If Bach was living in Cuba in 1999, he might have written a Passion that was full of mambos and salsas and santería chants

It completes director Marcela Lorca’s first season at the helm of Ten Thousand Things and you can feel throughout that Lorca is an accomplished choreographer, for each movement seems interconnected and flowing toward a mutually agreed upon point. Read the full review at TwinCities.com

TTT’s new Artistic Director Marcela Lorca once again takes the helm, leading this terrific seven-person cast through the shifting times and places of the story with ease.

This play […] is being staged by Ten Thousand Things Theater, directed by Marcela Lorca, the company’s new artistic director. It is both beautiful and tragic, scripted with tenderness, fury and intelligence, and this production succeeds in every way possible. Read the full review at TalkinBroadway.com

Under Marcela Lorca’s confident direction, “Sor Juana” shifts nimbly between drama and comedy, between English and Spanish, between reality and magic and even between time frames — sometimes actors in mid-costume change suggest ways in which two time frames inform each other. It’s a sad story, to be sure, but this fluid production insists that […]

Marcela Lorca knows theater has magic… Wrapping up her first season as artistic director of Ten Thousand Things Theatre, Lorca has created plenty of stage magic with minimal props and costumes… Ten Thousand Things’ magic has to come in minimal measure, since it’s created in unusual places — prisons, homeless shelters, alternative schools — where […]

Even by the standards of a company known for quality casts, director Marcela Lorca has assembled a sterling ensemble. In the close confines of the standard Ten Thousand Things stage configuration—in the round, lights up—the actors’ shared energy shines.

In the first production she’s led since becoming artistic director, Marcela Lorca keeps the company’s accessible yet ambitious spirit very much intact… This production is one to celebrate, marking a new era for one of our most innovative and justly celebrated companies. Read the full review on CityPages.com