About this Event
About the Performance:
La Gata Bajo la Lluvia is a Spanish-language musical monologue with live music that blends theater, intimate concert, cabaret, humor, and Latin melodrama.
On a night shaped by rain, songs, and memories, a stage figure confronts the audience while piecing together the fragments of her story: the loves that marked her, the wounds she tried to cover, the truths she hid in order to survive, and the beauty she found even in the fall.
Through classic Latin ballads and pop songs, the show turns music into living memory. Each song opens an emotional door: to desire, loss, rage, ridicule, glamour, and the deeply human need to be seen.
Written and performed by Charlie Zen, La Gata Bajo la Lluvia celebrates Latin theatricality, excess, vulnerability, and the power to transform pain into performance. It is an intimate, popular, and emotionally charged experience made to make audiences laugh loudly, feel deeply, and leave the theater with something still echoing inside.
Cast & Creative Team
Written and performed by: Charlie Zen
Adaptation and musical direction: Daniel Pumarejo
Onstage musicians: Axel Barragán, Ricky Roma, Sebastián González
Art and makeup: Dave Zuluaga and Karol Morgan
Guest director: Daniel Diaza
General direction: Charlie Zen
Production: El Vicio Producciones
About the Lead Artist:
Charlie Zen is a New York–based actor, writer, director, producer, and acting coach, recognized within the Latin artistic circuit with multiple awards for his work in theater, film, and musical theater. Founder of El Vicio Producciones, he creates bold, emotionally charged stories that blend popular culture, music, melodrama, humor, and raw human truth. His artistic universe draws from Latin cinema, contemporary musical theater, and the power of actors in transformation. As a lead artist, Charlie builds spaces for creation, training, and exploration, championing stories with identity, risk, beauty, and a deep connection to the Latino community.
About the CWP Evolution Festival
The fifth annual CWP EVOLUTION FESTIVAL presents original works of theater, dance, music, comedy, and interdisciplinary performance by NYC-based artists at venues across Manhattan in June and September 2026. Participants receive free performance & rehearsal space, marketing & technical support, a guaranteed artist fee, performance photography and archival videography, and more! Learn more about the festival and the 20+ other shows on the schedule at www.centeratwestpark.org/evolution-festival-2026
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Teatro LATEA, 107 Suffolk Street, New York, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 55.20
