La Ruta - Isaac Gómez

Name: La Ruta - Isaac Gómez
Start: 2025-03-17T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-17T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Tobin Center for the Performing Arts

Schedule

Mon Mar 17 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Tobin Center for the Performing Arts | San Antonio, TX

“Haunting, harrowing... crescendos from a quiet whimper to an anguished cri de coeur. It's difficult to watch [but] impossible to look away.” – Daily Herald
To the U.S.-owned factories in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, La Ruta is just a bus. But to the women who live, work and often disappear along the route, it's so much more than that. Inspired by real testimonies, and using live music to evoke factory work and protest marches, La Ruta is a visceral unearthing of secrets buried in the desert and a celebration of the Mexican women who stand resiliently in the wake of loss. Isaac Gómez is an award-winning Chicago-based playwright, originally from El Paso, Texas/Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

The world premiere of La Ruta was produced and presented at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, IL; Anna D. Shapiro, Artistic Director and David Schmitz, Executive Director This project was developed with support from the Pivot Arts Incubator Program at Loyola University Chicago.