Melinda Lopez wrote her play 'Mala' while tending to her ill mother and wrestling with the reality that she was dying. The show is being performed in both English and Spanish productions at the Old Globe until June 12, and will then travel around Southern California.
MALA written and performed by Melinda Lopez is a beautiful and personal memory play about her journey as her parent's caretaker and brings beauty, empathy, and humor to an intensely difficult period. MALA is playing through June 12th.
This weekend in the arts: Bread and Salt pulls out all the stops; Charlene Mosley's "Pollinators" opens at Sparks Gallery; Melinda Lopez's "Mala" takes the stage at The Old Globe; the Joffrey Ballet comes to town and a free, kid-friendly opera in Balboa Park.