is set in wartime Europe, with a theater company touring Europe to boost morale, Frederick said, comparing the scenario to putting on productions during the uncertainties of the pandemic.
“The show is very dynamic,” Sanchez-Molina said. “With all the different transitions and costume changes, character changes, we have to be fully committed for this story to work.”at the Tobin Center’s Carlos Alvarez Theater.Crimes of the Heart “They’re well-established plays that can be served well with a new interpretation or a fresh take,” he said. “In that is diversity and innovation, which is pretty much the nutshell of the mission.”
Vasquez said the play revolves around a family drama, which resonates with her as a Latina. “I grew up in telenovela culture,” she said of Spanish-language television soap operas that the melodrama of“This is a story that can resonate across the lines, and I would really love to see that come into play,” she said. “What if we [use] a cast of color, what happens then?”