Broadway star Julio Monge and Tony Award winner Michele Pawk will star in the world premiere of the musical Los Otros at the Mark Taper Forum, May 23-July 1. The production, to be directed by Graciela Daniele, will open officially on June 3.
The musical has book and lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh and music by Michael John LaChiusa.
The first act depicts three defining moments in the life of a Southern California woman, all of them involving chance encounters with Mexican immigrants. The second act introduces us to a Mexican American man, first as a 12-year-old picking plums in a Central Valley orchard during World War II and finally as a 75-year-old whose mind is failing him. Ultimately, a surprising connection is revealed that accents the myriad gifts and devotions that have shaped these two peoples’ lives.
