Our Dear Dead Drug Lord

High above Miami in a cluttered treehouse in 2008 amidst the presidential election of Barack Obama and John McCain, four teenage girls are plotting something wild: a séance to summon Pablo Escobar. What starts as a game of guts and giggles spirals into a sharp, unpredictable clash of friendship, power, and dark imagination. Part occult ritual, part rollercoaster through the thrills and terrors of growing up.  Our Dear Dead Drug Lord is a wickedly funny, unsettling ride you won’t see coming.

The Ensemble Company’s production of Our Dear Dead Drug Lord will be directed by producing artistic director Matthew MacDermid (The Thanksgiving Play, Frozen, The Other Place) and stars Maddy Poston, who previously won acclaim as Cassidy in The Ensemble Company’s 2024 production of Appropriate, as Zoom.  Making their Ensemble Company debuts are Sarah Bathelemy as Squeeze, Ana Gomez-Lugo as Pipe, and Loudise Ortiz-Hernandez as Kit. Jessica Hamilton serves as production stage manager.