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July 8 — August 2

OFF-BROADWAY ALLIANCE AWARD FOR BEST MUSICAL
DRAMA LEAGUE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL

Mexodus – the New York Times Critic’s Pick new musical created and performed by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson – comes straight from New York to the Playhouse stage this summer. This electrifying experience explores a hidden chapter of the Underground Railroad – one that moved south, by crossing the Rio Grande toward liberation in Mexico. This groundbreaking musical amplifies the story of a freedom seeker and an unlikely ally as they forge a remarkable bond that transcends borders. It’s history remixed. It’s a ride you won’t want to miss.


Mexodus is presented by arrangement with P3 Productions and Audible.


Mexodus is presented with generous philanthropic support from The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation and Honorary Producers Terri and Jerry Kohl and Tammi and Lenny Steren.

“An Electrifying Theatrical Experience”

-The New York Times

written by BRIAN QUIJADA and NYGEL D. ROBINSON

directed by DAVID MENDIZÁBAL

choreographed by TONY THOMAS

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OFF-BROADWAY ALLIANCE AWARD FOR BEST MUSICAL
DRAMA LEAGUE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL

Mexodus – the New York Times Critic’s Pick new musical created and performed by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson – comes straight from New York to the Playhouse stage this summer. This electrifying experience explores a hidden chapter of the Underground Railroad – one that moved south, by crossing the Rio Grande toward liberation in Mexico. This groundbreaking musical amplifies the story of a freedom seeker and an unlikely ally as they forge a remarkable bond that transcends borders. It’s history remixed. It’s a ride you won’t want to miss.


Mexodus is presented by arrangement with P3 Productions and Audible.


Mexodus is presented with generous philanthropic support from The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation and Honorary Producers Terri and Jerry Kohl and Tammi and Lenny Steren.

“An Electrifying Theatrical Experience”

-The New York Times
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Brian Quijada

Brian Quijada

Carlos

Brian Quijada

Brian Quijada is a playwright, actor and composer whose original work includes Where Did We Sit on the Bus? (Jeff Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, Drama Desk Nomination), Kid Prince and Pablo and Somewhere Over The Border (Jeff Award for Best Musical). Off-Broadway acting credits: Bobby Clearly at Roundabout, Oedipus El Rey at The Public Theater, My Mañana Comes at  Playwrights Realm, Wolf Play at MCC (Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk Nomination). TV credits: “Law & Order SVU,” “Blue Bloods,”  and “Search Party.” IG: @mrbrianquijada

Nygel D. Robinson

Nygel D. Robinson

Henry

Nygel D. Robinson

Nygel D. Robinson is an artist based in New York City. Select theatres as a performer include Berkeley Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, and Milwaukee Rep. As a composer/lyricist, Nygel’s credits include Mexodus (Berkeley Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, Mosaic Theatre, and Audible’s Minetta Lane), Charms at BCS, R&J: Fire on the Bayou with Kevin Ramsey, a new piece for Milwaukee Rep called The Ballad  of John Henry, and many more projects that he can’t tell you about yet. Nygel is grateful to his family and wants you to remember that  twerking is liberation.

Trent Lawson

Trent Lawson

u/s Henry

Trent Lawson

Trent Lawson, a UCLA graduate and Bay Area native, is thrilled to continue his run with Mexodus after his Off-Broadway debut at the Daryl Roth Theatre. Most recently, he performed for Disney Cruise Line and in Giveon’s “I CAN TELL” music video. He thanks his  friends and family, as well as his Mexodus family, for always pushing him toward greatness. IG: Trent__Lawson

Alan Mendez

Alan Mendez

u/s Carlos

Alan Mendez

Alan is a New York City-based actor, musician, and music director. Off-Broadway: Mexodus (Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre), Comedy of Errors (The Public Theater) and Socrates (The Public Theater). Select regional: Mexodus (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Bandstand (Playhouse on Park), Natasha, Pierre,… (Hangar Theatre), Evita (Fulton Theatre), Once (Mason Street Warehouse). Bandleader and pianist of the Shubert Alley Cats. IG:@alan.r.mendez @shubertalleycats

Creative Team

Brian Quijada (Co-Creator)

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Brian Quijada is a playwright, actor and composer whose original work includes Where Did We Sit on the Bus? (Jeff Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, Drama Desk Nomination), Kid Prince and Pablo and Somewhere Over The Border (Jeff Award for Best Musical). Off-Broadway acting credits: Bobby Clearly at Roundabout, Oedipus El Rey at The Public Theater, My Mañana Comes at  Playwrights Realm, Wolf Play at MCC (Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk Nomination). TV credits: “Law & Order SVU,” “Blue Bloods,”  and “Search Party.” IG: @mrbrianquijada

