“All come to vivid life in the person of Sonja Parks. