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Shorts Program 8: New York or Nowhere

In this program


A Night in the Heights

Directed by Henlee DeJesus

What was supposed to be a quiet night at home turns into a chaotic quest through Washington Heights to find the girl of his dreams, all because he MIGHT have heard her say his name in the background of a social media post.

A West Side Story Story

Directed by Aditya Joshi

Puerto Rican theatre director Carolina is attempting to mount an “authentic” version of West Side Story. As things begin to fall apart and her vision collapses, Carolina begins to question whether it was worth trying to reclaim a work that was never intended for her to begin with

Villa Encanto

Directed by Joel Perez

After her mother’s death, a precocious teenager is uprooted from 1960s Spanish Harlem when her musician father takes a gig at a Puerto Rican summer resort in upstate New York. Through music and community, she learns to redefine the meaning of home.

Cold Coffee

Directed by Luis de Jesús

Millo and Delia, an elderly Puerto Rican couple living in New York, are forced to navigate the new reality of Millo’s progressing illness while trying to hold on to what remains of the life they’ve always known.

Papi Chulo

Directed by Anthony Rojas

After getting kicked out of his girlfriend’s apartment, Yani, a charming Afro-Dominican playboy, embarks on a chaotic journey through the streets of Washington Heights to win her back.

El Tiguere

Directed by Andrew Rodriguez

In the Bronx, where food insecurity looms large, a resilient Dominican immigrant turns a battered school bus into a mobile food garden fighting to rebuild his life and mend his fractured relationship with his estranged son.

Dates & Times

Regal Union Square

September 19, 2025
9:30 pm