Musical about Frida Kahlo's childhood and more are on Fonseca Theatre's 2025-26 season
The Fonseca Theatre Co.'s slate of plays in 2025 and 2026 will coalesce around the theme of opportunity. Starting in the fall, the theater will host the fourth edition of its spooky-season-focused "Boo La La" followed by a concert of holiday music.
Throughout the first half of 2026, the theater, located at 2508 W. Michigan St., will produce three shows that examine redemption, Latino identities and childhood dreams.
Tickets and season flex passes will go on sale June 15 at fonsecatheatre.org. Here's the schedule:
The Fonseca Theatre Co. will continue its tradition of celebrating multicultural superstitions and folklore with short plays by Midwestern playwrights. The theater is accepting seven- to 10-minute family-friendly scripts on a Halloween theme with no more than four characters. Find more information on submissions, which are due by June 15, at fonsecatheatre.org.
'Making Merry — Live Holiday Music'
Nov. 29
Staci McCrackin will sing holiday classics and contemporary favorites in this festive concert.
'The Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latine Vote'
By Bernardo Cubria. March 12-29, 2026
In order to pay off debt from her IVF treatments, Latinx studies professor Paola Aguilar agrees to an offer from "The Political Party" to help them capture the Latino vote. But she soon realizes the party doesn't understand that a single strategy can't win over a diverse group of people.
'Clyde's'
By Lynn Nottage. May 1-17, 2026
A group of cooks who were formerly incarcerated seek a second chance at a Pennsylvania truck stop where they make sandwiches. As their skills elevate the menu, they wonder what the shop's success will mean for them.
'Frida Libre'
By Karen Zacarias with music by Deborah Wicks La Puma. July 17-Aug. 2, 2026
The bilingual musical tells the story of artist Frida Kahlo's childhood through the perspectives of two friends — Alex, who wants to be a luchador, or professional wrestler, when he grows up, and Frida, who aspires to be a doctor.
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