Chicago Latino Theater Alliance

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Yamel Cucuy
DESTINOS, Espanol, Latine Heritage, Puppetry
Runs Sep 17Sep 20, 2026

This award-winning puppet horror show from Austin, Texas, tells a story of danger and transformation at the border between two worlds.
DESTINOS: 9th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival

This production …

Unpacking Home: Raices to Roots
Dance, DESTINOS, Espanol, Latine Heritage, Music, Performance Art
Runs Sep 18Sep 27, 2026

“Unpacking Home” follows The Poet, a character in search of home, who receives a suitcase from their ancestors filled with items that unlock memories and guide their journey …

Disposable by WorkersTEATRO
DESTINOS, Latine Heritage, One Person Show
Runs Sep 18Sep 19, 2026

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

Sep 18 – Sep 19, 2026Written and Performed by Jasmin Cardenas
Directed by Francesca Patrón

WorkersTEATRO is an independent Chicago group …

El juicio de Dorotea
DESTINOS, Espanol, Latine Heritage, Musical
Runs Sep 24Oct 04, 2026

Written by Jose Rochel, Pachy Felix and Tim Johnson Felix
Directed by Jose Rochel

El Juicio de Dorotea is an original Spanish-language musical set in the mid-1940s that tells the story of …

MATADORA by INSÉKTA
Dance, DESTINOS, Latine Heritage, Physical Theater
Runs Sep 24Sep 26, 2026

Creator, Director & Dramaturge by INSÉKTA

MATADORA is a new living myth about an untamable creature and the blistering rage that can smother or unchain her: beast, or una …

Scratch Night by Physical Theater Festival Chicago
DESTINOS, Latine Heritage, Physical Theater
Sep 28, 2026

Curated and Hosted Alice da Cunha and Paula Sousa

Scratch Night highlights original, contemporary, visual and physical theatre works in progress by different Chicago Latine artists to give them the …

Queer Quentos by Norma Seledon
DESTINOS, Latine Heritage, Variety
Sep 29, 2026

Curated and Hosted by Norma Seledon
Join us for Queer Quentos, an evening of storytelling that celebrates and uplifts the voices of queer, lesbian, and transgender Latines in Chicago. Inspired …

El Evangelio Jornalero
DESTINOS, Drama, Latine Heritage
Runs Oct 01Oct 24, 2026

El Evangelio Jornalero by Repertorio Latino TC and Colectivo El Pozo

Written by Raúl Dorantes
Directed by Joaquín Catana and Roma Díaz

El Evangelio Jornalero tells the story of a group of day …

Tzinelas by Anniela Huidobro
Dance, DESTINOS, Espanol, Latine Heritage
Oct 01, 2026

Tzinelas by Anniela Huidobro
Created and Directed by Anniela Huidobro

TZINELAS is a dance work that brings together voices of migrant Latina women from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds to explore how …

Ellas y Yo: Mexicanas
Dance, DESTINOS, Latine Heritage
Runs Oct 02Oct 04, 2026

Presented by Wirtz Center Chicago, Pivot Arts, and Physical Theater Festival’s Made in Chicago

Ellas y Yo: Mexicanas is a full-length dance-theatre triptych that physically embodies the legacies of three …

Living Queer Monthly – Latine Edition
Cultural Happenings, DESTINOS, Latine Heritage, LGBTQIA+ Pride, Variety
Oct 02, 2026

Living Queer Monthly – Latine Edition
Curated and Hosted by Erika with a K

Living Queer Monthly is a love letter to queer lives! A gathering that exists so we can …

I.A. Inteligencia Actoral
Comedy, DESTINOS, Latine Heritage
Runs Oct 08Oct 31, 2026

I.A. Inteligencia Actoral by Aguijón Theater

Una compañía de teatro se prepara para estrenar Hamlet cuando su protagonista decide ausentarse y propone una solución inesperada: que Paquito, su reemplazoide …

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The Chicago Latino Theater Alliance (CLATA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Arts & Cultural organization, committed to foster and showcase thought provoking Latino theater artists, primarily in Chicago, to preserve cultural heritage, inspire a cross-cultural audience, create more equitable representation on stages and access to funding for Latinos in theater, and increase youth/emerging artists access to the industry and job opportunities.

Destinos: Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, since 2017, has presented Latino theater with a focus on culturally unique artists hailing from the U.S. and Latin America. Audiences experience first-voice works that display the diversity of the Latino experience. From 2017-2021 has presented approximately 45 productions with over 319 performances, 211 panels/talk backs, and 29 student matinees reaching 2,300+ students with a total general audiences over 33,000 and at 15 venues across Chicago. More info at www.clata.org