Daughters (Hijas) – A New Musical

Music and Lyrics by Julián Mesri
Book and Lyrics by Saviana Stanescu
Developed with and Directed by Courtney Young Socher

June 4-14, 2026

NYU Argentinian-Romanian-American student, Andrea, is determined to explore her Argentinian roots despite her mom's reluctance to discover her own deep connection to Los Desaparecidos and Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo. Who is Andrea's real Abuela: Clara, who disappeared in Buenos Aires during the Military Junta, or Beatriz, who raised Andrea's mother, Mariana? Andrea's father, Bogdan, an immigrant who escaped a dictatorship that persecuted gay people in Romania, is on Andrea's side. Bloodlines and lifelines collide and intersect in this story about four generations of women and their role in shaping histories/her-stories.