Rudi Goblen: FITO

An interactive concert-play and love letter to immigrants who dream relentlessly

Rudi Goblen’s interactive concert play FITO combines live music, storytelling, dance, and spoken word to explore the immigrant experience of a Nicaraguan man living in the United States. Inviting audiences into a communal experience to foster connection and empathy, this production asks what it means to become an American while holding onto one’s roots.

Free Public Program: The Cypher and the Ceremony
The Shed I Saturday, July 25
An embodied public program directly following the 2 pm performance of FITO

This is not a talkback.

In FITO, becoming American arrives as an oath, a formal promise to “absolutely and entirely renounce” everything that came before. But rhythm is an inheritance, a cultural memory no oath can touch. It stays in the body, and the body remembers.

Following the matinee performance on Saturday, July 25, director Teo Castellanos invites you into a gathering rooted in the movement-based ritual practice that shaped the production, held in the cypher: a sacred, ceremonial form, a democratic circle where performance, witness, and community-making happen simultaneously.

The oath is one ritual of belonging; the cypher is another. One asks what you must give up. The other asks for nothing but your presence.

No experience necessary. Come as you are, ready to move.

Ticket Details

Please visit theshed.org/opencall to reserve tickets.

Tickets to all Open Call events are free. Even if a performance is sold out, day-of tickets will be available at the box office prior to each performance.

Seating is first come, first served. Please arrive early. A reservation does not guarantee admission. Doors open 30 minutes before the performance.

Running time: approximately 50 minutes. This production includes loud music and strong language, as well as haze and strobe effects.