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Christopher Moncayo-Torres

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🇪🇨🇺🇸 | Bred in Queens, Living in LA
Live-Storyteller
Writer + Actor
Instructor + Host @mothstories @failbetterarts

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🎭 BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE makes its world premiere at Outside In Theatre! Written and performed by Christopher Moncayo-Torres and directed by Bernardo Cubría.

Previews Sept. 15 | Opens Sept. 20 | Through Oct. 6

🎟️ Link in bio!

📸: @dikpose

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🎭 ¡Estreno mundial de BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE en Outside In Theatre!

Preestrenos 15 sept. | Estreno 20 sept. | Hasta 6 oct.

🎟️ ¡Enlace en bio!

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From “No Sabo Kid” to reclaiming his roots—meet the Ecuadorian-American using humor to navigate identity and reconnection with his estranged father. His latest show in LA brings laughter to the complexities of family, language barriers, and belonging. 🇪🇨🇺🇸 #LatinoDiaspora #NoSaboKid #Ecuador #Guayaco taken in New York by @christopherfromqueens

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Dad flew back to Queens on Monday morning (7/1), the day of the Awards/Closing Party.

He’s set to return for the 4 performance extension later this month. He better… since we paid him to 💸

Being awarded an extension is an unexpected gift because it gives him and I more time. I don’t know how much is left…he’s turning 80 this month (July 21st will be his bday performance!)

Time with my Dad has been/ continues to be a complicated, meaningful mess. I’m eager that the other half of my award winning (Solo-ish? Two person?🤷🏻‍♂️) show will return soon…hopefully… you never know with him 😅

Celebrating the next step, I’m sharing a new poster (again😬)

📸: @sintheshutterbug

Co-edited by my co-producer @mayh.see (with tons of support from many others I nagged for feedback).

Excited and nervous for having a bit more time to unpack new things with Dad…📦👴🏼⏱️🙋🏻‍♂️📦

Tix link in bio! taken in The MET Theatre by @christopherfromqueens

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seeing @christopherfromqueens perform his show “Before It’s Too Late” was so awesome that I got starstruck and had to ask for that autograph ✍️ taken in Outside In Theatre by @christopherfromqueens

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We called. 📞 We translated. 💬 We cooked. 🍲 We listened. ❤️

Thank you for making room for this family, and for bringing a little of your own into the conversation. To our audiences, artists, crew, and community: thank you for being part of Before It's Too Late. 🎭✨

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Llamamos. 📞 Tradujimos. 💬 Cocinamos. 🍲 Escuchamos. ❤️

Gracias por hacerle espacio a esta familia y por traer un poquito de la suya a la conversación. A nuestro público, artistas, equipo y comunidad: gracias por ser parte de Before It's Too Late. 🎭✨

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“Before It’s Too Late” es una obra con la que muchos padres inmigrantes podemos identificarnos: criamos hijos nacidos en Estados Unidos y, sin darnos cuenta, el idioma, la cultura y las generaciones pueden convertirse en una distancia entre nosotros.
Pero para mí fue todavía más especial porque es la obra del hermano de mi querida amiga @soycatherinegarces sus padres son ecuatorianos y verla ahí, conocer a su familia y descubrir un poco más de su historia hizo que cada escena cobrara otro significado.
Una historia profundamente humana sobre padres e hijos que, más allá de las palabras, buscan lo mismo: entenderse, reconectarse y volver a encontrarse… antes de que sea demasiado tarde. ❤️. #wow @outsideinthtr Apoyemos a nuestros artistas 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽✨ Felicidades @christopherfromqueens by @christopherfromqueens

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The conversation continues after the curtain comes down. 🎭

Join us for a special post-show installment of Outside In Theatre’s Talk Back Series, featuring a conversation with LA-based Ecuadorian artists and Christopher.

Designed to further explore the themes of the play, the Talk Back Series brings artists, creatives, and our community together for conversations that go beyond the stage.

📅 October 4 | Post-Show
📍 Artspace

🎟️ Final week! Get your tickets at the link in bio.

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Some places stay with you, even when you move. 🏙️❤️

For Christopher, Queens is one of them. Now, he’s bringing a little of that world to Highland Park in BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.

A street. A train. The place that always knew your order. What still feels like home to you?

🎟️ Final week! Get your tickets at the link in bio.

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From the ashes rise seven new plays! Stay tuned for readings in Winter 2027.

Responding to the tragic fires that engulfed Los Angeles in 2025 and the heroic response from many communities, AMMO asked the playwrights in its community to share stories inspired by the mythos of the Phoenix rising from the ashes both literally and metaphorically. Seven extraordinary artists responded with unique ideas which are now in development through AMMO’s New Play Lab.

The selected plays include an untitled play by Sam Chanse, Regina by Bernardo Cubría, Chicken by Derya Derman, What Would Nina Do? (WWND) by A’raelle Flynn-Bolden, Psyche by Tyree Marshall, Before It’s Too Late by Christopher Moncayo-Torres, and KOY by Carl(os) Roa-Cruz.

#ammo #ammotheatre #ammunitiontheatre #newplays #latheatre by @christopherfromqueens

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Thank you so much to everyone who came out to our first Fail Better Story Time in our new home @outsideinthtr. We couldn’t be happier to be partnering with them and introducing our Fail Better community to this new LA theatre!

A special shout out to our storytellers @shaedayy @ssarahvargass @shoelessreycordova and our open mics for the night @daniiiiii21 and @adrianbird! It’s not easy to get on stage and share true stories about your life. We were honored to host you, and thank you to everyone in the audience who showed up and offered supportive feedback.

Our next Fail Better Story Time is Thursday, November 5 at 7 pm @outsideinthtr! Use the link in our bio to purchase tickets.

Can’t make it? No problem, we’ll be back every first Thursday of the month. Same place, same time. Doors at 7 pm. Start at 7:30 pm. Until then, don’t forget to keep trying, and fail better. by @christopherfromqueens

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❤️ “Profoundly intimate.”

Gia On The Move weighs in on BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE, highlighting the deeply personal connection at the heart of Christopher Moncayo-Torres’ new work.

🎟️ Experience it for yourself, now playing at Outside In Theatre through October 6. Tickets at the link in bio.

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