Kidany Camilo

Kidany Camilo [pronounced /’kidani’kamilɔ/] (pronouns any and all) is a multi-hyphenate theatre artist (Actor, Singer, Dancer, Director, Teacher, Deviser, and Playwright). Originally from Bayamón, Puerto Rico, they are a graduate of the University of South Florida with a BA in Theatre Arts and Purdue University with an MFA in Acting. Kidany is local to Chicago, and a proud co-founder/member of The Vivero, a collective of Latine playwrights in Chicago helping cultivate Latiné excellence through community, guidance, and supporting new works.

Kidany Camilo [pronounced /’kidani’kamilɔ/] (pronouns any and all) is a multi-hyphenate theatre artist (Actor, Singer, Dancer, Director, Teacher, Deviser, and Playwright). Originally from Bayamón, Puerto Rico, they are a graduate of the University of South Florida with a BA in Theatre Arts and Purdue University with an MFA in Acting. Kidany is local to Chicago, and a proud co-founder/member of The Vivero, a collective of Latine playwrights in Chicago helping cultivate Latiné excellence through community, guidance, and supporting new works.

Scripts

Ay San Pluto

by Kidany Camilo

Cast Size
7
Genre
comedy,
drama

This otherworldly intertwining explores the mysterious connection of Él and Ella. Él, a gay Puerto Rican boy in an evangelical private school, is slowly being pushed out from his native island, while Ella wants to return back. Where is home and how can you go back to a place that doesn’t want you back?

[This is the second installment of the "el pulgatorio" trilogy.]

This otherworldly intertwining explores the mysterious connection of Él and Ella. Él, a gay Puerto Rican boy in an evangelical private school, is slowly being pushed out from his native island, while Ella wants to return back. Where is home and how can you go back to a place that doesn’t want you back?

[This is the second installment of the "el pulgatorio" trilogy.]

Abuela's Follies

by Kidany Camilo

Cast Size
1—5
Genre
comedy,
experimental,
fantasy,
immersive,
musical,
tragedy

Abuela, a Puerto Rican matriarch, is summoned into purgatory, which looks like her own kitchen. Inhabiting a hot young body reminiscent of a classic cabaret star, she is guided by a mysterious entity to undergo a trial if she wants an escape. The only caveat is, the audience gets to vote at the end of the trial and decide where she is destined to go. Will she find a way out to heaven or…

[This is the first...

Abuela, a Puerto Rican matriarch, is summoned into purgatory, which looks like her own kitchen. Inhabiting a hot young body reminiscent of a classic cabaret star, she is guided by a mysterious entity to undergo a trial if she wants an escape. The only caveat is, the audience gets to vote at the end of the trial and decide where she is destined to go. Will she find a way out to heaven or…

[This is the first installment of the "el pulgatorio" trilogy.]

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