When the ground beneath your feet starts, to move it's an unmooring, dangerous feeling. That’s the sensation that shakes at the core of Christine Quintana’s complex and refreshing new play, EL TERREMOTO (The Earthquake), which may shake you from your seat even without the help of the intense rumble produced by the sound system.
El Terromoto becomes more entirely engaging once it is shaken up – and leaves behind Chekhov’s brand of realism for a different genre that’s more Latin American
The must-see production touches on the all-too-familiar struggles of parents managing prohibitive costs and long waitlists, for childcare, stigmas of parental leave, and the plight of underpaid care workers