Synopsis
Boxcar / El Vagon
$7.99
Published by Cyberpress
7 Male 0 Female
Hispanic Playwright Award SouthWest Rep
Seattle Group Theater Multicultural Festival co-winner
Border patrol officers Roberto and Bill discover the only survivor of a boxcar left in the desert with undocumented men sneaking across the border
The El Salvadorian teenager is interrogated and he relives the happy, hopeful moments of the Mexican men in their routine crossing
Until it becomes clear they were left in the hot desert with no escape
A true story based on the 1987 tragedy and the rest that have followed
REVIEWS
"The passion of the five immigrants transcends language ... their longing for their destination is palpable in their physicality" ~ Backstage
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