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After 3 successful seasons doing business as “Subtext Studio TC”, Dragonfly Theater returns! We miss Omar, but we forge ahead with renewed creativity!

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🌱✨ We’re in the Chicago Reader! ✨🌱

Our very first article is live, and our hearts are full. 💚
In “The Vivero celebrates new Latiné voices at City Lit,” Kerry Reid beautifully captures what this collective is all about—community, care, and saying to artists:
“We want to help you with your art.”

This moment belongs to every Latiné and queer storyteller who’s ever needed a space to share their work, their dreams, and their process. 🌿🌸

Come celebrate with us at Three Queens Bouquet—a blooming evening of works in progress by our founders, filled with bold voices, growing stories, and lots of love.

🌺 New voices
🌾 New work
🌼 Big roots, bright futures

Read the article, then come see the magic in person.

Tickets in our bio 🌻

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Join us in celebrating Omar Fernandez, a graduating senior in the BA in Theatre and Performance program, with a focus in authorship!

Omar was recently profiled by UIC today for his impact on Chicago theatre and the creation of his production company, Subtext Studio. While at UIC, Omar directed, produced, wrote, mentored, and championed new work—often for no course credit—driven purely by passion and a commitment to giving others a voice.

His plays have earned critical acclaim, including rave reviews from the @chicagotribune and @chicago_reader Subtext Studio continues to open doors for UIC students and graduates in Chicago’s theatre community.

Click the link in our bio to read the full story!

📸 : Jenny Fontaine/UIC

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SUPPORT LATINE THEATRE!!!

Last night, Dr. Jimmy Noriega, Director of the School of Theatre and Dance, Roell Schmidt, Producing Director DPS (Dance Presenting Series) and Gina Ordaz attended the opening celebration of Destinos the 8th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival at the Mexican Fine Arts Museum in Pilsen. 🎭✨

Thanks to Jorge Valdivia, Executive Director of CLATA (Chicago Latino Theater Alliance) for amplifying Latine stories of love, identity, resilience and transformation.
Jorge’s call to action, “attend and support the arts,” was greeted with resounding applause.

The festival runs from October 1 to November 2, 2025 and features more than a dozen theatrical productions, in theaters and cultural venures citywide and in Northwest Indiana. We can’t wait to watch these productions!

🎟 Check the bio for link to lineup and tickets.

#ColumbiaCollegeChicago #MyColumbiaChi #ColumbiaTheatre #Destinos #Theater

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🙏✨ A retreat like no other… Saving Myself takes you inside Saint Barbara, where faith, friendship, and firsts collide. Part of Destinos: 8th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival. 💫
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Written by Maria Arreola
Directed by Omar V. Fernandez
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🎟️ Use UTC5 promo code for $5 off! Tix available in bio.
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#SavingMyself #LatinoTheater #streets2stage

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Destinos starts NEXT WEEK! Up first in our lineup:

⭐️Contra Ritmo @inovarte64 opening October 1
An original musical that portrays the encounter of two contrasting worlds through love, dance, and music.

⭐️Dulcci @_colectivoelpozo opening October 2
After a chance encounter with Don Quixote, a young woman, a high school student in Chicago, decides to give away her legal identity to her best friend, Dulce.

⭐️Saving Myself @subtextstudiotc opening October 3
Seeking an ever-elusive God, Idalia attends the annual Saint Barbara Young Women’s Retreat for the first time ever. Instead of finding peace, however, she finds herself caught in the crossfire between fellow participants. They both promise Ida their own version of salvation, but lo and behold this salvation comes at a cost.

⭐️(Un)Documents @thejesucia running October 3-4 ONLY!
In their first full-length solo show, (Un)Documents, award-winning actor and poet Jesús I. Valles journeys across both sides of a river with two names, moving between languages to find their place as a child, a lover, a teacher, and a sibling in a nation that demands sacrifice at the altar of citizenship.

All tickets are linked in our bio and on our website CLATA.org

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Thank you @kerrymreid for telling it like it is in this fantastic feature for @chicago_reader!

To our theater partners and community: we are proud to stand with you against the hooligans.

Teatristas, we’ll see you at the festival! Tickets are on sale and linked in our bio, along with the full Reader article.

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Here it is, Teatristas: the lineup for Destinos 2025! We are so excited to share these incredible artists and their stories with you in October. Make sure to follow all of our participating companies and theater artists, and stay tuned for more announcements and surprises in the coming weeks…!

🌸 Companies and Solo Artists 🌸
@inovarte64
@_colectivoelpozo
@subtextstudiotc
@thejesucia
@teatrozonarosa
@_damaproductions_
@concretecontentchi
@raicestoroots
@physicalfestival
@alicedacunha
@bellarousse
@visionlatino
@repertoriolatino
@nestor_the_boss_gomez_soloyo
@merlino_maria
@aguijontheater

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The countdown begins. Coming soon Destinos: 8th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival.

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My life looked like this July 2025 ☀️

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The Saints are pleased to support @subtextstudiotc with funding to produce the new play ‘Saving Myself,’ by Mexican American playwright Maria Arreola, as part of over $125,000 awarded through the 25-26 Arts Grants program.

Over 33 years, the Saints have given nearly $1,600,000 to support performing arts companies in the Chicagoland area.

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Loved this festival!

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