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Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 2m
Charise Castro Smith
Perpetual grad student Miranda returns to Florida to help her mother Ximena and abuela Valeria weather Hurricane Andrew. But Valeria has already taken shelter in her own world of memory as she deals with the onset of dementia.
As Hurricane Andrew threatens Miami, perpetual grad student Miranda returns to Florida to help her mother Ximena and abuela Valeria weather the storm. But Valeria has already taken shelter in her own world of memory and magic as she deals with the onset of dementia. And Ximena feels she is the only one capable of keeping her mother safe from the reality of the storm and shuns Miranda’s help. Hurricane Andrew stirs up old grudges, unearths family secrets and carves a path through their fragile relationships to the one question that matters most: Can they ever forgive each other? Loosely inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest, El Huracán is a beautifully lyrical play about resentment, responsibility and love.
El Huracán had its world premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre in 2018.
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Miami, just before Hurricane Andrew. Pre-revolution Cuba.
“A profoundly insightful and moving play.” – Artburst
“A magic show of epic proportions... A story of migration, family and the inevitability of genetic inheritance... Smith has a gift for interweaving these tempests: the daughter who does not visit home enough and has let her Spanish fizzle, the mother who is so tired and so strapped for resources, the grandmother whose mind dredges up treasure from the deepest depths of memory... Brings the storm home!” – Arts Council Greater New Haven
“A Miami story whose time has come... Love and loss, fury and forgiveness are at the heart... Mixes realistic dialogue with evocatively poetic imagery, sometimes crossing into the terrain of magical realism.” – Coral Gables Magazine
“Storms internal and external... a generational fable... family drama writ large... Magic and magic realism form its core... Smith’s abiding message? Families weather all storms.” – Houston Press
“Female-centric... about people who failed to keep each other close and will continue to fail if they don’t let themselves change.” – BroadwayWorld
El Huracán – Trailer, Yale Repertory Theatre
El Huracán – Preview and Audience Reactions, Cygnet Theatre
El Huracán – About the Show, Yale Repertory Theatre
El Huracán – On Representation with Yale Repertory Theatre
El Huracán – Interview with playwright Charise Castro Smith
El Huracán – On the women of the play with Yale Repertory Theatre
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