A woman with shoulder-length brown hair in a blue velvet dress, wearing jewelry, is drinking from a green glass bottle.

queen of basel

directed by Christopher Carlos

It’s Art Basel, Miami’s weeklong party for the rich and famous, where real estate heiress Julie reigns over the blowout her mogul father is throwing at his South Beach hotel. Her companions are Christine, a cocktail waitress who recently fled violence in Venezuela, and Christine’s fiancé John, an Uber driver with ambitions. This explosive elixir of power, class, and race within the Latinx community is a bold and contemporary take on Strindberg’s Miss Julie by vibrant rising voice Hilary Bettis (TV’s The Americans).

“Kat Lozano is simultaneously sultry, seductive, snobby, privileged, altruistic, vulnerable, and desperate. Under Carlos' direction, Lozano delivers Julie's complex and sometimes contradictory choices expertly.”

— Dallas Art Beat