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hicago International Latino Theater Festival, Chicago’s annual citywide festival showcasing Latino theater artists and companies from Chicago

Destinos, 5th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, Chicago’s annual citywide festival showcasing Latino theater artists and companies from Chicago, the U.S. and Latin America, returns September 14-October 16, 2022.

hicago International Latino Theater Festival, Chicago’s annual citywide festival showcasing Latino theater artists and companies from Chicago

Destinos, 5th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, Chicago’s annual citywide festival showcasing Latino theater artists and companies from Chicago, the U.S. and Latin America, returns September 14-October 16, 2022.

Chicago International Latino Theater's 'Destinos Festival' enters its final week

Destinos, 5th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, Chicago’s annual citywide festival showcasing Latino theater artists and companies from Chicago, the U.S. and Latin America, returns September 14-October 16, 2022.

   

We’re in the final week of the Chicago International Latino Theater’s Destinos Festival. The fifth annual citywide program brings together performers from Chicago, the U.S. and Latin America.

It’s the first festival since the death of the theater alliance’s co-founder, Myrna Salazar.

To talk about Myrna and the festival overall, Sara Carranza with the Chicago Latino Theater Alliance joined WBEZ’s Araceli Gomez-Aldana.

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