Upstream Theater invites you to the US premiere of BITTER FRUIT María doesn’t understand why her mother hired this new maid. She’s convinced the woman’s spying on behalf of the workers in their factory. But there’s something about her even more unsettling… Tensions smolder as a web of secrets, deceptions, and denials begins to unravel in this taut drama by Argentine playwright Héctor Levy-Daniel, where even love may be sacrificed on the altar of class. With Michele Burdette-Elmore,* Isaiah Di Lorenzo, Jane Paradise,* Jennifer Theby-Quinn* and featuring live music by Lliam Christy. Oct. 13-15, 19-22, 26-29, 2023 $35 general admission
By Héctor Levy-Daniel (Argentina)
Translated by Philip Boehm
* Member, Actors Equity Association
at the Marcelle Theater
3310 Samuel Shepard Dr.
(free parking across the street)
All shows 8 PM except Sundays (Oct. 15 @ 7PM, Oct. 22 & 29 @ 2PM)
$30 seniors 65 and over
$25 full-time students w/ valid id
Bohemian Thursday is Oct. 19, all tickets $10 (limited seating)
For group rates contact upstreamtheater@sbcglobal.net
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