guest production
SYCORAX
by Y York
May 24-27
This tour-de-force re-imagining of Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST performed by Demene Hall returns to 18th & Union for one weekend only.
18 & Union is proud to co-present the following shows beginning in June.
Script Tease
Written by Danielle Mohlman
Directed by Mario Gomez
May 31 & June 7 @ 7:30 PM
Script Tease is an improvised two act play. 30 minutes before the show, the actors and director receive the first 6 pages of a brand new script by a local playwright.
So It Goes
Directed by Mario Gomez
June 1, 2, 8, & 9 @ 7:30 PM
So It Goes is an improvised play that takes place in one location and in real time. So It Goes is an exploration of people and the different relationships they build with each other and how everything can be unpacked in one evening.
Tickets: https://18thandunion.org/so-it-goes
Dragon Mama
Written and performed by Sara Porkalob
June 14-16, 21-23 @ 7:30pm
June 17, 24 @ 3pm
The 2nd in her Dragon Trilogy, Sara Porkalob’s new solo-show traverses 25 years of her mother’s life filled with queer love in a barren land, a dope 90’s R&B soundtrack, and of course, Filpina gangsters. This is Dragon Mama
Tickets: https://18thandunion.org/dragon-mama
House of Sueños
written and performed by Meme Garcia
directed by Wiley Basho Gorn
June 15-16, 22-23 @ 9:30pm
June 17, 24 @ 5:00pm
This new edition of House of Sueños dives into the dark waters of depression, anxiety, and bereavement while still opening the door to a realm of dreams, ambitions, and love.
The Lamplighter: A New Musical
by Justin Huertas, Kirsten De Lohr Helland & Sara Porkalob
June 28-30 @ 7:30pm
June 30, July 1 @ 3pm
In a magical land, the world’s lamplighter (care-taker of the stars) and her daughter live in comfortable isolation; everything they could possibly want, they have.
Tickets: https://18thandunion.org/the-lamplighter
guest production
Grief Dialogues
Directed by: Wesley Fruge
June 19-20 & 26-27
Composed of a series of vignettes, The Grief Dialogues is a combination of humor, heartbreak, and the expected but always thought provoking and honest.