Exquisita Agonía
Mr. Cruz realizes his scenario with his patented style. There’s rueful humor, Chekhovian reveries and a sense of the mystical all with a demonstrative Latin sensibility. The dialogue is filled with passionate eloquence and is made even more pleasurable by experiencing it in Spanish. Some sequences have characters reciting their letters which allows for reflective ruminations. The play takes place in the contemporary United States with several of its figures having been born in other countries. [more]