The Future of Ismael

by siri gurudev

CAST

Ismael Hernádez: Elián Sweeten
Nadhi/Magnolia/M: Tuyến Q. Thái
Yune: Adrian Clark
 Policeman/Indigo: Grayson Hunt
 Kirax/MC: Tessandra Lancaster
 Tei/Rosa Dupuis: Noé López

Presented November 7-23, 2019
Dougherty Arts Center
Austin, TX

PRODUCTION TEAM

Director: kt shorb 
Playwright: siri gurudev
Costume & Prop Design: Jana Zek
Lighting Design: Shelby Gebhart
Projection Design: Ashton Bennett Murphy
Sound Design and Dramaturgy: Jesse O'Rear
Prop Design: Elijah Gray
Movement Consultant: Michael J. Love
Stage Manager: Margaret Jumonville

The Future of Ismael is that tomorrow presented within the parameters of today’s transgender reality. Queer people, as gurudev and shorb see it, already “live in a future that is not yet here,” and one that’s highly anticipated. 

Charlie Mangan, spotlight on The Future of Ismael in the Austin Chronicle