Fantasma

Show Info

Tickets will go on sale to Primary Stages Flex Pass holders on Tuesday, August 4.
Tickets will go on sale to 59E59 Members on Tuesday, August 18.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Tuesday, August 25.

By Benjamin Benne
Directed by Laurie Wooler

On Christmas Eve, three generations of women gather in Rosie’s newly renovated kitchen to make chuchitos – a traditional Guatemalan recipe passed down by heart, touch, and intuition. 

While her granddaughters attempt to document the dish step-by-step, they discover that what’s being preserved isn’t just food, and that recording and remembering are entirely different things. Spanning nearly two decades, Fantasma is a bittersweet exploration of what we keep, what we lose, and the impossibility of ever capturing it exactly right.

Fantasma was developed at the Primary Stages Liff Lab, a new play development program named by The Sulzberger Rolfe Foundation in memory of legendary theater agent Samuel “Biff” Liff. 

Fantasma was originally commissioned by South Coast Repertory with support from the Elizabeth George Foundation. Developed in The Playwrights’ Center’s 40th Anniversary PlayLabs (Artistic Director: Jeremy Cohen), Duke University’s New Works Labs Residency, and The Public NYC. Additional dramaturgical contributions by Andy Knight, Sarah Lunnie, and Wendy Weckwerth. Developed in collaboration with Cat Rodriguez with Spanish translations by Cat Rodríguez.

Lead support for Fantasma is provided by Paula Kaminsky Davis and The Andrew Leynse Legacy Project at Primary Stages.

Major season support provided by The Howard Gilman Foundation, the A.R. Gurney Playwrights Fund, The SHS Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Please join us for post-show talkbacks after the following performances:

• Wednesday, November 18 at 7:00PM 
• Sunday, December 6 at 2:00PM