THE DEVIL AND FORTY CHICKENS

A one-man show in one act
Written and performed by José Garcia Davis

The Devil and Forty Chickens is a humorous one-man theatre show about the antics of three brothers in the village of Bernalillo, New Mexico. Recalling his wild youth, Cristobal tells this hilarious story about when he and his two teenage brothers raid a chicken farm near the Rio Grande River. They stuff forty chickens into a coop and after heaving the huge coop onto the back of their papa’s old pickup, they make their escape along the rough dirt backroads. When the Devil turns up and hisses his temptations into Cristobal’s ear, things get even wilder and the play takes on the dimensions of a good old fashioned tall tail.

José Garcia Davis directed and performed” the internationally successful show, “Tito”, written by Arroyo Hondo native Rómolo Arellano. In 1985, he premiered Tito in Taos at the Mabel Dodge Luhan house and then performed it at the Harwood. Jose went on to tour the show nationally and internationally to critical acclaim.