Guadalís Del Carmen

It’s 2024 and the presidential election is a few months away. With polls rising in her favor, Senator Roberts makes her way through middle America promoting the most progressive campaign ever seen. She’s determined to get this country back on track and won’t let anything or anyone stop her, that is until Mariela Johnson, an old colleague from her former life as an adult film star comes to remind her of her past transgressions. Both go head to head, Roberts fighting for the integrity of her campaign, while Johnson seeks to set the record straight.

Tirsio Armando Gonzalez and his wife Juana are the pillars of their community, in Dominican Republic and in their new home in Chicago. But Tirsio’s sudden death causes family secrets to come to light. Dealing with the their father’s truth and double life, Mondo and Sofía must learn to lean on each other like never before while figuring out how to best honor their father. The Gonzalez family must define what secrets are worth keeping and which ones aren’t worth the trouble.

With the Puerto Rican Festival months away, Humboldt Park prepares for the big event. With new neighbors looking to make changes, those that have lived in the community have to work together to either brace for change or let go of the legacies laid out by those that are long gone. A story about community, family, and politics, the question persists, who gets to lay claims to a neighborhood?

Zoila has had her entire life planned and laid out for her by her family, and society. She finds herself at a crossroads when she falls in love with a friend from the past. When tragedy hits, she decides to risk it all. Leaving everything behind, she meets two ancestral figures and together they embark on a journey that makes Zoila question everything she was ever taught.

Even though Katya and Fanya are sisters raised in the same rich and aristocratic home, their experiences are worlds apart. With their country on the cusp of a revolution, the sisters take separate paths to fight for their country’s future. Having the odds against them, both make drastic choices that will forever change their relationship. With one sister sacrificing her life and the other sacrificing her livelihood, the fate of their beloved country ultimately lays in their hands.

Blowout follows a period of several days in the life of the staff –o mejor dicho, la familia – at Gloria’s Jair an Maykop, a beauty salon in the gentrifying Chicago neighborhood of West Town. This telenovela style play explores themes of entrepreneurship, chosen families, how neighbors and cultures are created and transformed, steadfast love and support in the face of a rapidly changing world.

The train sucks, and this one is eternally delayed. Michael is ready to propose to his girlfriend, but is he ready for her answer? Life isn't always what it seems, and neither is death. Love and train delays...a match made in MTA limbo.

Four women walk into a sex addicts meeting...

How scientific and quantifiable is race? Does everyone fit neatly in one box? Two scientists try to achieve the impossible and debate where the racially ambiguous fit.

Blue Wall of Silence tackles the question, can you be black while blue? When police officer Tyrell Baez has to come clean about the facts of a tragedy, his loyalty to his badge is questioned.