IATI Theater Presents Chilean Guest Production Manual de Autoayuda (Self-Help Manual) for a Limited Three-Performance Engagement

NEW YORK, NY — IATI Theater proudly presents the New York engagement of Manual de Autoayuda (Self-Help Manual), a guest production by the Chilean company Teatro Infausto, for three performances only, August 13–15, 2026. Created, directed, and performed by Nicolás Venegas, Manual de Autoayuda begins with a simple confession: a performer steps before the audience and admits his permanent inability to be happy. Searching for answers, he turns to the promises of self-help books, coaching, and the many strategies contemporary society offers to overcome dissatisfaction. The work approaches mental health socially and artistically rather than clinically, examining self-help culture and the pressures surrounding emotional well-being and personal fulfillment.