El Test
by Jordi Vallejo
Dates:
October 22–24 and 28–31, 2026 at 7:30 PM
October 25 and November 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Venue: Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH)
3400 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002
Directed by: Marcela Salas, PhD
ALL PERFORMANCES ARE IN SPANISH
El Test (The Test) is performed without an intermission.
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About the Play
What would you prefer: $100,000 now or $1,000,000 ten years from now?
El Test(The Test), by Jordi Vallejo Duarri, begins with an apparently simple question and uses humor and intelligence to strip away the masks we all wear. What starts as an innocent game ends up questioning everything: love, success, failure, friendship, ethics, the fear of time's passage, and the small lies each character has used to construct their identity.
What is extraordinary about the play is that there are no heroes or villains—only human beings confronting their own contradictions. Money is merely the catalyst for conflict, the spark that sets it off; the real explosion takes place within human relationships.
El Test (The Test) is a high-quality contemporary play in which entertainment never comes at the expense of substance, and the actors are the true driving force behind the experience. The play genuinely makes audiences laugh while inviting them to ask themselves what they would do in a similar situation.
The audience leaves entertained but also moved and challenged. It is precisely this combination of humor, intelligence, and depth that sets apart El Test.
Jordi Vallejo Duarri made his debut as a playwright with El Test(The Test), which won Spain's Fray Luis de León Theater Award, a recognition that helped launch his successful international career. Later, following its acclaimed production in Buenos Aires, the play received Argentina's prestigious ACE Award for Best Comedy.
Gente de Teatro has paid the author's rights to Tonda Marton Agency, Inc.
Cast: Sergio Amsel (Héctor), Esteban Gago (Toni), Ana Ilvento Scuseria (Sandra) y Claudia Soroka (Paula).
🎟️ Tickets
General Admission
- $42 – Regular (Friday, October 23 and 30, and Saturday, October 24 and 31, at 7:30 PM)
- $39 – Seniors 65+ and members of CAH, CELH, ATCC, IHCH, AUH, the Spanish community of Houston and Theatre Network of TX with promotional code (Friday and Saturday)
Discounted Performances
- $34 – Thursday, October 22; Wednesday, October 28; and Thursday, October 29 (7:30 PM)
- $34 – Sunday, October 25 and November 1 (3:30 PM)
About Jordi Vallejo
JORDI VALLEJO.
Screenwriter and Playwright
Jordi Vallejo graduated in Screenwriting from the Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya (ESCAC) in 2002. He began his professional career as a screenwriter for TV3's series El Cor de la Ciutat, where he held various positions for four seasons.
Since then, he has worked in television as a story editor, outline writer, and dialogue writer on series for various production companies and television networks in Barcelona and Madrid.
In 2016, he made his debut as a playwright with his first play, The Test, winner of the 2014 Fray Luis de León Theater Award. The comedy was a major critical and public success in its Barcelona production.
That same year, he wrote the TV movie Pau Casals for Minoria Absoluta, based on his own original idea. It was the first fictional production about the renowned musician and humanist Pau Casals and a French-Spanish co-production directed by Manuel Huerga (Salvador, 14 d'abril).
Over the next two years, Boomerang TV commissioned him to create and develop television series projects for the American market. This led Warner Bros. Studios to acquire the rights to Zero, a science-fiction series he created together with director and screenwriter Oriol Paulo (The Body, Julia's Eyes, The Invisible Guest).
He is currently writing the thriller Nit i Dia, a TV3 series about the lives and work of forensic investigators, created by Jordi Galceran, Lluís Arcarazo, and Oriol Paulo, and is preparing his next television film.
NO LATE SEATING
Tickets do not have assigned seats. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Due to the configuration of MATCHBOX 2, late entry is not permitted once the performance has begun. Please plan to arrive 30 minutes before the performance begins. Unoccupied seats will be released at the start of the show.
AGE RECOMMENDATION
Recommended for Adult Audiences
PHOTOS AND VIDEOS
Photography and video recording are not permitted during performances.
MATCH: LOCATION
3400 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002
MATCH is located in Midtown Houston, just south of Downtown, at 3400 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002. It is situated between Main Street to the east, Travis Street to the west, Holman Street to the south, and Frances Street to the north.
MATCH is two blocks south of Elgin Street and three blocks north of Alabama Street.
Parking
MATCH does not have its own parking, but several parking options are available nearby. Mid Main Garage is a staffed, covered parking garage and is the recommended parking option for MATCH. It is located directly across Holman Street from MATCH, with entrances on both Travis Street and Holman Street.
GPS: Enter “3505 Travis” to navigate to the Mid Main Garage.