How To Rob the Art Institute of Chicago

Staged Reading Presented by the 2025 Agnes Nixon New Play Festival

Written by Sam Hernández

Directed by Kate Horton

Dramaturgy by Eliza Huang

On a cold Chicago night, four friends debate a serious question: Is stealing Indigenous art of Latin America a radical act of decolonization or a stupid way to get arrested? And also - is being Latine-American enough to claim a connection to that art? And what does it even mean to be Latine-American? And how does one rob a museum? In How to Rob The Art Institute of Chicago, Sam Hernandez's comedy about friendship, identity, and colonialism, four college seniors plan the most important heist of their lives.