Full Circle Players present New Works Play Festival
Meet the Playwright of La Lavadora, Ryan Luevano
La Lavadora
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When la lavadora (the washing-machine) breaks down, estranged Mexican couple Rafael Sr. and Esperanza Mendez must find a way to work together. Their adult son Rafael Jr. is enlisted as their facilitator. In this memory play the Mendez family’s journey from Juarez, Mexico; to El Paso, Texas; to Los Angeles, California is explored tracing the breakdown of a marriage in the name of pride, tradition and putting family above all else. Can they find a way to work together to fix the washing-machine and perhaps what's left of their marriage?