Yancey Arias Stars Confessions of A Cocaine Cowboy

Actor Yancey Arias (Queen of the South, Bosch) stars as Rivi Ayala in the World Premiere play directed by Michael Hausman Confessions of a Cocaine Cowboy, written by Billy Corben and Aurin Squire. Building on the award-winning documentary series by rankontur, this new play recreates an outrageous era that riveted and shocked the world. It explores how coke, cash, and corruption created the Magic City we know today.

Directed by directed by Michel Housman, the cast features the accomplished Yancey Arias (Queen of the South, Lethal Weapon) starring as Ayala, joined by Zilah Mendoza (Modern Family, Grey’s Anatomy); Carbonell award-winners Nicholas Richberg (The Glades, Fun Home), and Stephen Anthony (Miami New Drama’s Our Town); Cuban-born, Miami-raised Andhy Mendez (The Blacklist, Orange is the New Black) Miami-based multidisciplinary artist Rudi Goblen(Miami New Drama’s Queen of Basel) and introducing Bryan Blanco (rakontour’s Screwball).

This production is funded in part by a Knight Arts Challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

During his years on Broadway, he had the opportunity to work on several TV series as a guest star. He starred in and co-produced two independent films, Destination Unknown (1997) and Home Invaders (2001), which helped pave the way to his eventual move to Los Angeles. In 2002, Yancey had the privilege to be discovered by David Mills and Allen Coulter; Mills cast him in the title role of Miguel Cadena in the hit NBC miniseries Kingpin (2003). Yancey continued to thrive in television and film. Soon after the completion of that show, he was given the opportunity to work in many other projects with such greats as Edward James Olmos in American Family (2002) and Andre Brugher in Thief (2006).