MANIFEST DESTINY (2025)

Teatro LATEA, New York, NY

Inspired by the classics, Ortiz takes a page from Hamlet and its central dilemma: “What do you do when your dead father shows up asking for revenge?”

In Manifest Destiny (June 12-29, 2025 at Teatro LATEA), Ortiz expertly blends styles, from documentary theater to telenovela, as this Chilean Hamlet faces members of Pinochet regime, ‘America’ in human form, and various comical assassins to take history into his own hands.

Manifest Destiny is the second installment of Ortiz’s American Mythology trilogy.

We’re trying to raise $10,000 by June 1st for the production.

You can contribute on the Teatro LATEA website by clicking here: Manifest Destiny donations.

Donor Levels

    • Above the title billing “YOUR NAME presents Manifest Destiny”

    • 2 Complimentary Tickets per show; 4 to Opening Night

    • Signed show poster by artist Paco May

    • 2 Teatro LATEA tote bags

    • Listed in program and on website as a producer on production team

    • 8 Complimentary Tickets

    • Donation call out on social media

    • Signed show poster by artist Paco May

    • 2 Teatro LATEA tote bags goes here

    • Listed in program as a show supporter

    • 4 Complimentary Tickets

    • Donation call out on social media

    • Teatro LATEA tote bag

    • 2 Complimentary Tickets

    • Teatro LATEA tote bag