Mexican actress Gilda Mercado presents a bilingual piece at United Solo

Actress and theater maker Gilda Mercado presents Ella y Yo at United Solo.  

Ella y Yo is a bilingual performance that combines text, imagery, music and  movement to encapsulate the struggle to find oneself. The short play follows a  woman’s journey to healing and acceptance, as she learns to embrace all the  parts that make her a complex human being. This solo work is an exploration  of questions and thoughts that every human but particularly women – can  identify with.  

“Ella y Yo was made to be entertaining, visually captivating, accessible and  most importantly, raw and honest. Writing, directing, editing and performing  this piece was a challenging, fulfilling and at times, scary process. I can  proudly say I’ve created a piece of depth and vulnerability.” Gilda Mercado  

The performance piece was originally commissioned by Rattlestick  Playwrights Theatre and the NY Theatre Salon for the 2021 Global Forms  Theatre Festival. A multi-medium festival showcasing over 100 theater artists  from 34 different countries. This fall, the digital theatre project was selected to  be part of United Solo Screen, a revolutionary new platform for artists to  stream their performances to audiences around the world. Tickets are available  by visiting https://screen.unitedsolo.org/programs/ella-y-yo  

Gilda Mercado is a Mexican actress, performer, creator, and theater maker. For  the past six years, she has lived in, worked in, and travelled around the world,  including Mexico City, New York City, Glasgow and London.  

Her passion for classical theater inspired her move to the United Kingdom,  where she graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s MA Acting  program. Prior to this, Gilda lived in NYC for three years, where she worked  and studied as an actress. She graduated from the Two-Year Conservatory  Program at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.  

Some of her recent credits include:  

• As You Like It and Tis Pity She’s a Whore at Shakespeare's Globe/RCS 

• Ella y Yo performed at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Global Forms  Theater Festival  

• The Comedy Of Errors at the Greater Manchester Fringe directed by JT Stocks and produced by the Blind Cupid Shakespeare Company

• Hindsight 2020 directed by Rebbeca Haley Clark  

• Moonlight and Mardi Gras written and directed by Martha Horstman Evans, performed at The Duke for the New York New Works Festival  

• Basement, a play directed by Joan Kane and written by Robert  Rosenbaum  

• To Be or Not to Be, a Shakespearean Experience devised under the  direction of Luis Salgado in collaboration with Ian Hersey from the  Public Theater and Leon Ingulsrud, from S.I.T.I. Company.  

For further information, please visit www.gildamercado.me