La Esquinita, USA

What happens to a town when promises from Big Business are broken? Find out with La Esquinita, USA – a story of love, forgiveness and ultimate redemption. La Esquinita, USA is a solo piece by critically acclaimed writer/performer Rubén C. González, one of the principal members of California’s award-winning Teatro Campesino.

In La Esquinita, USA, at a bus stop on the 40A Red Line, multiple characters tell us their touching and irreverent stories on a passage through a once-booming town now forgotten. The main source of employment, Thompson Tire Factory, has gone overseas leaving the town’s infrastructure in disarray. False idols of hope are the only source of relief and the citizens of this dilapidated town are left scavenging for what little remains.

“Gonzalez, a mercurial silver haired writer/actor slid effortlessly between portrayals of multiple denizens of a fictitious American city… [his] performance was first-rank in a poetical two act play…” – Steven Leigh Morris • American Theatre Magazine.

The performance is co-sponsored by The Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, The Brown Arts Initiative, and ECAS Theater.