Mami
“Being an artist doesn’t pay the bills. So I’ll be here. Cleaning this toilet.”
Written by isi bhakhomen
Directed by Sandie Luna
Staged Reading Presentation:
Sunday, June 22, 2025 – 3:00 PM
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Location
IATI Theater - Mainstage
64 E 4th Street
NYC, NY 10003
ADA/Wheelchair Accessible
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About
A restroom is a place where people come and go as they please, to relieve themselves, to touch up on their makeup, to call a lover... But, that’s only during the day. The main character of this story comes alive at night.
Drawing inspiration from Victoria Santa Cruz’s spoken word poem, Me Gritaron Negra. This solo performance is a semi-autobiographical theatrical experience that delves into the intergenerational curses between the mothers and daughters of my family tree.
Language: English
Genre: Solo, Autobiographical
Playwright
isi bhakhomen | 🇨🇦 Canada
Magda “isi bhakhomen” Uculmana-Falcón is a downtown Toronto-based artist. Their work tends to use ancestral memory, rhythm, humour and absurdity as a guiding force. Through stories they aim to build worlds that give Black folks the freedom to breathe, to laugh and to heal.
They graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada's acting program in 2021. Writing credits include, BOOM! (Paprika Festival), Mami (Rhubarb Festival, Queer Pride Festival) and Túpac o 2Pac.
Staged Reading Team
Sandie Luna
Director
An Afro-Latine immigrant artist, director, educator, mother, and cultural steward based in the Bronx. She is the Executive Director of ID Studio Theater and a Lecturer at SUNY New Paltz in Theater Arts and Latin American & Caribbean Studies. Her work centers on themes of maternal justice, migration, and collective memory, with a strong focus on community-driven storytelling and interdisciplinary performance. A 2024 NALAC Leadership Institute Fellow and recipient of the Bronx Council on the Arts BRIO Award.
Yohanna Florentino, Janitor, they/them
Erica “Kika” Parra, Cajón Player
Angela Reynoso, Stage Directions & Other Voices