presents

Santiago Guzmán's
- Seis Grados en Mayo / Six Degrees in May -
May 4-23, 2027 (Halifax, NS)
TO BE ANNOUNCED - Fall 2027 (St. John's, NL)

Recipient of the NL's 2024 Arts and Letters Award

SYNOPSIS
When Carlos, a young Mexican musician building a life in Newfoundland, learns that his mother is flying in for his graduation recital - booked as a “surprise” by his well-meaning Newfoundland boyfriend, Phillip - his worlds are suddenly on a collision course. What follows is a tender and chaotic whirlwind of cultural misunderstandings, language barriers, clashing family expectations, and the universal hope that the people we love will accept us as we are.

Mi Casa NO es su Casa

written and directed by
Santiago Guzmán

Santiago Guzmán (he/they) is an award-winning playwright, dramaturge, performer, & director originally from Metepec, Mexico, calling Newfoundland and Labrador home. He is the artistic director of TODOS Productions & artistic director of Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre.

Selected directing credits include The New Canadian Curling Club, TourCO’s S.T.O.P. & Animal Farm [upcoming] (Neptune Theatre), NewfoundLanded,  76 Centimeters, Braiding Peonies (TODOS Productions), The Waltz (Watermark Theatre), Aya and the Masquerades, The Tales of Dwipa (White Rooster Theatre), Saudade (Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador), City of Stories (Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland).


Santiago’s play Urn received the Senior Dramatic Script Award of the Newfoundland and Labrador 2022 Arts and Letters Awards & was shortlisted for the NLCU Fresh Fish Award 2022. Santiago was the inaugural recipient of the John Palmer Award 2022 through the Playwrights Guild of Canada for being a change-maker in the theatre industry with his advocacy in the arts regarding equity, diversity, and anti-racism. In 2023, they were inducted into the YWCA’s St. John’s Circle of Distinction with the Inspired Innovation Award. Most recently, Santiago received the Senior Dramatic Script Award at the Newfoundland and Labrador 2024 Arts and Letters Awards for their newest play, Seis Grados en Mayo. 
www.thesantiagoguzman.com

Special Thanks 

Bilal Baig, Donna Butt, Jeremy Webb, Kimberlee Stadelmann, Ruth Lawrence, Meghan Greeley, Pamela Halstead, Mónica Garrido Huerta, Luke Rowe, Michelle Rex Bailey, Zeferino Guzmán, Emilia Rivera, Lucero Nájera, María Andrea Guzmán, Kye Goguen.

Development through the Paprika Festival (ON), Rising Tide Theatre (NL), Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre (Pan-Atlantic).