The ensemble of Que el amor nos haga / Until Love Makes Us by Dora Arreola. Photo by Estefany Maya Photography, 2026.
Art2Action Brings Powerful Bilingual Performance Exploring Migration, Love, and Resistance to MECA in Houston
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HOUSTON, TX — November 9, 2026 — Art2Action presents a moving and urgent story of migration at MECA's Historic Dow School with Until Love Makes Us / Que el amor nos haga, a new play written and directed by Dora Arreola, based on the stories of women and LGBTQ+ asylum seekers from Latin America.
The play tells the story of three women—a queer “Dreamer” (DACA recipient), and two separated lovers from Mexico, forced to flee, who hope to reunite in the United States. In their harrowing journeys, they encounter danger, interrogation, and a flock of unlikely guides.
Presented in Spanish with English supertitles, Until Love Makes Us / Que el amor nos haga is a bilingual theatre performance featuring live music, dance, and video.
As part of Arreola's larger multiyear project, Queering the Border, the play reframes the “migration crisis” as forced displacement, through a trio of fictionalized stories. The script draws on community-based workshops that Arreola conducted in migrant shelters at the Mexico-Guatemala and U.S.-Mexico borders. The project sheds light on the reasons people migrate, inviting audiences to witness stories of survival and resistance, and to imagine love as a force for healing and change.
Writer and director Dora Arreola states, "For me, it is important to tell these stories. In the context of the global increase in forced displacement, it becomes a necessary and urgent act that seeks to generate empathy, visibility and dialogue around the realities of women and LGBTQ+ people in these circumstances."
The Houston performances will also mark an exciting milestone for MECA as the organization welcomes audiences into its newly renovated theater at the Historic Dow School. The approximately 180-seat performance space will host Until Love Makes Us / Que el amor nos haga as part of a soft opening, offering audiences an early look at the revitalized venue and MECA's continued commitment to expanding access to arts and cultural programming in Houston.
“Art2Action is a sister organization to MECA, and we're incredibly proud to welcome their work back to Houston,” said Armando Silva, Executive Director of MECA. “We share a commitment to using the arts to amplify voices and stories that deserve to be heard. This production creates space for queer stories, immigrant experiences, and important conversations about love, identity and belonging. We couldn't think of a more meaningful way to welcome audiences into our newly renovated theater.”
Queering the Border: Que el amor nos haga is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project co-commissioned by Art2Action Inc., Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts (MECA), and NPN (for more information, visit www.npnweb.org). This project also received a 2025 Finalist award from the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) National Theatre Project, and additional multiyear support from the Queer Arts Exchange.
At A Glance
WHAT: Until Love Makes Us / Que el amor nos haga by Dora Arreola, presented by Art2Action at MECA
WHEN: Friday, November 20 & Saturday, November 21, 2026 at 7:30pm
WHERE: MECA's Historic Dow School
1900 Kane St., Houston, TX 77007
TICKETS: Available online at: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/art2action-until-love-makes-us
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: www.art2action.org/queering-the-border
About Dora Arreola
With more than 30 years of experience as a theatre director, choreographer, and performer, Dora Arreola is the co-founding Artistic Director of Mujeres en Ritual Danza-Teatro, an all-women ensemble of dancers and actresses from México and the U.S. She holds a MFA in Directing from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and was a participant in Jerzy Grotowski's Workcenter in Pontedera, Italy (1987-89). Having directed more than 40 productions, Arreola was a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the State of Sinaloa (2014), and the Thespian Prize of Honor for Artistic Excellence in Baja California (2015). She is currently a Full Professor of Theatre at the University of South Florida, School of Theatre and Dance. For more information about Dora Arreola, visit: https://www.usf.edu/arts/theatre-and-dance/about-us/contact-us/dora-arreola.aspx
About Art2Action
Art2Action, Inc. (a Tampa-based non-profit) creates, develops, produces, and presents original theatre, interdisciplinary performances, artistic interventions, and progressive cultural organizing. We support Black, Indigenous, artists of color, women and queer or trans-identified artists, artists living with disabilities, and creative allies in the creation of contemporary work. We are dedicated to cultural equity and aesthetic innovation, artistic quality and community impact. www.art2action.org
About MECA
Founded in 1977, Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts (MECA) is a Houston-based nonprofit dedicated to enriching the lives of underserved children, youth and families through arts and cultural programming, education and community engagement. Located in Houston's historic Old Sixth Ward, MECA provides year-round arts education, performances and cultural experiences that celebrate the city's diverse communities. www.meca-houston.org
Media Contacts:
Rosa Pruneda
Publicist, Multicultural Education and Counseling Through the Arts (MECA)
Cell: (832) 330-9839
Gabi Vigueira
General Manager, Art2Action Inc.
Cell: (985) 237-3263
Interviews are available in English or Spanish with playwright and director Dora Arreola. Additional interviews with Art2Action’s Artistic & Executive Director, Andrea Assaf, and Armando Silva, MECA’s Executive Director, are also available.
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