Performance: Flamboyán Theatre and The Three Leaches Theater: The Motherf*cker with the Hat

Flamboyán Theatre and The Three Leaches Theater present a cult classic play, The Motherf*cker with the Hat, by Stephen Adly Guirgis.

The show runs October 23–November 1, 2025, 7:30 p.m. at Flamboyán’s home venue, The Three Leaches Theater, 1560 Teller St in Lakewood, Colorado. Tickets are $20.

This provocative dramedy tells of Jackie and Veronica, who have been together since they were teens, during which they both became addicts, and Jackie, a small-time criminal. When Jackie sobers up and starts to get his life back together, he discovers a hat in his house that doesn’t belong to him, beginning a mad search across New York to find the owner of the hat. The journey forces Jackie to face the truth about himself and Veronica, who is still abusing drugs, leading to a powerful conclusion.

The production includes poet Manny Minaya as Jackie, Mark Grabador as Cousin Julio, Jill Sedó as Veronica, JC Reyes as Ralph, and Melissa Leach as Victoria.

According to Wikipedia, “The Motherf*cker with the Hat” premiered at Broadway’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on April 11, 2011, staring Chris Rock in his Broadway debut as Ralph D., Bobby Cannavale, Annabella Sciorra, Elizabeth Rodriguez and Yul Vázquez and directed by Anna D. Shapiro. It closed on July 17, 2011.

The Three Leaches Theater Company is a space dedicated to producing excellent, affordable, and accessible Colorado theater that continues to advocate representation and equality in performance and storytelling. More information at thethreeleaches.com.

Flamboyán Theater seeks to make Denver a home for Puerto Rican (Boricua) storytelling that crosses genres and multimedia platforms and pushes artists to tell stories that defy expectations, taking risks in terms of style and themes and creating new narratives. For more information visit flamboyantheatre.com.