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The cast and creative team of “Wally World” includes: playwright/co-director Isaac Gómez (top row, from left), co-director Lili-Anne Brown, Danny Bernardo and ensemble member Cliff Chamberlain; Sydney Charles (second row, from left), Kevin Curtis, ensemble member Audrey Francis, ensemble member Sandra Marquez; Leslie Sophia Perez (third row, from left), Marvin Quijada, ensemble member Karen Rodriguez and Jacqueline Williams.
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If you’ve ever worked retail or shopped on Christmas Eve, you’ll recognize the pressure-cooker world of “Wally World.”
It’s Dec. 24 at the Walmart-like big box store in Isaac Gómez’s El Paso, Texas-set audio play, and the understaffed, overworked, poorly compensated employees are scrambling. Children are hurling toys off shelves, adults are screaming because the pharmacy closed early for the holiday, delivery trucks are dumping palettes of merchandise in the back, and the whole place is under siege from frantic shoppers.