Ni Mi Madre

Low-Cost Previews: Aug 13 – 21

First Friday for the Military:  Aug 14, 7:00 PM
Complimentary tickets for active duty and veterans.

Trans & GNC Community Night: Aug 20, 7:00 PM
A dedicated theater night for our trans and gender-nonconforming community. Get $35 tickets with code TRANSGNC26

College/University Night: Aug 21, 7:00 PM
An evening of networking for College and University students. Get $25 Tickets with code STUDENT26

Opening Night:  Aug 22, 2026, 7:00PM

Pre-Show Event — Backstage Thursday: Designer Spotlight: Aug 27, 6:00PM

Latine Community Night:  Aug 28, 2026, 7:00PM
A vibrant celebration of our Latine community, hosted by local drag legends Amore Envy and Lady Blanca. Get $35 tickets with code LATINE26

Matinê Brasileira:  Aug 30, 2026, 7:00PM
Sip Caipirinhas at the Clark Cabaret during an engaging discussion on Brazilian culture, led by Dr. Kristal Bivona, Associate Director of the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies (SDSU).

Pre-Show Event — Backstage Thursday: Director’s Happy Hour: Sep 3, 6:00PM

Daily: Before and after performances
Come to the show early to enjoy our Clark Cabaret, open one hour before the show time and will remain open after the show.

Arturo Luíz Soria is an award winning actor, writer, producer, and the founder of VagaMundo Productions. His solo show Ni Mi Madre premiered off-Broadway at Rattlestick Theater and went on to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, winning Obie and Offie awards. His play Novios has been a semifinalist/finalist for The O’Neill, Ojai, Princess Grace, and an honorable mention for the Relentless Award. It has been developed at Yale Cabaret, Pride Plays at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop Mondays @ 3 reading series, the Latinx New Play Festival at La Jolla Playhouse, and Stage Left Festival with Working Theater. He has received a micro-commission from the Lucille Lortel Alcove Development Program, two NYSCA grants, and a MacDowell fellowship. His next solo show The White Whale Journal has been developed at Rattlestick Theatre, The Flea, Theaterlab, and Downtown Urban Arts Festival. Arturo adapted the novel Bodega Dreams to screen with Black Bar Mitzvah Productions and Votiv Films, slated to be directed by Angel Manuel Soto.

As an actor, recent credits include Broadway’s Tony Award winning play The Inheritance; off-Broadway’s Wet Brain (World Premiere), Hit the Wall (World Premiere); and many regional productions across the country. His TV/Film credits include Found, Insatiable, The Blacklist, East New York, and the upcoming features, Pimp Shit and Mermaid — which premiered at CineQuest earlier this year.

Arturo was part of the inaugural class of TV writers in the Hillman Grad Mentorship Program. He holds a BFA from The Theater School at DePaul University, an MFA in Acting from Yale School of Drama, and will be at The Juilliard School’s Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program in the fall.

Danilo Gambini is a NYC-based director and producer originally from São Paulo, Brazil. Recent directing credits include: Beauty Freak at the cell theatre; A Case for The Existence of God by Samuel D. Hunter at Mosaic Theater; Wipeout by Aurora Real de Asua and The Heart Sellers by Lloyd Suh at Studio Theatre; the world premiere of Ni Mi Madre at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (OBIE Award Winner, Drama Desk Nomination, NYT Critics Pick); and The Rake’s Progress and Iolanta at Yale Opera. His production of Agreste (Drylands) at Spooky Action Theater received six Helen Hayes Awards Nominations, including Outstanding Director. Other credits include: the new operas When the Smoke Clears and Treaty Between Self and Earth by Colin Greer and N. Scott Johnson; the world premiere of the musical Sabina at Portland Stage Maine; Fun Home, The Tempest, Rock Egg Spoon at the Yale School of Drama; and Agreste (Drylands), Bakkhai, The Swallow and the Tomcat, and Truck at Yale Cabaret. Operas include Don Giovanni, Ariadne auf Naxos, Eugene Onegin at Theatro São Pedro. As a producer, he has held the positions of Associate Artistic Director at Studio Theatre, Associate Artistic Director at Rattlestick Theater, and Co-Artistic Director at Yale Summer Cabaret; he is also a Tony Nominated Co-Producer of the Broadway production of Cats: The Jellicle Ball. He is a member of Roundabout Theatre’s Directors Group, Immigrant Theatermakers Advocates, and TPOC – Theatre Producers of Color. He has developed work at The Public Theater, Joe’s Pub, The Old Globe, LaJolla Playhouse, Ars Nova, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Woolly Mammoth, PlayPenn, Working Theater, Playwrights Realm, Chautauqua Opera, Gulfshore Playhouse, LatinX Playwrights Circle, amongst others. Danilo holds an MFA in Directing from the Yale School of Drama, a BFA in Film and Television and an artist diploma as an actor from the School of Dramatic Art, both at the University of São Paulo. danilogambini.com

