SEASON 36 | 2025 - 2026

MARISELA TREVIÑO ORTA'S GHOST LIMB

a poetic interrogation of authoritarian power

directed & choreographed by Elena Velasco

MAY 9 - 23, 2026

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Gunston Arts Center Theater 2

2700 South Lang Street,

Arlington, VA 22206

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Ghost Limb is a timely and haunting examination of authoritarianism set during Argentina’s Dirty War that draws poetic inspiration from the Persephone and Demeter myth. When Consuelo’s son is “disappeared” by the military, she discovers a psychic link between her injured arm and her tortured child-and races to find him before it’s too late.

PERFORMANCE DATES & TIMES

Sat, May 9, 7:30 pm (Preview)
Sun, May 10, 2:00 pm (Opening)

Thu, May 14, 7:30 pm
Fri, May 15, 7:30 pm
Sat, May 16, 2:00 pm
Sat, May 16, 7:30 pm
Sun, May 17, 2:00 pm

Thu, May 21, 7:30 pm
Fri, May 22, 7:30 pm
Sat, May 23, 2:00 pm
Sat, May 23, 7:30 pm

CAST

Consuelo: Nancy Flores
Javier: Byron Escobar
Eugenio: Wilmer Xuárez
Madre, et. al: Diana Gonzalez Ramirez
Priest, et al: Oscar Salvador, Jr.
General, et al: Robert Schumacher

RUNTIME

90 minutes with no intermission

PRODUCTION TEAM

Playwright: Marisela Treviño Orta
Director and Choreographer: Elena Velasco
Stage Manager: Rachel Heney
Technical Director: Matty Griffith
Set Designer: Nadia Kuffar
Projections Designer: Julian Kelley
Lighting Designer: Liv Jin
Prop Designer: Rachel Heney
Master Electrician: Max Abromovitz
Sound Designer: Konstantine Lortkipanidze
Costume Designer: Anya Peregrino
Photography: Naya Chopra