Overview

THE STORY: A wildly fun and hysterical collection of characters from the mind of John Leguizamo. Playable by one actor or a small ensemble, Mambo Mouth excavates issues of adolescence, race, parenthood, and more.

  AGAMEMNON. A failed actor/misogynist public-access character who takes letters, calls, and reenacts woulda-been screen triumphs and personal vendettas.

  LOCO LOUIE. A funny cautionary tale about why you shouldn’t always be in a hurry to get older.

  ANGEL GARCIA. A recently arrested man realizes that his behavior has consequences. PEPE. A man, cornered, tries to appeal to an officer by noting the contradictions of race in America.

  MANNY THE FANNY. A woman shares how she’s taken care of herself with men. INCA PRINCE. A father tries to get his son to go to sleep with creative bedtime stories.

  CROSSOVER KING. A Latino man tries to teach the audience about passing as a different race to be more palatable to white Americans.