Stephanie Osin (Scenic Design) is a scenic designer for the stage and screen. New York theater design credits include: The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse (The New Group @ Signature Theatre); Tambo and Bones (Playwrights Horizons); Ni Mi Madre (Rattlestick Theatre); Circle Jerk (Connelly Theatre, Pulitzer Prize Finalist); This American Wife (Next Door @ NYTW). Regional Theater Design Credits include: Dream Hou$e (Long Wharf Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage); Bakkhai (Baltimore Center Stage); Hurricane Diane (Huntington Theatre Company); Men on Boats (Baltimore Center Stage); It’s a Wonderful Life (Hartford Stage); Good Faith (Yale Repertory Theater); Richard & Jane & Dick & Sally (Baltimore Center Stage); 39 Steps (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); LOVE (Marin Theatre Company). As a production designer for film, Stephanie’s work has screened at Sundance Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, NY Film Festival, MoMA, Lincoln Center, and in major cinemas around the world. In addition to designing, she has worked in the art department for major networks and streaming services including HBO, Netflix, NBC, ABC & Showtime. Stephanie teaches scenic design & scenic arts at Western Connecticut State University. She holds a BA from Brandeis University, and an MFA from Yale School of Drama. More information about Stephanie Osin can be found at www.stephanieosin.com 

Haydee Zelideth (Costume Design) \ eye • deh \ is a New York City-based costume designer and storyteller whose work explores identity, image, and narrative through clothing. Her designs are known for their emotional clarity, cultural specificity, and visual imagination across theater, opera, and film. Her early instincts to shape story through image has evolved into a nationally recognized design career. She believes costume is a powerful language—how we dress tells stories about who we are, who we are not, and who we hope to become. Her work examines how clothing and appearance shape the way we are seen and understood in terms of race, class, gender, and culture. A Chicana and Latina artist who grew up on both sides of the US–Mexico border, Haydee brings deep narrative insight to every project. She has designed for Boston Lyric Opera (Carousel, Das Lied von der Erde), The Old Globe (Cyrano, Huzzah!), Berkeley Repertory Theatre (The Aves, POTUS), Playwrights Horizons, The Public, MCC Theater, The Alley Theatre, Signature Theatre, INTAR, and American Players Theatre, among many others. She has collaborated with celebrated directors including Anne Bogart, Annie Tippe, Chay Yew, Dustin Wills, Aaron Posner, Josiah Davis, Tiffany Nichole Greene, Tatyana-Marie Carlo, Sheryl Kaller, Estefanía Fadul, Jaki Bradley, and Laurie Woolery, among many others. She has also worked with acclaimed playwrights on new works, such as John J. Caswell, Jr. (Wet Brain), Caridad Svich (Eva Luna), Camilo Almonacid (Hotel Happy), Three Houses (David Malloy), Luis Alfaro (Mojada) and Jiehae Park (The Aves). Haydee is a 2024 Obie Award winner and received the 2022 Artistas de Teatro Independiente Award for Best Costume Design for Eva Luna. She was a finalist for the Opera America Design Fellowship and has taught as a Lecturer at Boston University. She holds an MFA in Design from the Yale School of Drama.

