{"product_id":"espejos-clean-9780369104588","title":"Espejos: Clean","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating investigation of class, trauma, wealth, poverty, and the agonizing need to confront one's past. --\u003ci\u003eBroadwayWorld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lives of two women from very different worlds collide in the illusionary paradise of a Mexican resort. Sarah, a Canadian wedding guest, is a shot glass half empty. Adriana, a fastidious and vivacious hotel floor manager, finds solace in establishing order. At first glance, they're simply animated, but looking closer reveals the anxieties they're trying to hide. When their worlds collide, everything they've kept hidden comes into sharp focus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bilingual play in English and Spanish, each woman speaks in her own language and shares her unique experiences directly with the audience. Their vastly different realities are reflected in parallel, coming together to mirror and magnify a mutual pain. Through nuanced and surprisingly funny monologues, Quintana and Zelaya-Cervantes focus an attentive microscope on female strength and solidarity to stunning effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Los Angeles to a Mexican American father and a Dutch British Canadian mother, \u003cb\u003eChristine Quintana\u003c\/b\u003e is now a grateful visitor to the unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh people. Christine is an actor, playwright, producer, and dramaturg. Nominated for a Governor General's Literary Award and winner of an LA Drama Critics Circle Award, a Dora Mavor Moore Award, a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award, the Tom Hendry Award, and the Siminovitch Protégée Prize, Christine's works have been translated and performed in Spanish, French, German, and ASL in over ten cities worldwide. As a performer, she's acted on stages big and small, in a camper van, in neighbourhoods across East Vancouver, and on a farm. Christine is a graduate of UBC's BFA Acting Program.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMexican playwright, screenwriter, director, and translator \u003cb\u003ePaula Zelaya-Cervantes\u003c\/b\u003e graduated from UBC in Vancouver, Canada, with a double major in Theatre and Honours English Literature thanks to the support of the International Leader of Tomorrow Scholarship granted to only thirteen students worldwide each year. Paula has written and directed several plays including \u003ci\u003eThe Orbweaver\/El Hilador\u003c\/i\u003e (Teatro Helénico 2018, Mexico City; Vancouver Fringe Festival International Mainstage Selection, 2016) and \u003ci\u003e245 Acts of Unspeakable Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, which she co-wrote with Ana González Bello and which won the Latino National Playwright Award granted by the Arizona Theatre Company and the Sharon Enkin Play for Young People Award granted by the Playwright's Guild of Canada. Paula has adapted and translated close to thirty plays, several of which she has also directed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Playwrights Canada Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51967061819666,"sku":"9780369104588","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_611b1700-4cd1-4965-9650-908dfa91c421.jpg?v=1768923511","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/espejos-clean-9780369104588","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}