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Gretchen Suárez-Peña
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Searching for Abuelo

Rent the performance here

March 2024 Production at The Tank NYC was
financially supported by Austin Lazanowski,
Brad Barfield, Myrna Rivera, Anita Kollinger, and Glori Snow
  • 1st Place Show at the Voices of Women Theatre Festival at Powerstories Theatre Summer 2023
  • ​Best Full-Length Play 2023 Tampa Bay Theatre Festival
  • Presented at The Tank NYC March 2024
  • Official Selection of the NYC Downtown Urban Arts Festival
  • Official Selection for the SheATL Festival
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What people are saying:

"A force! A thoroughly personal, exciting, and moving piece of theatre!" - P. from NYC

"...an incredibly raw and beautifully written story of finding her own voice." C.L. from Lakeland, FL


"...a one-woman journey of heritage, family, love, politics, societal ideology, comedy, religion, self-awareness, and boldness; all through Bomba...." - J. from Lakeland, FL

"Gretchen understands every nuance of storytelling, taking her audience on a ride of highs and lows, teaching and entertaining..."  - C.S. from Lakeland, FL
 with instrumentation by
Cukiara​Bomba Body and Dance Co.

Check out the trailer!

Synopsis: My maternal grandfather died before my mother even graduated from High School. I know very little about him except that he was a bartender, an aspiring actor and writer in New York City, and really wanted to own a Mercedes Benz. In this one-act solo show, framed in the traditional Puerto Rican musical style of Bomba, I (Gretchen) put myself through the journey of figuring out who he was, who I am, and what to do about it.​
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Opened the 2023 Conch Shell Productions Works-in-Development 
​#Bluelight Reading Series.

​Plays by Gretchen

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      • Searching for Abuelo
      • Epiphany
      • Across the Atlantic
      • With A Torch of Seven Virtues
      • Trafficked
      • Wingman
      • Peaches and King
      • Melina
      • Conversations Series >
        • Conversations in Bed
        • Conversations in the Car
        • Conversations at Dinner
        • Conversations at Work
      • C'est La Vie
      • Martha and Mary
      • Elective Amnesia
      • The Officer
    • One Acts >
      • The Arithmetic of Memory
      • 2052
      • Dry Spell
      • Watchwomen
      • Tea Town
      • The Child Groom
      • Shadowed Arrangement
      • Love Letters
      • The Wind is Me
      • Clean and Bright
      • Practically Perfect
      • Moonwalker
  • Production History
  • In the Media
  • Get in Touch