Samantha Blain, Casey Scott Leach, & Mikayla Stanley of “Isla”

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Hit The Lights! presents ISLA at WP TheaterListen in as story originator & performer Samantha Blain, puppet designer & performer Casey Scott Leach, and co-director Mikayla Stanley of Hit The Lights! Company’s new work ISLA discuss their company’s process, “why?,” making everything by hand, blending fiction and history, adding the audience, keeping so many experimental irons in the fire, allowing time to live, the importance of design, solenodons, and how your family’s story can become a magical piece of theatre.

“…it’s a story about three sisters that leave a war-torn island, and it’s inspired by my mom and my aunts fleeing from Cuba in 1969 on the freedom flights…”

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Hit The Lights! presents

Isla

created & original music by Hit The Lights! Company
co-directed by Roman Sanchez and Mikayla Stanley

thru August 29, 2026

WP Theater
2162 Broadway
Manhattan

tickets: starting at $30, available via OvationTix

Hit The Lights! presents ISLA at WP Theater, photo by Rebecca J Michelson Hit The Lights! presents ISLA at WP Theater, photo by Rebecca J Michelson Hit The Lights! presents ISLA at WP Theater, photo by Rebecca J Michelson Hit The Lights! presents ISLA at WP Theater, photo by Rebecca J Michelson Hit The Lights! presents ISLA at WP Theater, photo by Rebecca J Michelsonphotos by Rebecca J Michelson

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