Complemento ticket sale this Friday, Aug 7
in commemoration of the Battle of Boyacá in Colombia!
NOW ON STAGE
Complemento
by Rafael Guizado
Translated by Gigi Guizado
Directed by Montse Garza
August 1 - 30, 2026:
TPS Center Theatre
Seattle, WA
Is he a childhood friend, a conman, a vagabond, or a blessing in disguise? Complemento is a mysterious yet charming character who eavesdrops on people in the park, and suddenly appears to offer his help if he senses there is a problem. Affairs of the heart are his specialty, and though he has angelic qualities, Complemento does not hesitate to behave like a scoundrel to accomplish his mission of mending broken hearts by becoming what others lack.
Complemento was originally performed as a radio play on La Radiodifusora Nacional, the national radio company where Rafael Guizado served as the founding director. The first stage production was by Colombia's national theatre, la Compañia Nacional de Teatro, at the Teatro Colón.
This award-winning translation is the work of Rafael Guizado's granddaughter, Gigi, who is a theatre artist residing in Nevada. Excerpts of the script have been published in Another Chicago Magazine. Gigi's translation of this play was featured at the Out of the Wings 2019 festival in London, England; and its world premiere was presented by Asylum Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada. Latitude Theatre and eSe Teatro are proud to present the play's West Coast Premiere.
The Cast & Crew
Complemento: Jorge Chacón
Clara: Sofia Ayala
Antonio: Mario Espinoza
Blanca: Marena Kleinpeter
Alicia: Monica Cortés Viharo^
Joaquín: Steven Davis
Elvira: Paola Gómez Valencia
Understudy (Antonio/Joaquín): Dominique Sagiao
Understudy (Clara/Blanca): Jinji Amen
Understudy (Elvira/Alicia): Sue Williams
Understudy (Complemento): Mario Espinoza
Director: Montse Garza*^
Stage Manager: Henry Ives*
Assistant Stage Manager: Ona Alumbaugh
Scenic Designer: Jessica Robertson
Costume Designer: Tianxing Yan
Lighting Designer: Dominique Salas
Sound Designer: Ingrid Bell
Props Designer: Nathan Cardenas°
Dramaturge: Julieta Vitullo^
Marketing Director: Andrea Hansen
Graphic Designers: Andrea Hansen & Christopher Kidder-Mostrom*
Producers: Ali Kidder-Mostrom* & Julieta Vitullo^
* = Member of Latitude Theatre's Artistic Ensemble
^ = eSe Equipo principal
° = eSe Ensemble
Special Dates: Opening Night on Aug 1; translator talk-back after the show on Aug 2; Pay-WITH-your-CAN on Aug 6; understudy matinee on Aug 9; industry night on Aug 10; closing matinee on Aug 30
by Rafael Guizado
Translated by Gigi Guizado
Directed by Montse Garza
August 1 - 30, 2026:
TPS Center Theatre
Seattle, WA
Is he a childhood friend, a conman, a vagabond, or a blessing in disguise? Complemento is a mysterious yet charming character who eavesdrops on people in the park, and suddenly appears to offer his help if he senses there is a problem. Affairs of the heart are his specialty, and though he has angelic qualities, Complemento does not hesitate to behave like a scoundrel to accomplish his mission of mending broken hearts by becoming what others lack.
Complemento was originally performed as a radio play on La Radiodifusora Nacional, the national radio company where Rafael Guizado served as the founding director. The first stage production was by Colombia's national theatre, la Compañia Nacional de Teatro, at the Teatro Colón.
This award-winning translation is the work of Rafael Guizado's granddaughter, Gigi, who is a theatre artist residing in Nevada. Excerpts of the script have been published in Another Chicago Magazine. Gigi's translation of this play was featured at the Out of the Wings 2019 festival in London, England; and its world premiere was presented by Asylum Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada. Latitude Theatre and eSe Teatro are proud to present the play's West Coast Premiere.
