El Rey del Pollo
Sat, Sep 20
|Bath House Cultural Center
A Nuevo Comedy about a Family Business. Reymundo Lear is retiring from running his fried chicken empire and plans to pass on his three restaurants to daughters, Gisela, Raquel, and Cordelia... until Cordelia falls out of favor. If you know Shakespeare's King Lear you'll enjoy the clever storyline.
Sep 20, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E Lawther Dr, Dallas, TX 75218, USA
El Rey del Pollo
by Anna Skidis Vargas
directed by Amanda Nicole Reyes
A World Premiere and Finalist in the 2023 Texas Shout Out New Play Contest for Women+ BIPOC Authors
A Nuevo Comedy about Family Business, inspired by King Lear.
The Esteemed Reymundo Lear is retiring from running his fried chicken empire and plans to pass on his three restaurants to daughters, Gisela, Raquel, and Cordelia... until Cordelia falls out of favor.
What will happen next?
What of Rey's old friend Gilberto and his feuding sons Edwardo and Edmundo?
Will Rey ever be served his lunch?
You'll have to wait for the rest of the delicious story to be told by the foolish narrator Jeff.
El Rey del Pollo puts a family-friendly spin on Shakespeare’s King Lear, using Elizabethan verse, Spanglish, and today’s vernacular to make a Shakespearean telenovela for the stage.
If you know King Lear you'll enjoy the clever storyline, but this entertaining new production stands on its own.
Make reservations to enjoy this Nuevo, Latinx, King Lear-inspired comedy.