Camins, Mendoza in 'Blind Mouth Singing' Opens Off-Bway 9/19

Jorge Ignacio Cortinas' Blind Mouth Singing begins its New York premiere on Friday, September 14 prior to an opening September 19 at Baruch Performing Arts Center (55 Lexington Avenue) in Manhattan. Ruben Polendo directs this production, presented by The National Asian American Theatre Company.

"Blind Mouth Singing is about an overly strict matriarch; her young son Reiderico who sneaks out of the house to visit his best friend who lives at the bottom of a well; her sister who treats syphilis patients in the open-air market; and her older son who bullies everything within his reach. Secret desires and confrontations surface when Reiderico and his friend switch places," explain press notes.

Blind Mouth Singing features Alexis Camins, Mia Katigbak, Sue Jean Kim, Orville Mendoza and Jon Norman Schneider.  Directed by Ruben Polendo, the artistic director of Theater Mitu and known for his "Total Theater" aesthetic, combining live music, foley effects, visual design and athletic staging, Blind Mouth Singing has set design by Zachary Zirlin, lighting design by Kate Ashton, costume design by Candida K. Nichols, and sound design by Jane Shaw.

Performances of Blind Mouth Singing run September 14 to October 6 at Baruch Performing Arts Center (55 Lexington Avenue; entrance on 25th Street between Lexington and 3rd Avenues); Mondays through Fridays at 7PM; Saturdays at 3PM & 7PM. Tickets are $20, and can be reserved by calling Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or online at www.TicketCentral.com.