damian: we begin with the upcoming legacy revival of luis alfaro's "oedipus el rey." with me on "communidad del valle" is oedipus himself. esteban carmona is my guest on "communidad del valle." welcome to the show. esteban carmona: thank you for having me. damian: you're an east coast guy. what are you doing on the west coast? esteban: i'm comin' out for this show. it's the first time. damian: but tell us about your acting career and why this was an important role for you. esteban: yeah, well, actually, my career started as a-- it was a mix-up. i originally wanted to be a dancer and a singer 'cause i saw "step up," so channing tatum was in it, and i was like, "i wanna be a dancer, that's great, that's me. yeah, let's do it." and i went to my high school for the academy of performing arts audition. there was a mix-up. i ended up in the acting audition, and i was like--i found out in the audition. i was like, "wait, this isn't-- somethin's not right here." but i just went with it, and, you know, the first time i was on the stage, i felt something i had never felt before