In a run-down Vancouver hotel in 1974, months after the start of the Pinochet regime, eight Chilean refugees (from children to adults) struggle, at times haplessly, at times profoundly, to decide if fleeing their homeland means they have abandoned their friends and responsibilities or not. Although focusing on a particular group of Latinx refugees, this play gives voice to refugee communities from all corners of the globe
contains monologues
contains scenes
2009, Alameda Theatre & Passe Muraille, Toronto, Ontario
2010
Talon Books
9780889226500
also included in Fronteras Vivientes, 8 Latino/a Canadian Plays, edited by Natalie Alvarez ISBN 978-1-77091-147-5
also included in Fronteras Vivientes, 8 Latino/a Canadian Plays, edited by Natalie Alvarez ISBN 978-1-77091-147-5
Realistic
Five schoolgirls form a sacred storyteller’s club in the thick woods of an impenetrable Northern Ontarian township. Spinning tales among the trees, they turn the forest, and to each other, to grapple with the uneasy transitions of young adulthood. When tragedy shocks the community, the girls are forced to reckon with the events that each led them to the woods that night, and the deathly consequences that followed.
Solo Show
Eugenio is a queer young immigrant living in St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador. Less than a year has passed since his move from Mexico, but in that time, he experienced deep love and deeper heartbreak when his new boyfriend, Benjamin, inexplicably “ghosted” him. No, Benjamin isn’t dead; he just stopped calling and texting. And the thing is…Eugenio’s still not over it. Looking to the traditional Mexican holiday Día de Muertos (The Day of The Dead) and his father's previous experience with paranormal activities, Eugenio decides to build an altar (a central part of the Día de Muertos ritual) in the hopes that he will be able to summon his boyfriend’s ‘ghost’ to sort out the end of their relationship once and for all. Through the altar, Eugenio realizes that he has been something of a ghost himself to the loved ones he left behind in Mexico. Will setting up an altar be enough for Eugenio to forgive, forget, and love again? Or enough to help him heal the relationships with his friends and family far away?