Krista Smith (Lighting Design) Lighting Designer and Interdisciplinary Artist with an enthusiasm for new work, adaptations, and storytelling interwoven with music. Her design work has been seen across the United States and internationally in The Philippines, Romania, Scotland and Australia. Recent projects include: choreographer Emily Coates’: Tell Me Where It Comes From (The Guggenheim, Wadsworth Atheneum, Yale Schwarzman Center), Compagnia de’ Colombari’s King Lear (La MaMa, Craiova RO International Shakespeare Festival), KrymovLab NYC: Uncle Vanya, Metamorphoses, Big Trip: Onegin In Our Own Words and The Americans: 2 Hems & 1/8 Eugene O’Neill (La MaMa), Pig Iron’s Poor Judge (Wilma Theater), and The Bearded Ladies’ GIRL DOLLS An American Musical (Fringe Arts). Krista’s designs have been seen regionally at: The Public Theater, Hartford Stage, Arden Theatre Co., Rattlestick Theater, Dorset Theatre, Weston Theater, People’s Light Theater, California Shakespeare Theater, and Yale Repertory Theater. Frequent Design Associate to Jennifer Tipton, including her 2019 Lighting Design Master Class of Swan Lake in partnership with The Asian Arts Council and Ballet Philippines in Manila. As a Teaching Artist, 3 years of collaboration with young playwrights in the development of their artistic voice though Yale Rep’s Dwight/Edgewood Project (modeled after 52nd St. Project NYC). Former Professor at University of the Arts in Philadelphia teaching: Intro Lighting, Sound and Projection Design, & Theatrical Hand-Drafting. Visiting Artist at Colgate University, Auburn University, Villanova University, Bard College, and Rutgers University. Born and raised in California, Krista is a recipient of Theatre Bay Area’s Eric Landisman Fellowship. Professional experience includes working as Assistant Technical Director for American Conservatory Theater’s M.F.A. Acting Program, and as the Design Associate for A.C.T.’s Geary Theater in San Francisco. Training: B.A. in Theater Arts from San Francisco State University & M.F.A. in Design from Yale School of Drama. Proud member of USA 829. www.KristaSmithLD.com

Kathy Ruvuna (Sound Design) is a New York-based sound designer. Recent credits include Cold War Choir Practice (MCC); Five Models in Ruins, 1981 (LCT3); Mary Gets Hers (Playwrights Realm); Amani (National Black Theatre), Bernarda’s Daughters (The New Group); Dark Disabled Stories, Self Portraits (Deluxe) (The Bushwick Starr); Trouble in Mind, The Hot Wing King (Hartford Stage); The Janeiad, Fences (Alley Theatre); John Proctor is the Villain, Exception to the Rule (Studio Theatre); The Lion in Winter, Pipeline, Radio Golf (Everyman Theatre); The Great Leap, I and You, Read to Me (Portland Stage); Circle Jerk (Fake Friends); and In the Southern Breeze, Ni Mi Madre (Rattlestick Theater). MFA in Sound Design, Yale School of Drama.

Anthony “Ginger” Garcia (Props Design) (He/Him) is a Theatre artist, carpenter, technical director, and scenic and props designer.. His notable credits include working props for The Outsiders and Love All (2023) at the La Jolla Playhouse. Most recently, he served as Master Carpenter for To My Girls (2025), and Props Designer for RENT (2026) at Diversionary Theatre, Cygnet theater’s Other Desert Cities (2025) and scenic carpenter and run crew for TL;DR: Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix (2023) at Diversionary Theatre. Anthony has also worked as a scenic carpenter at Onstage Playhouse for First Date and It’s a Wonder Vida (2023), with Loud Fridge Theater for Ripped (2023), and Chalk Circle Collective on Constellations (2024).

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