NUSHU – A Cabaret of Memory and Resistance

Part of the Hispanic Heritage Month programming at ID Studio Theater.

On Friday, September 26, 2025, ID Studio Theater invites you to experience NUSHU, an intimate cabaret of song, confession, and memory, inspired by a secret written language once created and shared only among women in China.

In this performance, music, storytelling, and humor come together to highlight women’s struggles and resilience across centuries and geographies. NUSHU is both deeply personal and collective, inviting audiences to reflect on the women in their own lives through laughter, music, and memory.

Friday, September 26, 2025
Performance: 7:30 PM
ID Studio Theater, South Bronx

About the Work

NUSHU was inspired by a secret script invented by women as a private form of communication and solidarity. This cabaret reimagines that spirit of intimacy and resistance for today, blending personal stories, original songs, and a cabaret-style atmosphere that is both playful and profound.

Production: Cuerpo Abierto Teatro
Direction: César Amézquita
Dramaturgy: Camila Scudeler
Performance: Camila Scudeler
Duration: 75 minutes + post-show talkback
Presented by ID Studio Theater

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with us by joining this unforgettable evening of memory, music, and women’s voices.

Reserve your tickets here: bit.ly/NUSHUnyc

CRUSELFA

Opening Hispanic Heritage Month at ID Studio Theater

CRUSELFA tells the story of a woman displaced by violence who finds in her work as a laundress both relief and resistance. Through bullerengue and vallenato songs, dance, and memory, Crucelfa denounces the injustices that surround her while reminding us of the enduring strength of Latin American women.

Saturday, September 20, 2025
Duration: 60 minutes

RSVP: bit.ly/CruselfaNYC

About the Artist

Luis Mario Jiménez is an actor, playwright, and theater educator with an extensive career across Colombia, Europe, and Latin America. As part of a U.S. tour of CRUSELFA, he joins us in the South Bronx not only to present the play but also to lead a workshop especially designed for our community.

Luis believes in the power of art to heal wounds and strengthen collective bonds, and his work combines memory, music, and movement to create spaces where voices of resistance can be heard and embraced.

Community Workshop – The Voice, the Body, and the Wound

Ahead of the performance, Luis will guide participants in a workshop exploring how breath, voice, and body can unlock memory and transform it into creative force.

Saturday, September 20, 2025
11 AM – 3 PM
ID Studio Theater, South Bronx
Free with registration (limited capacity)

✨ Join us for this special event as we celebrate the start of Hispanic Heritage Month in New York City by spotlighting emerging voices and living memories from our community.

PETRA – A Special Preview Performance

Petra returns to New York for her father’s funeral — but what begins as a short visit becomes a life-changing decision. Searching for direction, she accepts a job at a juvenile correctional facility, unaware of how the emotional toll will unravel her sense of self and strain her relationship with Diego, her partner.

The genesis of this play emerged from ID Studio Theater’s research into the now-shuttered Spofford Juvenile Detention Center in Hunts Point. The play draws from that history to examine the personal impact of structural violence, institutional silence, and the emotional aftermath of bearing witness.

This special preview performance of PETRA will guide audiences through all three levels of ID Studio Theater in Hunts Point. The play unfolds in multiple spaces, creating an intimate, sensorial experience that invites the audience into Petra’s inner world.

Presented by ID Studio Theater
Written by Camilo Vergara | Directed by Germán Jaramillo

📍 ID Studio Theater – 311 East 140th St, Bronx, NY
🗓️ Thursday, May 22 @ 7:30pm & Friday, May 23 @ 7:30pm

Laura se quedó. Octavia se fue. Una sacrificó todo por su familia, la otra persiguió sus sueños. Ahora, el tiempo las obliga a mirarse de frente, a contar los años de distancia y los reproches nunca dichos.

Y tú, ¿qué harías? ¿Cómo se mide el sacrificio dentro de una familia? ¿Quién decide qué pesa más: la entrega o los sueños?

Dos Hermanas es un espejo de lo que dejamos atrás y de lo que nos persigue. Es una historia de memoria, deudas emocionales y preguntas sin respuesta.

Ven a descubrir esta experiencia teatral que te hará cuestionar lo que crees saber sobre el amor, la familia y el sacrificio.

Dramaturgo: Camilo Vergara

Directora: Leyma López

Producido por: ID Studio Theater y Ambidiestro

Compra tus boletos ahora: bit.ly/doshermanas

Lugar: ID Studio Theater

Fechas: 21, 22, 23 de Marzo

¡ARSENIO!

ID Studio Theater is bringing ¡ARSENIO! back this February/March as part of Carnegie Hall’s Nuestros Sonidos festival—celebrating Black History Month and the Afro-Caribbean rhythms that continue to shape music and culture worldwide.

Inspired by the life and music of the legendary Arsenio Rodríguez, this play takes audiences on a journey through the rhythms that built salsa, the pulse of our ancestors, and the enduring power of family and community.

Join us as we celebrate our cultural legacy—from the Bronx to the world.

Lost Children: A Play in 20 Questions

Presented as part of our Women’s History Month celebration and Carnegie Hall’s Nuestros Sonidos festival.

Lost Children brings you face to face with the voices of migrant children navigating an uncertain journey to the U.S. Adapted from Valeria Luiselli’s Tell Me How It Ends (National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist), this powerful monologue gives life to their fears, dreams, and resilience.

Based on Luiselli’s work as a volunteer translator, the play weaves together real testimonies—including interviews with young migrants from Unidad Latina en Acción (ULA), with whom ID Studio has built a longstanding collaboration. It compels us to listen, to bear witness, and to see the human stories behind the headlines.

📅 Dates: March 14 | March 15 | March 16
📍 Venue: ID Studio Theater
🎭 Performed in Spanish.

The mission of ID Studio Theater is to advance the artistic and social development of immigrant communities through innovative work in the performing arts.