Title: Alma
Venue and Format: Facebook, Youtube, Vimeo
Innovation: This is a digital play reading through ATC’s new Digital Season.
PC: John Moore for Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ 2020 Colorado New Play Summit
A mother, a daughter and the thread of an American Dream. Working mom Alma has singlehandedly raised her daughter, Angel, on tough love, home-cooked comida, and lots of prayers. But on the eve of the all-important SAT, Alma discovers her daughter isn’t at home studying. A schooling and la changla await Angel at home–but so does a creeping realization that more’s at stake than just a test score. A sacrifice from Alma’s past weighs heavy on their present; now, Alma fears that her worst nightmare may soon be their reality. Will the American Dream cost them a life together?
