THE PRESENCE OF ABSENCE

World Premiere / Estreno Mundial

Thalia Spanish Theatre
& Cuban Cultural
Center of New York
present / presentan

The Presence of Absence

(NOCTURNO CUBANO)

by * de   ANDREA
O’REILLY HERRERA

Directed by / Dirigida por  NICOLE QUINTANA

A bilingual memory
play that chronicles
the lives

of several
generations
of CUBAN WOMEN.

It
testifies to the power of forgiveness,

compassion, and
healing.

Set in
both pre- and post-revolutionary Cuba,

the plot
pivots on Margarita,
an exile residing in the United States,

who
attempts to come to terms with her divided identity,

a
traumatic past she has suppressed,

and her
fear of sharing her heritage with her daughter.

As the past and present collide,

the play examines how memory,
silence

and survival shape family
relationships.

Una obra
bilingüe de la memoria que cuenta las vidas

de varias
generaciones de MUJERES CUBANAS.

Da testimonio
del poder del perdón,

la compasión
y la sanación.

Situada en la Cuba
prerrevolucionaria y en la posrevolucionaria,

Margarita, una exiliada
residente en los Estados Unidos,

intenta reconciliarse con su
identidad dividida,

con un pasado traumático que
ha reprimido

y con el temor a compartir su
herencia cultural con su hija.

Según el pasado y el presente
colisionan,

la obra examina cómo la
memoria, el silencio

y la supervivencia moldean las
relaciones familiares.

TWO WEEKS ONLY! * DOS UNICAS SEMANAS

JUNE 18 JUNIO to * a  JUNE 28 JUNIO, 2026

THURSDAYS 7PM JUEVES:
Tkts $30

FRIDAYS 7PM VIERNES:
Tkts $40; $35 Students & Seniors
 

SATURDAYS
3PM SABADOS: Tkts $30

SATURDAYS
8PM SABADOS

&
SUNDAYS 4PM DOMINGOS:

 Tkts $40; $35 Stud.
& Sen.

Special Group Rate 10+   $30

CCCNY members (with
ID) $25

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