
NEXT UP:

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

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
