By Vanessa Garcia
Co-Directed by Sarah Hughes and Victoria Collado

World Premiere
Zoetic Stage with Abre Camino Collective
May 2023

Carbonell Award Winner, Steven Covey for Video Projection Design
Carbonell Award Nominee, Outstanding New Play

“Clever, often funny, sardonic, poignant, insightful…Whatever the…collaborative process was…it works: The play moves like an Airstream on a pothole-free highway.”
–The Miami Herald

Read a profile of the team in The Miami New Times.

With Dalia Aléman, Melissa Almaguer, Kristian Bikic, Sabrín Diehl, Chris Anthony Ferrer, and Lucy Lopez
”Moonshine” Song by Nicole Garcia feat. Orlando Mendez
Set Designer B.J. Duncan
Lighting Designer Tony Galaska
Costume Designer Natasha Hernandez
Sound Designer Matt Corey
Video Direction Delavega
Video Projection Designer Steven Covey
Stage Manager Vanessa McCloskey
Assistant Stage Managers Karina Martinez and Maria Salgado

Catherine is searching for something authentic. Frustrated with her life’s direction, she embarks with her f*ckbuddy, Lewis, on a Lewis-and-Clark-esque trip across America sponsored by Monteverde Moonshine. But as Catherine travels the country, posting photos and interviews of people she meets—an immigrant worker, a wayward nun, a queer homeschooled teen—she inadvertently raises more questions than answers: about “the real America,” about her own identity, and about what “authenticity” even means anymore.

#GRACED was developed in WP Theater’s 2020 online Pipeline Festival produced by Alyssa Simmons, with Ashley Alvarez, Gabriel Bonilla, Jorge Cordova, Emma Ramos, and Zo Tipp. In 2022 it was workshopped through a BOLD Ventures Grant with support from WP Theater and Abre Camino Collective, featuring Maggie Bofill, Jason Canela, Sabrín Diehl, Keren Lugo, Cesar Rosado, and Ana Villafañe. It was previously workshopped through the South Florida Theatre League in 2021, and with JustA Theatre Company.

All photos by Justin Namon.