Pregones + Puerto Rican Traveling Theater welcomes the legendary El Teatro Campesino to its Off-Broadway stage with acclaimed production 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 new solo piece by critically acclaimed writer/performer Rubén C. González, one of the principal members of Teatro Campesino. It is the latest installment of the Mad Mexican’s solo performances by González. This time around he is not so mad and the world is better for it. Now, the ZEN Mexican takes us on a passage through a once booming town La Esquinita, USA but now forgotten like so many others.

This story is told by the omniscient narrator LENCHO and experienced through the eyes of 18 year old DANIEL, a young man who is at the peek of his Crystal Meth high, while standing at the threshold between light and darkness. The main source of employment, The Thompson Tire Factory has gone to China 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.

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