28th Season Mainstage Production
by Ed Cardona, Jr.
directed by Tamilla Woodard
April 10 through May 12
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Read what the critics had to say:
"Congress is preparing to consider a sweeping reform of the nation's immigration system, but one shift in the terms of the public debate is already being signaled: News organizations have recently declared that they will find alternatives to the term "illegal immigrants." The point is that although the immigrants may be in the country illegally, they themselves are not illegal. That's also the message of LA RUTA, a vivid and compelling new drama by Ed Cardona Jr. ("American Jornalero"), presented by Working Theater in collaboration with the Magnum Foundation. Expect no discussion of policy: the play's urgent advocacy is to remind us, in very human terms, that each person vilified as a lawbreaker is, most often, merely frantic enough to risk everything for a better life. Timeliness is only the first of this work's many virtues."
- Dan Gold, The New York Times
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"LA RUTA is a unique experience that is as important as it is transforming... Working Theater has inspirationally gone above and beyond, harnessing the power of theater for change."
- Sarah Lucie, Show Business Weekly
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"LA RUTA is adventure theater at its best... everyone should rush to get the limited amount of tickets available for this smashing production... you're in for an unforgettable experience."
- Mark Rifkin, This Week in NY
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"An immersive experience that's as timely as it is powerful"
- Mark Kennedy, Associated Press
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"LA RUTA works because of its creative staging and superb acting - and it succeeds because it makes the audience physically uncomfortable and mentally estranged from a topic we all think we know something about. It reminds the audience that their silence around immigration might make them complicit in an unjust system. Even as we quickly learn to despise the smugglers and their co-conspirators, we remember that there are policies behind these stories that often mark the difference between life and death."
- Aura Bogado, the Nation
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