Southern Palms by Walter Acosta – 9 April

Southern Palms – (originally written in Spanish; awarded the AGADU Prize by the Writers’ Union in Montevideo in 2005)

Cast:

2 female / 2 male

(mother, her daughter Susana, her son Emilio and Ramiro, Emilio’s lover)

Synopsis:

Tensions surge as a family meet, in their newly democratic South American homeland, after several years of separation.  Feelings of betrayal permeate the reunion – from personal to political – as they seek answers and cast blame.