Wowdacious Theatre’s ‘Tacones’ Explores Drag, Immigration, and Community

Wowdacious Theatre’s production of M. Cristina García’s play centers on Blanca, an immigration lawyer who lives a second life as a drag performer. A neighborhood bar becomes a chosen family and sanctuary before an ICE raid upends the community. The review describes the work as a moving tribute to people pursuing the American Dream.

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Wowdacious Theatre presents M. Cristina García’s Tacones: The Sins of the Father, directed by Mediombo Singo Fofana, at the Sitar Arts Center’s deLaski Theater in Washington, DC. The run continues through October 18, 2026; tickets cost $35, with discounts offered. The performance lasts one hour and 45 minutes without an intermission and is restricted to audiences 15 and older due to sexual violence, brutality, and offensive language.

The narrative follows Blanca, portrayed by Guatemalan actor Edwin Bernal, who works as a gay immigration attorney and performs as a drag queen. The bar she owns becomes a gathering place for friends and chosen family. The cast includes David Dixon as Chacho, plus Declan Cashman, Juan Carlos Cartos, Jhakye García, and Briten Lollie. The play draws on crimes committed by Honduras’s Battalion 316.

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