The World Premiere of
Bella Luz
by playwright Alexandra Lainfiesta
A Ruby Slippers Theatre and SkirtsAfire Festival premiere production in association with Theatre Network
Directed by Jenna Rodgers
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (Burnaby): January 28-30, 2027
Presentation House Theatre (North Van): Feb 4-7, 2027
Roxy Theatre (Edmonton): March 4-14, 2027
Don’t miss the world premiere of a bold, heartfelt and fast-paced story that flips the script on the Canadian immigrant dream.
Inventive. Heartfelt. Defiant.
What if your future depended on winning a game designed for you to fail?
A recipient of the Arts Club Theatre Company’s Silver Commission, part of Ruby Slippers Theatre’s 2026 Advance Theatre Festival, and written by Lieutenant Governor’s Arts and Music Award-winner Alexandra Lainfiesta, Bella Luz is a fierce, fast-paced, and inventive dive into the world of the modern immigrant experience.
Sumailla is an unstoppable dancer who takes a job in the high-octane film stunt industry to build a life in Canada. But as her on-set life directly collides with her family’s reality back home in Guatemala, Sumailla wrestles with the moral compromises needed to secure her future in Canada.
Blending razor-sharp parody and bold theatrical energy, Bella Luz exposes the contradictions of an immigrant’s experience in Canada with equal parts humor and heart.
RUNNING TIME
Approximately 2 hours, including intermission.
Coarse language, covert misogyny, racial micro-aggressions and transnational grief.
Presentation House Theatre
February 4—7
February 4-6 at 7:30pm and Feb 6 & 7 matinees at 2pm
Ticket Prices
General Seating
Early Bird:
$20
Choose your own price:
$30/$40/$50
Feb 4-7
Feb 4-6 at 7:30pm and Feb 6 & 7 matinees at 2pm.
Presentation House Theatre Box Office:
604-990-3474
boxoffice@phtheatre.org
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
January 28-30
Jan 28-30 at 7:30pm and Jan 30 matinee at 2pm.
Ticket Prices
General Seating
$30
Shabolt Centre for the Arts Box office:
604-205-3000
boxoffice@burnaby.ca
Presented in Association with the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Presentation House Theatre, Blackout Art Society, and Theatre Network.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Metro Vancouver’s Regional Cultural Project Grants Program.
Cast
Featuring Scott Bellis, Tatiana Duque, Jackie T. Hanlin, Alexandra Lainfiesta, Gabriela Reynoso.
Crew
Playwright Alexandra Lainfiesta
Director Jenna Rodgers
Stage Manager Jennifer Wilson
Apprentice Stage Manager Macy McCubbing
Fight/Intimacy/Dance Choreographer TBA
Set Design Kimira Reddy
Lighting Design Whittyn Jason
Sound Design Mishelle Cuttler
Projection Design Candelario Andrade
Costume Design Ximena Pinilla
PM/TD Ash Shotton
About the Playwright
Born and raised in Guatemala, Alexandra is a multiple awards winning actor (Jessie Richardson Awards, Dora Mavor Moore Awards, Sydney J. Risk and Studio 58 Acting Award) and a graduate of the Canadian College of Performing Arts, Studio 58 and most recently obtained her Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Victoria. As an actor, Alexandra has worked across Canada with companies such as The Stratford Festival, Arts Club Theatre, Bard on The Beach, FreeWill Shakespeare, Rice&Beans, Frank Theatre, Theatre Gargantua, Electric Theatre Co., Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington DC), and Puente Theatre. In 2022, Alexandra was one of eleven individual recipients across British Columbia to be awarded The Lieutenant Governor’s Platinum Jubilee Arts and Music Award. As a writer, her first full length-play Bella Luz was commissioned by the Arts Club Theatre Company’s Silver Commission, and her first one woman show CHULA had its very successful first read at Theatre Gargantua’s 2025 Sidestream Festival. Recently, she played Nora Helmer in A Doll’s House at Theatre Calgary.
About SkirtsAfire Festival:
Founded in 2012, SkirtsAfire is Edmonton’s theatre and multidisciplinary arts organization featuring women. In conjunction with International Women’s Day, their 10 day festival runs each March at various venues in the city. They present powerful and insightful stories to a diverse audience that is hungry to be moved by passionate performances and exhibitions. Join them each year to be immersed in powerful, beautiful, engaging performances, exhibits and workshops in Theatre, Poetry, Spoken Word, Design, Art, Dance, Cabaret, Music, Comedy, and more. Programming reflects the true diversity of the thriving arts community in Alberta and Canada, and is adaptive in its approach in order to remain responsive to the needs of artists and audiences.
About Theatre Network:
Theatre Network is an award-winning professional theatre company dedicated to bold, risk-taking productions of Canadian Theatre. Founded in 1975 to produce original plays about Alberta, Theatre Network is also known for being the home of the multi-disciplinary NextFest emerging arts festival, and for operating the beloved Roxy Theatre. Theatre Network ignites community connection through bold storytelling, establishing the Roxy as an inclusive space where Canadian art inspires and creative voices are heard.
Ruby Slippers Theatre would like to thank our Season Sponsor John Fluevog Shoes, as well as The Canada Council for the Arts, The Government of Canada, The B.C. Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia, The City of Vancouver, The Vancouver Foundation, and The Hamber Foundation.