The Cunning Linguist show poster

Tickets on Sale April 1!

Sign up below to be notified when tickets go on sale:

The Cunning Linguist Tickets on Sale Notifications

Name(Required)


The Cunning Linguist

April 26 – May 11 2025, Studio Theatre

Running Time: 70 minutes
15+ years

A TCL Collective and Aluna Theatre production in association with Factory Theatre
with Accessibility Support from Theatre Passe Muraille

The Cunning Linguist follows Monica, a young Mexican woman who realizes that God made her queer. What Monica sees as an honour, the culture around her condemns as wrong. Thanks to a TV show, Monica decides to move to Toronto. With God (Diosito) as her unlikely sidekick, she begins to learn more about loving herself, freedom and sex.

Image design by Awake Studio


Content Advisory


Aluna Theatre and TCL Collective

TCL Collective was founded by Monica Huerta Garrido, Beatriz Pizano, and Lisa Alves in 2023 to support the production development of The Cunning Linguist. With a TransAmerican and decolonial lens, TCL Collective is excited to emerge by supporting stories by and for Queer women.


Aluna Theatre embraces the myriad of voices, cultures, and stories of our population, which are transforming the landscape of Canadian theatre. In our plays, works in translation, and international co-creations, people are complex individuals who exist beyond the restrictions of cultural labels. We encourage new hybrids of theatre evolved from a rich collaboration of experiences, performance traditions and media by engaging both emerging and established theatre professionals.

Our work reaches out to diverse audiences in Canada and abroad. We build liaisons that promote art as a way to empower, and a way to share with each other and the world the idea of living in harmony.

We welcome into our circle of support and celebration the TransAmerican artists living and working here, who represent the breadth of cultures and languages from across the Americas.


Creative Team

Beatriz Pizano

Director and Dramaturge

Monica Garrido Huerta

Actor and Creator

Dylan Tate-Howarth

Stage Manager

Trevor Schwellnus

Lighting and Set Designer

Camilo Diaz-Varela

Sound Designer

Lisa Alves

Producer

María Escolán

Associate Producer

Explore the Factory Season