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NEXT UP: 

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June 26 - July 18th
The Den Theatre

1331 N Milwaukee Ave

Chicago, IL 60622​

The Artistic Team:
DIRECTOR - Moises Diaz

DRAMATURG - Daniel Mendoza

STAGE MANAGER - Gabrielle Owens

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER  - Riley Bulson

TD and SCENIC DESIGNER - Jeff Brain

LIGHTING DESIGNER- Ruby Lowe

SOUND DESIGNER- Daniella Brown

COSTUME DESIGNER - Dinorah Guillen

PROPS DESIGNER and PRODUCER - Anna Rachel Troy

PRODUCER - Mary Eliza Willingham

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Welcome To The Block.
Where the lawns are trimmed, the smiles are tight, and the passive aggression blooms year-round.

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Theatre EVOLVE presents “Native Gardens” — a razor-sharp comedy about fences, flowers, and the kind of neighborhood politics that start with “just a quick conversation.”

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Pablo and Tania are young, ambitious, and ready to put down roots. Frank and Virginia have spent years cultivating the perfect garden — and the perfect image. But when a property line gets questioned ahead of an important backyard party, civility goes straight into the compost bin.

What starts as a tiny landscaping disagreement quickly explodes into a hilarious all-out war over class, race, privilege, taste, and who really gets to belong in “the neighborhood.”

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Think HOA drama meets culture war chaos.
With hydrangeas.

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Come laugh at your neighbors.
Or realize you are the neighbors.

The Cast: 

TANIA DEL VALLE - Emely Cuestas

PABLO DEL VALLE - Rio Soliz Ragazzone

VIRGINIA BUTLEY - Suzy Krueckeberg

FRANK BUTLEY - Chuck Munro

LANDSCAPER - Daniel Mendoza

LANDSCAPER - Riley Bulson

TANIA DEL VALLE u/s - Audrey Napoli 

PABLO DEL VALLE u/s - Marco Antonio Perez

VIRGINIA BUTLEY u/s - Jeanne Scurek 

FRANK BUTLEY u/s - Peter Leondedis

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