Vested Interests production

Around The Block/Al Doblar La Esquina

Wednesday-Sunday September 9-13 2026 Wednesday-Saturday: 7:00 pm, Sunday: 2:00 pm
at Teatro Círculo

presents
Vested Interests
by
Carlos Jerome
with inspiration from Los intereses creados by Jacinto Benavente
and El caballero de Illescas by Lope de Vega

a conceptual exploration directed by
Veronica Caicedo

at Teatro Círculo
64 E. 4th St.

September 9-13, 2026

Two down-and-out hustlers from the ghetto, together with their unstoppable ally Captain Arliqueen, win a place for themselves at a top-echelon hotel and enter the high-stakes financial world. How long can the game last? Who’s getting roped in? To what?

with
Susan Charette
Gabe Gutierrez
Greg Mays
Anita Moreno
Sean Phillips
Rick Reid
Marc Reign
Vanesa Rendon

Stage Manager
Michaela Lichvanova

Web and Marketing Designer
Alexandra Acosta

produced by
Veronica Caicedo
Carlos Jerome
Around The Block

Fully accessible
for tickets go to: https://www.aroundtheblockteatro.org/
$20 Early Bird Tickets until September 1st

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

It is also made possible in part with funds from NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity
Fund (A Statewide Theatre Regrant Program)

We are also grateful for help from

Teatro Círculo

Charles Schwab