Photos: Get a First Look at The New Coordinates' AMERICAN SIDE EFECTOS at The Den Theatre

The New Coordinates, formerly The New Colony, is welcoming back live audiences this summer with a workshop production of Debbie Baños's bittersweet memoir American Side Efectos, a raucous and ruthless dive into the American Dream directed by Esteban Arévalo Ibáñez. Originally produced as a solo show in the summer of 2021, TNC is presenting this piece-in-process as the artists deepen the storytelling to include an ensemble of actors. American Side Efectos will play through 31, 2022 at The Den Theatre (2A), 1331 N Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago. Pay-what-you-can tickets are currently available at thenewcoordinates.org.

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American Side Efectos features Debbie Baños, Gabby Diaz, Sonja Lynn Mata, Dani Mauleon and Shannon Leigh Webber.

Debbie's second favorite holiday, right after Christmas, has always been the 4th of July, but this year she's not even in the mood for a festive hot dog. Tag along as little Debbie tries to make sense of Mami's mysterious medical issues as adult Debbie revisits her mother's journey immigrating from El Salvador to Arkansas.

The production team includes Shannon Webber (Scenic, Props and Costumes Designer), Jonah White (Lighting Designer), Debbie Baños and Jonathan Shannon (Sound Designers), Kholoud Sawaf (Dramaturg), Sharon Kushiner and Maddie Grovesteen (Props Assistants), Joseph Rodriguez-Barbera (Original Graphic Design), Persephone Van Ort (Production Manager) and Nick Savin (Stage Manager).

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