The Mexican American Conservatory Theatre

03/06/2026

Revisiting “El Equilibrista”, Guadalajara, Mexico 2018. 🇲🇽

06/27/2022

11/30/2021

MACT Monday Character Feature -  Mamá Jesusita voiced by Jovita Vida Molina

Jovita Vida Molina is thankful to the Creator, her parents, family and her fellow acting compañeros for this opportunity.  She loves the work of Elena Garro and is thrilled to be the voice of one of the characters in the first English translation of A Solid Home.  

Jovita has found a home in many theaters on the central coast and San Jose area and has been blessed to have worked with the renowned El Teatro Campesino, Teatro Visión, Teatro Alebrijes, Artist Ink, Paraphrase Productions just to name a few.

Here’s what Jovita had to say about voice acting for Jesusita and A Solid Home.

“What I most enjoyed about playing Mamá Jesusita was bringing her to life so to speak, no pun intended. Finding the right voice for her with the help of the directors Rafael and Lourdes. 
 
This is my first voiceover project so it was nice to have the help developing Jesusita’s voice.”

11/23/2021

MACT Monday Script Storytelling: Capturing the Music 

“Sometimes true challenge lies not in the long, inspired texts, but in those brief lines where so many are told in such a limited state! 

Vicente was an amazing character to translate throughout the play. He is very charming, theatrical and the way he talks about himself and others was often hilarious. 

He would be quick to talk, and swift to express his point. Nonetheless, hidden underneath, Vicente hid a big translation challenge: he decided to entertain us with some singing!  

Music is all about beats, right? Though I have no formal studies in music, that discipline is similar to poetry, in the sense that both share rhythm: and the key to understand them both are syllables. Although Spanish and English vary in the way they count their syllables, one can still make them match by adding just the correct words… in the correct order to preserve Garro’s original music, which we managed to convey!” - Isabel Hermosillo, Translator

“Spanish, in its nature, is effortlessly poetic and when transferring such a piece to English we have to be very meticulous to find the correct sentence structure that brings that beauty, melody as well as the information being communicated by every character. 

Much like a musician composing a song, we must match the tones and waves that Elena crafted in order to create an equivalent interpretation of such poetry.” - Francisco Rodriguez, Artistic Director

A Solid Home is available to watch until November 30th! Link in bio.

11/01/2021

¡Feliz Día de los Mu***os! A Solid Home premieres today!

Buy your ticket on eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mact-comics-presents-a-solid-home-by-elena-garro-a-graphic-novel-play-tickets-195967513107?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

10/25/2021

A Solid Home is back!!!! Join us on Monday Nov 1st!

Make a delicious MACT mezcal cocktail in preparation for our 2nd annual premiere of Elena Garro's A Solid Home next Monday, November 1st (Dia de los Mu***os).

Tickets are available on eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mact-comics-presents-a-solid-home-by-elena-garro-a-graphic-novel-play-tickets-195967513107?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch

¡Salud!

10/24/2021

We know it's Sunday but our head of translation Isabel has some great insight into the works of Elena Garro! Check out Isabel and artistic director, Francisco Rodriguez, have to say about the beautiful words of Elena Garro in A Solid Home!

10/24/2021

Tickets are now available to purchase for our 2nd annual premiere of A Solid Home on November 1st!

We appreciate your support and look forward to sharing our 2nd rendition of Elena Garro's magical writing!

Introducing a new genre of media: COMICTHEATRE a theatrical production presented and performed as a Graphic Novel.

10/22/2021

Looking for a traditional way to celebrate "Dia de los Mu***os-Day of the Dead"?

Join us on Starting November 1st for our second annuual premiere of A SOLID HOME by Elena Garro.

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Check out our character features!! Tickets available below!

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10/21/2021

Curious to know how Día de Mu***os is celebrated around the world? We definitely are! Not only is Day of the Dead celebrated in so many different places, the customs very widely!

Check out Guatemalans beautiful Festival de Barriletes Gigantes, where they make huge kites to help connect with loved ones who have passed on. Like all Día de Mu***os celebrations, their are Indigenous roots to these extravagant kites believed to date back 3,000 years!

While Mexico is the country most renowned for Día de Mu***os, the holiday honoring the dead is celebrated across Latin America and beyond. Take a look at how countries around the world celebrate the…

10/02/2021

Take a peek into our process translating the poetic words of in