Theatre & Performing Arts
Destinos 9th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival: Yamel Cucuy September 20, 2026
This production is produced by Glass Half Full Theatre (Austin, Texas), Directed by Caroline Reck, and is made possible through the generous support of our sponsoring partner, Wirtz Center Chicago.
Yamel Cucuy is the story of a girl on the precipice of adulthood, contending with the physical and metaphysical violence of borders. Yamel is hunted by immigration agents while haunted by specters from Mexican folklore. On the shadowy frontier between life and death, she forges her own spirit of courage and wisdom. Set to an original score of indigenous percussion, Yamel Cucuy blends sophisticated puppetry with live actors and draws upon frightening folk tales and modern horror movies to create a terrifying psychological landscape of pitfalls both legal and spiritual.
Additional performance details:
- 80min.
- Puppetry Drama show
- In English with some Spanish and Nahuatl
- Spanish subtitles with some English
- Created for adult audiences. Teens welcome.
