Tideline tells the personal story of Wilfrid, a young man born in Montreal, who struggles to bury his father in his parent's homeland. There, he acquires friends who all dream of a better life, and confronts a country scarred by war, where an additional corpse is one too many.
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1997, Theater Festival of the Americas, Montreal
2011
Playwrights Canada Press
9780887549878
Winner of Governor General's Literary Award for Drama, French 2000. Cast size is with doubling. Alternate French title is "Littoral".
Winner of Governor General's Literary Award for Drama, French 2000. Cast size is with doubling. Alternate French title is "Littoral".
Stylized
"In this final installment of A Mexican Trilogy, while the world mourns the death of Pope John Paul II, the centenarian matriarch of the family is visited by the ghost of her great-grandson slain in Iraq, and a newly arrived relative from Mexico suddenly appears." - latinotheaterco
Realistic
In the 1950s, the Mexican-American Mephistopheles Fulano Colorado tempts everyone in this small West Texas neighborhood with what they want but do not need: 10-year-old orphan girl Claudia, with a millionaire Father in California; young wife Rosa and Tony with the money to cover Tony's gambling debts which threaten to consume their home; middle-aged Jose and Felicia the reasons to descend into abuse; and old Concha and Narciso the perspective to look dimly on their rich lives. In the end, he is run out of town, but only after everyone bands together to affirm and help one another.
