Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Robert Schenkkan’s soulful drama takes place on a hot afternoon in Austin, Texas. The widowed Catherine hires Arturo, a Cuban refugee, a writer turned gardener, to tame her chaotic back yard. Through an intense afternoon and evening, they will embark on a journey through their deepest fears and desires. Together—warily, clumsily,--they begin the oldest dance in the world.
Starring Jill Gottlieb and Erik Zavala. Directed by Alan Jordan.
"Music is the condition to which Schenkkan's play frequently aspires... His script weaves together a diversity of discourses: rambling small talk, snappy one-liners, confessional monologues, and those rapturous poetic flights." Crosscut
"Powerful writing... Personal and political, self-castigating, rueful, yearning is delivered faultlessly....with quiet tremors of humor, regret and anger." Seattle Times
"...at its heart, Schenkkan's tale of a damaged man and woman struggling to master their demons, each finding salvation in the other, is poignant and uplifting." Orange County Register
By the Waters of Babylon is Players Workshop 126th production: dedicated to quality English language theater in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico since 1982.
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