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"Writers this good don't stay unknown for long!" --Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune

"I am in awe of writer Tanya Saracho’s new play at the 16th Street Theater... beautifully rendered...
flawless direction...a writer at the top of her game..." --Fabrizio O. Almeida, New City

"It’s a rare show and a choice one that merits a second viewing... dynamic actors...
few plays explore such intricate subject matter..." -- Christopher Shea, Time Out Chicago

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KITA Y FERNANDA
by 16th Street playwright-in-residence Tanya Saracho
Directed by Ann Filmer
September 25 - October 25, 2008

Click here to read an interview with playwright Tanya Saracho.

Sylvia Puente spoke after Thursday October 23 performance!

Tickets: $16

Group discount $12 each for 8(+) For info on group tickets call (708) 795-6704 ext 105

Kita y Fernanda is a look at class, immigration and women's friendships as it follows the lives of two girls growing up in the same household; one the privileged daughter of a rich Mexican family living in Texas the other Kita the child of an undocumented maid.

Tanya Saracho was born in Mexico and is the Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Teatro Luna: Chicago's Chicago’s all Latina Theatre.  Plays include Our Lady of the Underpass, Quita Mitos and Aparicion.  She is at work on a project titled 27 based on 27 interviews with Latin American/Iberian women.