FAMILY TRIP by Pedro Arturo Jimenez / inicios Festival 2026

FREE PUBLIC EVENT. Please RSVP.

Experience the groundbreaking inicios - Chicago Latine Playwright Festival! Join us for the engaging theater play reading of Family Trip by Pedro Arturo Jimenez and directed by Octavio Montes de Oca at Collaboraction Theatre.

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Mami and Papi come together to celebrate the return of their son, Carlos. Daisy, a psychedelic Shaman and daughter of the family, arrives and brings with her a bag of bamaná, a psychedelic drug used in her ceremonies, for the next day. However, Carlos soon realizes that his family can never be together without one thing: puras peleas. Upset at the condition of his family, Carlos takes matters into his own hands, taking his family on a much needed trip.

in English, with a sprinkle of Spanish.

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