The Cast & Crew
Complemento: Jorge Chacón
Clara: Sofia Ayala
Antonio: Mario Espinoza
Blanca: Marena Kleinpeter
Alicia: Monica Cortés Viharo^
Joaquín: Steven Davis
Elvira: Paola Gómez Valencia
Understudy (Antonio/Joaquín): Dominique Sagiao
Understudy (Clara/Blanca): Jinji Amen
Understudy (Elvira/Alicia): Sue Williams
Understudy (Complemento): Mario Espinoza
Director: Montse Garza*^
Stage Manager: Henry Ives*
Assistant Stage Manager: Ona Alumbaugh
Scenic Designer: Jessica Robertson
Costume Designer: Tianxing Yan
Lighting Designer: Dominique Salas
Sound Designer: Ingrid Bell
Props Designer: Nathan Cardenas°
Dramaturge: Julieta Vitullo^
Marketing Director: Andrea Hansen
Graphic Designers: Andrea Hansen & Christopher Kidder-Mostrom*
Producers: Ali Kidder-Mostrom* & Julieta Vitullo^
* = Member of Latitude Theatre's Artistic Ensemble
^ = eSe Equipo principal
° = eSe Ensemble
Special Dates: Opening Night on Aug 1; translator talk-back after the show on Aug 2; Pay-WITH-your-CAN on Aug 6; understudy matinee on Aug 9; industry night on Aug 10; closing matinee on Aug 30
Don't Call It a Journey
A Tender, Funny Solo Show About What We Keep After Loss
Written and co-created by Julieta Vitullo
Performed and co-created by Iveliz Martel
Wednesdays and Saturdays, September 19 – November 18, 2026 at 7:30pm (no performances on Sept. 26, Oct. 31, or Nov. 11)
The Auditorium at University Heights
5031 University Wy NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Don't Call It a Journey resists the tidy arc that "journey" suggests. Instead, it's built from the objects, the inside jokes, the mistranslations between Spanish and English, and the absurd bureaucracy of illness that actually make up a life — and a loss. Told through the use of analog technologies like a tape recorder, an overhead projector and a rotary phone, plus a house full of tchotchkes, this solo performance moves between a Seattle kitchen, a hospital room, and a dreamscape where crabs, hydras, and robins carry what words can't.
The play grew out of an unexpected special friendship. Vitullo and Martel were already collaborating on Vitullo's play Two Big Black Bags when Vitullo's husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the same time Martel's father and brother were each diagnosed with cancer of their own. The two started trading notes on treatments and checking in on each other's families. Don't Call It a Journey grew out of that friendship as much as out of the loss itself — proof, in Vitullo's words, that grief has to be witnessed to be processed, and that no one heals in a vacuum.
Funny when you don't expect it; heartbreaking in the same breath. In the end, we know that grief doesn't travel in a straight line. Neither does this play.
Ticket Prices: $8.75, $15, $25 & $40
Creative and Production Team:
Director: Julieta Vitullo
Scenic & Props Designer: Bella Rivera
Costume Designers: Iveliz Martel & Julieta Vitullo
Lighting Designer: Xavier Martin
Sound Designer: Ingrid Bell
Projections Designer: Aubree Barber
Music Composer: Theo Deacon
Choreography: Sarah Paul Ocampo with Julieta Vitullo & Iveliz Martel
Production & Stage Manager: Hayley Berkman
Marketing Director: Amy Gentry
Co-producers: Julieta Vitullo & Iveliz Martel
A Tender, Funny Solo Show About What We Keep After Loss
Written and co-created by Julieta Vitullo
Performed and co-created by Iveliz Martel
Wednesdays and Saturdays, September 19 – November 18, 2026 at 7:30pm (no performances on Sept. 26, Oct. 31, or Nov. 11)
The Auditorium at University Heights
5031 University Wy NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Don't Call It a Journey resists the tidy arc that "journey" suggests. Instead, it's built from the objects, the inside jokes, the mistranslations between Spanish and English, and the absurd bureaucracy of illness that actually make up a life — and a loss. Told through the use of analog technologies like a tape recorder, an overhead projector and a rotary phone, plus a house full of tchotchkes, this solo performance moves between a Seattle kitchen, a hospital room, and a dreamscape where crabs, hydras, and robins carry what words can't.
The play grew out of an unexpected special friendship. Vitullo and Martel were already collaborating on Vitullo's play Two Big Black Bags when Vitullo's husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the same time Martel's father and brother were each diagnosed with cancer of their own. The two started trading notes on treatments and checking in on each other's families. Don't Call It a Journey grew out of that friendship as much as out of the loss itself — proof, in Vitullo's words, that grief has to be witnessed to be processed, and that no one heals in a vacuum.
Funny when you don't expect it; heartbreaking in the same breath. In the end, we know that grief doesn't travel in a straight line. Neither does this play.
Ticket Prices: $8.75, $15, $25 & $40
Creative and Production Team:
Director: Julieta Vitullo
Scenic & Props Designer: Bella Rivera
Costume Designers: Iveliz Martel & Julieta Vitullo
Lighting Designer: Xavier Martin
Sound Designer: Ingrid Bell
Projections Designer: Aubree Barber
Music Composer: Theo Deacon
Choreography: Sarah Paul Ocampo with Julieta Vitullo & Iveliz Martel
Production & Stage Manager: Hayley Berkman
Marketing Director: Amy Gentry
Co-producers: Julieta Vitullo & Iveliz Martel
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