I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Based on the Novel by Erika L. Sánchez
Adapted by Isaac Gómez
Directed by Laura Alcalá Baker
This vibrant and poignant adaptation of Erika L. Sánchez’s New York Times Bestseller follows Júlia, a Chicago high schooler who is definitely not your perfect Mexican daughter. That’s her older sister Olga’s role. But everything in Júlia’s life weighs heavier after Olga dies in a tragic accident, leaving Júlia to manage her family’s grief and unravel the secret truth — that her sister may not have been so perfect after all.
As she struggles with the all-too-real challenges of coming of age in Chicago and the sense that she’s failing to live up to her family’s expectations, Júlia barely clings onto her dream of becoming a writer and is left questioning what she really knows about anything.
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is a love story to young Latinas who, in trying to find the truth about the people and the world around them, end up finding themselves.
Every so often a show comes along that moves you in such a way that you are changed.
– BroadwayWorld
Show Resources:
Buell Theatre
MAP
Singleton Theatre
MAP
Kilstrom Theatre
MAP
Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex
MAP
Wolf Theatre
MAP
Randy Weeks Conservatory Theatre
MAP
Theatre Company, Play, Comedy, Drama
Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission
Yes
Oct 3, 10, 17, 22
ASL-Interpretation & Audio Description: Oct 13
Denvercenter.org is the official online source for tickets to this show. Tickets purchased from any source other than DCPA may be lost, stolen, or fraudulent. Such tickets will not be honored.
Teen intimacy and sexualized situations, suicidal themes, alcohol and drug use, mental health, and other adult themes. Includes strobing and stage fog. Recommended for ages 15+.
This production is in the past
“BRIMS WITH FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS, FEARS AND DREAMS. GÓMEZ’S ADAPTATION IS THOUGHTFUL AND LOVING.
– The Denver Post
“A POWERFUL, FUNNY, AND TOUCHING COMING-OF-AGE STORY.”
– OnStage Colorado
“5 OUT OF 5 PARENTES! I LOVED IT SO MUCH.”
– Chris Parente, FOX31
Arnel Sancianco
Izumi Inaba
Lonnie Alcaraz
Noel Nichols
Hannah Herrera Greenspan
Maya Prentiss
Isaac Gómez
Grady Soapes, CSA
&
Gama Valle, Bass/Valle Casting
Laura Alcalá Baker