
THE NANNIES OF
NEW YORK CITY
by
Katie Brook (NYC) & Katiana Gonçales Rangel (BRAZIL)
August 30, 2025
By Katie Brook (NYC) & Katiana Gonçales Rangel (BRAZIL)




The Nannies of New York City By Katiana Gonçales Rangel (Brazil) + Katie Brook (NY) Deságua is a documentary theatre work by and about professional nannies in New York City. In 2024, theatre artists Katie Brook and Katiana Gonçales Rangel interviewed a group of immigrant childcare workers about the joys and challenges of their jobs, shaping these stories into monologues that the nannies themselves proudly performed themselves. In 2025, in response to the escalating threat to immigrants, Brook and Rangel re-cast Deságua with esteemed, white, American citizen actors to continue to share these stories. Created by Katie Brook, Katiana Gonçales Rangel, and nannies and artists from Latin America and the Caribbean; featuring Jim Fletcher, David Gould, Richard Maxwell, Dick Toth, and Ben Williams.