Chicago Latino Theater Alliance (CLATA) Presents

DISPOSABLE

Presented in partnership with the Chicago Latino Theater Alliance's Destinos Festival

Written and Performed by Jasmin Cardenas
Directed by Francesca Patrón

LookOut Series, Visiting Company

Photo by Manaf Azzam

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Fri, Sep 18

ABOUT THE SHOW

Originally commissioned in 2020 by 1st Stage Theater in Tysons, Virginia, as part of their Solo Commissions Cohort, DISPOSABLE is a one-person documentary-style play based on first-hand accounts, exploring the parallels between low-wage temp workers, day laborers and working professionals.

Everyone is essential...until they're not.

Winner of the 2022 Mid Atlantic Arts Grant, the workshop production of DISPOSABLE toured to the MITAMBO Theater Festival in Harare, Zimbabwe, and to TX Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa in May 2026. Jasmin was also a Pivot Artist-in-Residence and performed a staged reading of DISPOSABLE at Northwestern University's Wirtz Center.

Production Information

Production Information

WorkersTEATRO is an independent Chicago group of working people who have self-selected to collaborate with Theater Director, Writer, Arts Educator & Activist Jasmin Cardenas, and Worker Organizer Isaura Martinez. Members of WorkersTEATRO explore their working experiences of discrimination and exploitation using theater, storytelling, and other artistic forms of expression for the purpose of education, liberation, and change. WorkersTEATRO... Humanizing the Politics of Labor.

The Chicago Latino Theater Alliance (CLATA) is a transformative cultural engine helping drive our local Latino theater community to a more prominent level. Our organization is an ambitious and impactful program –which is urgently needed for our city as we wrestle with issues of cultural equity and inclusion. It is a goal of ours to build a stronger foundation for the future Latino theater artists to thrive and grow!

The Chicago Latino Theater Alliance (CLATA) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that was formed in 2016 by the three most prominent Chicago Latino arts organizations: International Latino Cultural Center, National Museum of Mexican Art, Puerto Rican Arts Alliance and arts executive, Myrna Salazar, with the generous support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and Allstate Insurance Company.

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

  • Chicago Latino Theater Alliance and Destinos

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