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Still to come
New plays from Aguijón Theater Teatro Vista, two of Chicago’s top Latino theater companies, plus a wildly celebrated circus production from Colombia are still on tap for the final weeks of Chicago’s DESTINOS festival, running through November 4. Visit
clata.orgto purchase tickets to:
American Jornalero / American Day Laborer (Midwest Premiere) by Ed Cardona Jr., a drama about a collision between immigrant day laborers and white power vigilantes, is a Teatro Vista presentation in the Richard Christiansen Theater at Victory Gardens,
2433 N. Lincoln Ave., October 18-21. Show times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at
8 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $25/$20 students and seniors.
Note: Immediately following its run at Victory Gardens, American Jornalero will transfer to UrbanTheater, 2620 W. Division St. in Humboldt Park, for performances October 24-November 18.
Casa Propia / A House of My Own (Midwest Premiere) by Dolores Prida, a lighthearted yet poignant comedy about a woman’s tireless quest for her American Dream, will run October 18-November 25 at Aguijón Theater, 2707 N. Laramie Ave. in Belmont Cragin. Show times are Thursday, Fridays and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10-$25.
Acéléré (North American Premiere) bycelebrated Colombian circus troupe Circolombia, culminates the DESTINOS festival. Acéléré is a high-energy spectacle that features jaw-dropping circus feats from aerialists, acrobats, and contortionists – interwoven with the troupe’s signature live music and dance performances, spanning genres from hip-hop and reggaeton to drum and bass. Performances are October 23–November 4, 2018 at The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand Ave. Show times are Tuesday through Friday at 7:45 p.m., Saturday at 4 p.m. and 7:45 pm., and Sunday at
4 p.m. Tickets are $30-$45/$20 for anyone under age 35.
Still running
Not For Sale (World Premiere) by Guadalís Del Carmen tackles issues of gentrification and displacement in Humboldt Park. With new neighbors looking to make changes west of Western Avenue in a community rich with decades of culture, the question persists who gets to lay claim to the neighborhood? This production, “blissfully free of the divisive rancor so prevalent in our time” (Chicago Reader), is Reader recommended and Jeff recommended. Performances continue at UrbanTheater Company, 2620 W. Division St. in Humboldt Park. Through October 20: Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 3 pm. Tickets are $15-$25.
There’s a Coqui in My Shoe! (World Premiere) by The Miracle Center’s Playwright, Roberto J. Negron, an adaptation of Marissa de Jesus Paolicelli’s children’s book about Puerto Rico’s national mascot, the Coquí (little tree frog) continues at The Miracle Center,
2311 N. Pulaski Rd. in Logan Square/Hermosa, through October 13: Friday at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25.
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