The setting, a terrace outside a disco overlooking the ocean, feels as much a character in this smart play as the two people. As an industrialist and attorney on opposite sides of an environmental legal battle meet, over-priced drinks in hand, Peru’s indigenous population is nothing more than a convenient legal ploy for one and practically nonexistent for the other. It takes the imminent threat of a pandemic to make clear our connectedness. Scott Sickles does a brilliant job of creating an atmosphere and characters that tell a compelling story.
The setting, a terrace outside a disco overlooking the ocean, feels as much a character in this smart play as the two people. As an industrialist and attorney on opposite sides of an environmental legal battle meet, over-priced drinks in hand, Peru’s indigenous population is nothing more than a convenient legal ploy for one and practically nonexistent for the other. It takes the imminent threat of a pandemic to make clear our connectedness. Scott Sickles does a brilliant job of creating an atmosphere and characters that tell a compelling story.