THE INVISIBLE HAND OF GOD TOUCHED ME IN A BAD PLACE, a power play by David Davila

[FULL LENGTH] When mid-level manager Jaime Ramirez gets the promotion of a lifetime, he’s sure moving his family to central Mexico will change their lives for the better. But his plans are turned on their head when he falls for his employee, a queer femme presenting non-binary AMAB person set on changing working conditions and extinguishing American capitalist ideals. Should he fire them and squash their labor...
[FULL LENGTH] When mid-level manager Jaime Ramirez gets the promotion of a lifetime, he’s sure moving his family to central Mexico will change their lives for the better. But his plans are turned on their head when he falls for his employee, a queer femme presenting non-binary AMAB person set on changing working conditions and extinguishing American capitalist ideals. Should he fire them and squash their labor rebellion, risking a sexual harassment suit in the process, or should he join the fight against his greedy employers and sacrifice the fortunes they’ve promised him? It's Boal meets Nottage in this interactive-hybrid-dramedy that casts the audience as the striking factory workers tasked with leveraging these characters' rights for a little piece of power. Choose your own adventure in this post-experimental satire packed with sexual tension you won't soon forget!

Winner of the National New Play Network Smith Prize for Political Theatre.
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Character Information

  • THE TRAINER
    Thirties/Forties,
    Latine
    ,
    Non-binary, AFAB
    a queer Latiné AFAB person with excellent hosting skills who acts as our narrator and plays many characters throughout the piece. (Actor must be an expert improviser)
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      30s, 40s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Indigenous, First Nation, or Native American, Latinx/o/a or Hispanic
    • Gender: 
      Non-binary
  • JAIME
    Thirties/Forties,
    Latine, Mexican-American
    ,
    Male
    A middle-aged, Mexican-American man who doesn't speak Spanish. Wants what he feels he is due. (Actor must be an expert improviser)
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      30s, 40s, 50s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Indigenous, First Nation, or Native American, Latinx/o/a or Hispanic
    • Gender: 
      Male
  • ELISEO
    Twenties/Thirties,
    Latine, Mexican-American
    ,
    Non-binary
    a queer, femme presenting, non-binary, AMAB person,Mexican. A factory worker who believes in what's right. (Actor must be an expert improviser)
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      20s, 30s, 40s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Indigenous, First Nation, or Native American, Latinx/o/a or Hispanic
    • Gender: 
      Non-binary

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