Norge Espinosa Mendoza

Poet, playwright, and cultural critic Norge Espinosa Mendoza (b. 1971, Santa Clara) is widely considered one of Cuba’s most important LGBTQ activists. His plays have premiered in Cuba, Puerto Rico, France, and the United States.

Cuba at the Table: Waiting for Change Again

Spring 2021
Norge Espinosa Mendoza

Ropa vieja photo / Courtesy of Doña Eutimia YOU HAVE TO WALK TOWARD THE Callejón del Chorro, alongside the Cathedral of San Cristóbal in Old Havana, to get to Doña Eutimia. Th...
Alicia Alonso: The Will to Be Known as a Legend

October 24, 2019 | Norge Espinosa Mendoza

Multiple exposure of Alicia Alonso doing a pas de bourrée, 1944 / Photo by Kristine / Flickr The news of her death stung. After years of hearing her name, seeing her dance, knowing that she wa...
Pain and Glory: A Self-Portrait of Director as Prodigal Son

October 8, 2019 | Norge Espinosa Mendoza

The film ends where it all begins: like a fable that devours its own tail in order to explain how we always return to our origins. Using this age-old though useful device, Pedro Almodóvar has achieve...
My Life with Jeff Stryker

September 2013
Norge Espinosa Mendoza

Norge Espinosa Mendoza. Photo by Carolina Vilches In the wee hours of the sinister National Night,when winter is nothing, and nostalgia can barely endure,I return to you, I shield myself in you, I se...