HIGHLAND LAKE, NY — NACL presents a work-in-progress reading of “Mercedes: Para los Callejones”  by Modesto “Flako” Jimenez and the Oye Group at 6 p.m. on Saturday, November 15.

“Mercedes” is a multidisciplinary stage play inspired by Flako’s grandmother, who raised him in Bushwick, Brooklyn, after he immigrated to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic. As her caregiver during her battle with dementia, Flako uncovered a trove of personal archives—letters, receipts and documents—that revealed her quiet legacy in helping Latine families migrate and survive.

“The play he has constructed from this personal source material traces one woman’s impact across generations, exploring matriarchy, memory, identity and the complex inheritance of familial and cultural trauma,” NACL noted.

The play reading will be followed by a sharing of soup and conversation with the artists. 

More information and reservations are available at www.NACL.org.