Hostos Events
Jun 3

"Where You From? What You Be About?”
Written and Performed by Eric Avilés
Directed by Edward Torres

An autobiographical solo play set in the historically Puerto Rican neighborhood of Humboldt Park, Chicago. “Where You From? What You Be About?” tells a story of how one man and his family reconcile the influences and tragedy of gang violence. A transformational coming of age story.
A Liberation Arts Collective Production.



Hostos Center events are sponsored by the Hostos Community College Foundation with funds from: the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the Coalition of Theaters of Color, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the Office of New York State Assemblyman José Rivera, and the Office of New York City Councilmember Rafael Salamanca, Jr.

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