Cast
    "Tamara"
  • Geoffrey Rivas
    Key Cast
    "Eddie"
  • Danny De La Paz
    Key Cast
    "Martin"
  • Lucy Rodriguez
    Key Cast
    "Alice"
  • Richard Coca
    Key Cast
    "Lupe"
  • Evelina Fernandez
    Key Cast
    "Raquel"
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 20 minutes
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    35mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Jose Luis Valenzuela

José Luis Valenzuela is an award-winning theater director and has been a visionary and an advocate for Chicanx/Latinx Theater for over 30 years. He has directed critically acclaimed productions at major theaters both internationally and nationally including the LATC where he created the Latino Theatre Lab in 1985 and the Mark Taper Forum where he established the Latino Theater Initiative in 1991. He has directed, The Mother of Henry, Solitude, Premeditation, Dementia, and A Mexican Trilogy for the Latino Theatre Company. Most recently he also directed Macbeth at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Karen Zacarias’ Destiny of Desire at Arena Stage, South Coast Rep, The Goodman Theatre, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. His international directing credits include Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt at the Norland Theatre in Norway and Manuel Puig’s Kiss of the Spider Woman at the National Theatre of Norway. He produced the national Encuentro Festival in 2014 and national and international Encuentro de las Americas in 2017.

He directed the short film How Else Am I Supposed To Know I'm Still Alive, and the critically acclaimed feature film Luminarias released in 2000 by New Latin Pictures.

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