In Toothache, we get to know a family of immigrants from Spain who are starting a restaurant in the US. Pilar, Carlos, and Irene. We get to know them, who they are, and what they mean to one another.
But, more prominently, we meet Vera.
We meet all of Vera. All her joys, pains, flaws, and thoughts.
Vera has a toothache.
This story is about wealth inequality, culture, family, and pain. Pain in every twisted...
In Toothache, we get to know a family of immigrants from Spain who are starting a restaurant in the US. Pilar, Carlos, and Irene. We get to know them, who they are, and what they mean to one another.
But, more prominently, we meet Vera.
We meet all of Vera. All her joys, pains, flaws, and thoughts.
Vera has a toothache.
This story is about wealth inequality, culture, family, and pain. Pain in every twisted, beautiful way. How physical pain can bring our emotional pains to front. How pain, over time, can culminate into what controls our every step, our every intention. How pain brings us to consider ourselves.
This is a play about family- both the family we are born with and the family that we choose. This play is about healthcare. This is about pain, loss, mental illness. This play is about culture. How does one single person handle the weight of pain that life can give us? Where do we find joy?