Nygel D. Robinson (Co-Creator)

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Nygel D. Robinson is an artist based in New York City. Select theatres as a performer include Berkeley Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, and Milwaukee Rep. As a composer/lyricist, Nygel’s credits include Mexodus (Berkeley Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, Mosaic Theatre, and Audible’s Minetta Lane), Charms at BCS, R&J: Fire on the Bayou with Kevin Ramsey, a new piece for Milwaukee Rep called The Ballad  of John Henry, and many more projects that he can’t tell you about yet. Nygel is grateful to his family and wants you to remember that  twerking is liberation.

David Mendizábal (Director & Costume Designer)

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David Mendizábal is a Lucille Lortel and Helen Hayes Award-winning director, designer, and Associate Artistic Director/Director of In Dialogue at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. They serve as one of the Producing Artistic Leaders of the Obie award-winning The Movement Theatre Company and is a founding collective member of the Obie award-winning Sol Project. Select directing credits include All My Sons (Berkeley Rep), Don’t Eat the Mangos (Huntington Theatre), the bandaged place (Roundabout), and Notes on Killing… (Soho Rep). Princess Grace Award Honoraria. Alumnus of Drama League Directors Project, and Soho Rep Project Number One. BFA – NYU Tisch. IG: @its_daveed | davidmendizabal.com

Tony Thomas (Choreographer)

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Tony Thomas is an award-winning director, choreographer, and interior architect. He holds multiple nominations for the prestigious Helen Hayes Award for productions such as Word Becomes Flesh at Theatre Alliance, Fat Ham, The Colored Museum, and P.Y.Gat Studio Theatre, as well as his recent award for Outstanding Choreography in a Play on Metamorphoses at the Folger Theatre. Other credits include Arena Stage, Solas Nua New Irish Arts, Imagination Stage, Mosaic Theatre, and many others. IG: @tonythomasii

Riw Rakkulchon (Scenic Designer)

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Riw (pronounced Ree-you) is a Set & Costume Designer, Animator and Chef from Bangkok, Thailand. Regional credits: Yale Rep., Syracuse Stage, The Old Globe, The Alley Theatre, Asolo Rep, Hartford Stage, The Public Theatre, B.A.M amongst others. Broadway Associate Set Design: Pass Over, & Juliet, Parade. B.F.A. Ithaca College, M.F.A Yale School of Drama. Board member of WithAll, a non-profit Organization fighting to end eating disorders. IG: @riwrdesign

Mextly Couzin (Lighting Designer)

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Credits include Broadway: Job. Off-Broadway: Bigfoot, Mexodus, Rheology, N/A, Fiasco Theatre’s PericlesHere We Are (ALD), Straight Line Crazy, peerless, Tambo & Bones. Regional: Alley Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Seattle Opera, Woolly Mammoth, Centro de Bellas Artes Puerto Rico. International: Théâtre des ChampsElysées, Nuits de Fourvière. MXD Lighting CoFounder. 2023 recipient of The 1/52 Project Grant. MFA University of California, San Diego ’20. mextlycouzin.com

Mikhail Fiksel (Looping Systems Architecture & Sound Designer)

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Mikhail is a multi-award-winning designer, composer, DJ, audio producer and educator. Broadway: Little Bear Ridge Road, Uncle Vanya, Dana H (2022 Tony Award). Off-Broadway and Regional: Mother Russia, Cambodian Rock Band (Signature Theatre), Amadeus, Fools for Love, Sanctuary City (Steppenwolf Theatre), How to Defend Yourself, I Love You So Much I Could Die (NYTW), Tambo & Bones, Treasurer, A Life (Playwrights Horizons), as well as multiple releases with Audible Originals and Make Believe Association. www.mikhailfiksel.com

Johnny Moreno (Video & Projection Designer)

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Johnny Moreno is a Creative Director/Filmmaker working across Theater, Music & Film. Theater: Public Obscenities (TFANA), Fandango for Butterflies and Coyotes (La Jolla), For All the Women Who Thought They Were Mad (Soho Rep), Weightless (WP Theater). Film: I Am a Seagull (Feature), José Rivera’s The Fall of a Sparrow (short), Early Light (short). Music: Grammy Artist Lila Downs. Award Nominee: Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Lucille Lortel.  Yale University (MFA DGSD) IG:@johnnymoreno / Web: johnnymoreno.com

Hope Villanueva (Production Stage Manager)

