(UNION, NJ) -- The Kean Department of Theatre presents References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot from October 9-17, 2026 in the Bauer Boucher Theatre Center. This is an Obie Award-winning surrealist play by José Rivera that follows Gabriela, a lonely housewife in Barstow, California, awaiting her soldier-husband Benito’s return from the Gulf War in 1991.
In the poetic fantasy world she creates as she drifts through her days in the Mojave desert, her housecat and a local coyote strike up a romance, while the celestial man-in-the-moon and her very real teenage neighbor Martín vie for her affection.
The production is directed by Joshua Feliciano-Sanchez Moser.
Performances take place Friday, October 9 at 7:30pm; Saturday, October 10 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm; Sunday, October 11 at 2:00pm; Wednesday, October 14 at 7:30pm; Thursday, October 15 at 5:30pm; Friday, October 16 at 10:00am & 7:30pm; and Saturday, October 17 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm. Tickets are available for purchase online. The theater is located at 1000 Morris Avenue in Union, New Jersey.
Content Advisory: Strong language, Mature themes (War, Infidelity, Toxic Masculinity, PTSD), Staged Intimacy (Kissing and Sexual Contact). Age Recommendation: High school and up. Not appropriate for children. Effects Warning: The play will use pulsing and blinking lights, gunshot sound effects, and haze.
Work alongside professional artists, honing your craft and expanding your knowledge at Kean Department of Theatre. Study masterworks of the past and devise your own. Classes are available in acting techniques, directing, playwriting, dramaturgy, stage management, theatre technology, costume, lighting and set design. Kean theatre students can also work on productions for Premiere Stages, Kean’s resident Equity theatre company. Contact the Department of Theatre at (908) 737-4420 or [email protected] for more information or to arrange a visit as a student for a day.
Thursday, Oct 08, 2026
@ 10:00am
Kean Stage - NAAB Auditorium
Union, NJ
Thursday, Oct 08, 2026
@ 2:00pm
Kean Stage - NAAB Auditorium
Union, NJ
There are multiple performances including:
Thursday, Oct 08, 2026
@ 6:30pm
Kean Stage - NAAB Auditorium
Union, NJ
There are multiple performances including:
Friday, Oct 09, 2026
@ 7:30pm
Kean Stage - Bauer Boucher Theatre Center
Union, NJ
There are multiple performances including:
Friday, Oct 09, 2026
@ 6:30pm
Kean Stage - NAAB Auditorium
Union, NJ
