CREATOR, DIRECTOR, AND PERFORMER
A co-production of ¡Oye! Group, New York Theatre Workshop, and The Bushwick Starr in association with The Tank.

TAXILANDIA, originally created and written by Oye Group’s Modesto “Flako” Jimenez, immerses its audience in the flavors, sounds, sights and dynamic history of a neighborhood confronting social stigmas and the realities of gentrification. Weaving a dramatic, performative ‘tapestry’ that interconnects generations, social classes, races and cultures, TAXILANDIA complicates our notion of what it means to be a local, an immigrant or a resident of a place, challenging us to answer: “What is my personal roadmap of home?”

Originally developed in Jimenez’s own neighborhood of Bushwick, Brooklyn, the piece was inspired and drawn from his nine years driving a taxicab and his documentation of conversations with passengers, residents, locals, and immigrants to the neighborhood. Flako and ¡Oye! Group are now working with presenters all over the country including New York Theatre Workshop and La Jolla Playhouse to develop local versions of TAXILANDIA specific to each city.