References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot
by José Rivera
part of
Great Scenes from American Kitchen Sink Theatre
presented by Illinois Theatre
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Colwell Playhouse
April 14-18, 2021
on-demand viewing April 30-May 2, 2021
Director
Assistant director
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Associate Sound Designer
Media Designer
director of photography
intimacy directors
Properties master
hair and makeup coordinator
Stage Manager
Dramaturg
Nisi Sturgis
Tonatiu Ruiz-Escobedo
Blaine Fuson
Hannah Haverkamp
Gillian Frame
Dakota Erickson
Walter Koonce
M Ospina-López
Leojae Payton
zev steinrock, Anastasia Kasimos
Timothy Swift
Necole Bluhm
Greg Mueller
Mariana Seda
Cast
Benito
Gabriela
u/s Benito
u/s Gabriela
Daniel Alexander Rivera
Amy Toruno
fabian alejandro Guerrero
Bree Kazinski
photos: Darrell Hoemann
Director’s Notes
In the farther reaches and later depths of isolation—as the tethers to home, to love, and to self fray—the line between sleeping and waking shudders like heat on dry earth.
"I’m very fascinated with the idea of home and what home is. Puerto Rico, where I was born, is in the back of my mind, and a lot of my characters are wanderers without a place to call home."
- José Rivera
Gabriella and Benito are such wanderers, not knowing if home is a place, a person, or a dream. Belonging to each other, but not knowing how.