Description

The audience enters a working TV studio: cameras roll, actors perform, and a lone violinist plays a live soundtrack. We enter the world of the telenovela, but is the real drama on camera or off? With their new bilingual work of theater, Do Not Turn Off My Telenovela, Anonymous Ensemble asks: what is the role of artists and popular culture in democracy? Can we make a difference? Can we find joy in resistance?

Do Not Turn Off My Telenovela is a riotous send-up and a tribute to the high-drama, serialized storytelling tropes of classic telenovelas, blending live performance with the signature multimedia and interactive style of resident company Anonymous Ensemble. The show follows last year’s Recuerdo / I Remember and Llontop — the latter featured in the 2026 Under the Radar Festival — and marks Year 2 of Anonymous Ensemble’s three-year Bronx residency.

RUN TIME: Approximately 90 minutes, no intermission.