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MFA Alumni Collaborate at Arizona Theatre Company

La Esquinita, USA created by and starring Rubén C. González, MFA 2004, will be performed at Arizona Theatre Company Jan. 14 through Feb. 26. Collaborating with González on the production will be lighting designer Michael Oesch, MFA 2004, and dramaturg Elaine Romero, MFA 1987.

The production plays the company’s Tucson theatre Jan. 14 through Feb. 6 and in Phoenix Feb. 9 through 26.

La Esquinita, USA is the latest installment of the Mad Mexican’s solo performances by Rubén C. González. As actor/playwright, he takes us on a passage to a once booming town La Esquinita, USA — now forgotten like so many others. The town’s main source of employment, The Thompson Tire Factory, has gone to China leaving the town’s infrastructure in disarray. What happens to a town when promises from Big Business are broken? What happens to its people?

This theatrical experience was praised by Out and About Magazine as “a bittersweet piece that shows off González’ incredible range as both writer and actor. The performance crackles with dramatic tension and bursts with hilarity.”

González performed La Esquinita, USA at UC Davis in Jan. 2016 at the Wyatt Pavilion Theatre for two performances. 

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