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Hope is delighted to continue stewarding Mexodus. PSM credits include: Mexodus (OffBway/Berkeley Rep/Baltimore Center Stage), A Room in the Castle (Folger), The Fires (SoHo Rep), King of the Yees (Signature Theatre), A Nice Indian Boy (Olney), Rock of Ages (Hollywood/ National Tour), and Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey’s Bellobration. @stagewoozleSM

Fior Tat (Assistant Stage Manager)

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Fior is a first-generation Chinese-American stage manager based in Washington DC. They returned to Mexodus after their successful run at Audible Theater last summer. They have worked in various positions at Theater J, Signature Theatre, Spooky-Action Theatre, and Arena Stage in DC. Other theaters around the states they’ve worked at include Tantrum Theater and Theatre Squared.

P3 Productions

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P3 Productions is an award- winning producing team led by Ben Holtzman, Sammy Lopez, and Fiona Howe Rudin, dedicated to uplifting new voices and communities. Broadway productions include Call Me Izzy, How to Dance in Ohio and Job. Current and upcoming productions include Mexodus, Wanted, and The Ninth Woman. Recent co-producing credits include Art, Sunset Blvd, The Last Five Years, Just For Us, and A Strange Loop on Broadway, as well as The Importance of Being Earnest, Next to Normal, and Orlando in London’s West End. Learn more: www. p3.productions and follow @p3productions.nyc.

Audible

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Audible is the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling. Since founding in 2018, Audible Theater has presented dynamic live performances at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City, including the seventime Tony Award-nominated musical and Drama Desk Award winner Dead Outlaw. Audible Theater has also released more than 120 audio titles globally, commissioned 50 playwrights through its Emerging Playwrights Fund, and garnered more than 60 award nominations and 14 wins across the theater awards landscape. Visit AudibleTheater.com for more information about other upcoming productions and Audible Original audio releases. 

Original Producers

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Gabrielle Palitz, Gina Maria Leonetti, Todd B. Rubin, Willette & Manny Klausner, Adam Zell & Co, Mttm Theatrics, Second Set, Thompson Creative Group / Balsam Levitan, Qm Productions / The Movement Theatre Company, Bright & Shiny Productions / Dkim Caldwell, Barzach Productions / Brian Guy, Erica Berger / Studebaker Theater, Drama Club / Rick Feldman, Lindsay Gates, Baltimore Center Stage, Mosaic Theater Company Of D.C., & Berkeley Repertory Theatre

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Pay What You Can tickets for select performances of Mexodus are NOW AVAILABLE, starting at $10 per ticket!

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Access Performance

Open Captioning

Guests who enjoy open captioning may request to be seated in view of a video screen with text descriptions synchronized to the onstage action designed for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Open Captioned performance of Mexodus will be on Sunday, July 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM.

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Audio Description

Join us for our Access performance to take advantage of the audio description service. The service includes verbal descriptions of actions, costumes, scenery, and other visual elements of the production and is designed for patrons who are blind or have low vision. Guests may request a listening device to hear live audio descriptions. Audio description is available in all seating locations. If you would like to hear the pre-show notes, please be in your seat 15 minutes before showtime.

Audio Described performance of Mexodus will be on Sunday, July 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM.

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Special Performances

Wine Wednesday

Preview week Wednesday, ticket holders are invited to come early and enjoy complimentary wine prior to the show at Pasadena Playhouse.

The Wine Wednesday performance of Mexodus will be on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.

TodayTix Get Down Section

Want To Get Down with Mexodus? 

We’re excited to introduce special seating in the Get Down Section during the run of Mexodus. Available exclusively through our partnership with TodayTix, you’ll get the opportunity to get up close and really get down with the “electrifying theatrical experience” (The New York Times) coming soon to Pasadena Playhouse. Tickets in the Get Down Section allow you to experience the show from a unique vantage point, but please note that Mexodus is not an interactive musical, and you will not be asked to participate in the action.

 

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Childcare Matinee

Pasadena Playhouse is making it easier for parents to come to the theater by offering onsite childcare during the 2 PM performance of Mexodus on Saturday, July 18.

Children ages 5 through 12 will enjoy a theater workshop with trained teaching artists onsite at Pasadena Playhouse while parents enjoy the performance. Age-appropriate activities inspired by the play will allow kids to explore their creativity and introduce them to the world of theater. The cost is $25 per child and doesn’t include performance tickets.

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Content Advisory

This production of Mexodus includes strong racial language, descriptions of violence and sexual abuse, strobe lighting, and theatrical haze.

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