THE PUNCHLINE
Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 4:00pm
The Lillie Theater, City Theatre Company

Written & Performed by Christopher Rivas
Directed by Adil Mansoor
Dramaturgy by Kevin Becerra

“If we only had a year to live, what would change in us?” Most people build altars after someone dies. The Punchline, a new solo piece from playwright and performer Christopher Rivas, urges us to build those altars now, to our own lives and the moments that touch and change us, while we’re still alive. Through humor, story, and ceremony, The Punchline reminds us to live in the present and celebrate it as sacred, because it won’t last. Christopher Rivas, most known for his work on the Fox series Call Me Kat opposite Mayim Bialik, is quickly becoming one of the most sought after multi-hyphenates in the industry. His critically acclaimed debut book, Brown Enough, is part memoir and part social commentary, a roller coaster of finding one's true self while simultaneously having a racial awakening amidst the struggle to be "perfectly" Latinx, woke, and as Brown as possible to make it in today's America. He's also the host and executive producer of two podcasts with SiriusXM's Stitcher: Brown Enough and Rubirosa, a 10-episode documentary-style investigation of Porfirio Rubirosa, a Dominican diplomat, race car driver, soldier and polo player who’s believed to be the inspiration for the famous character ‘James Bond’. Rivas adapted the latter into a one-man show The Real James Bond Was...Dominican which was presented in partnership with DNAWORKS earlier this year at City Theatre Company.