

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: CHOKE: You can leave, but can you ever breathe?
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 24 Apr, 2025 at 08:00 pm – Thu, 24 Apr, 2025 at 10:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Choke: Sucede hasta en las mejores familias is a powerful new play that blends humor and drama to explore intergenerational conflict, environmental justice, and corporate power. 

This world premiere, written by Mexican American Emilio Infante and directed by GALA Artistic Director Gustavo Ott, follows the Guerrero family as a medical crisis exposes deep divides —within their home and against a corporation threatening their community. With sharp wit and raw emotion, Choke is a gripping reflection of today’s American society. 

A rising voice in contemporary theater, Infante examines the dissociation between humans and the environment along the Mexico/U.S. borderlands and the ecological identity of the Chicano community. Choke is his latest exploration of these urgent themes, brought to life on the GALA stage in a production that promises to be as thought-provoking as it is entertaining. 

CAST: Gerardo Ortiz as Gonzalo, returning to GALA after The Palacios Sisters, and Giselle González as Cassandra, who appeared in The 22+ Weddings of Hugo. Making their GALA debut are María del Mar Rodríguez as Esperanza and Joi Kai as Zulema.  

PERFORMANCES: April 24 through May 18, 2025, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. Presented in Spanish with English surtitles, Choke is recommended for ages 14+ and runs approximately two hours, including a 15-minute intermission.

TICKETS: $48 (Thu/Sun), $50 (Fri/Sat), $35 (Seniors 65+, Military, Groups 10+), $25 (Under 25), $55 (Noche de GALA, April 26, includes a post-performance reception with the creative team and cast); $20 (Community Night, April 24). 

This production is made possible by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the National Latinx Theatre Initiative, and the Mellon Foundation.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/washington/choke-you-can-leave-but-can-you-ever-breathe/200028059405825
- **Event Categories**: art, theatre, performances, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35923/production/1206547?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=washington-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Washington
- **state**: DC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 3333 14th St NW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20010
- **lat**: 38.93093
- **long**: -77.03244
- **full address**: 3333 14th St NW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20010

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: GALA Hispanic Theatre (https://allevents.in/org/gala-hispanic-theatre/1934383)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 24 Apr, 2025 at 08:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 3333 14th St NW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20010
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** GALA Hispanic Theatre
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, theatre, performances, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about CHOKE: You can leave, but can you ever breathe? ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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