Aidan Marchetti is Pope Felipe in NUEVO CALIFORNIA by Bernardo Solano and Allan Havis onstage in Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s Studio Theatre October 27-November 6, 2016. Info at crt.uconn.edu or 860-486-4799. Photo by Gerry Goodstein. Photo

From: Photo Flash: Connecticut Rep Presents NUEVO CALIFORNIA

Donald Trump's wall between Mexico and the United States may seem like it is ripped from today's headlines, but clear  back in 1998, playwrights Solano and Havis interviewed over 200 residents of San Diego, Tijuana, and Mexicali asking a simple question, "Would we be better off with or without a wall between the two countries?" The result is this prescient futuristic fantasy. It's 2028, an earthquake has wiped out L.A. and Orange County.