Casa de Mañana Public Reading
Friday, October 23 at 4pm
The Goodman's Alice Center for Education and Engagement - Rotunda
170 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60601 - View on Google Maps
A New Play by Naomi lizuka
Directed by Lisa Portes
A Hermitage Major Theater Award Commission
Made possible with support from Flora Major and The Kutya Major Foundation
Presented by The Hermitage Artist Retreat and in partnership with The Goodman
Originally Commissioned by The Hermitage Major Theater Award
The Hermitage Artist Retreat
Andy Sandberg, Artistic Director and CEO
Sarasota County, Florida in 2024
Playwright Naomi Iizuka is the fifth recipient of the Hermitage Major Theater Award (HMTA), an annual commission from the Hermitage Artist Retreat to develop a new work of theater. Casa de Mañana is a dark comedy that explores what it means to make art when your life and the world around you are imploding. Set in an assisted living facility, the play tells the story of an underemployed theater artist who’s trying to make a play based on stories that the residents tell her about their lives – except the residents don’t want to talk to her. And who can blame them? They have their own problems to deal with and their own agendas. Why should they tell stories to a stranger? Casa de Mañana asks what it means to tell the story of your life. How do you make sense of the craziness and mystery of the people around you? How do you tell the truth? And what choices do you make in the time you have left?
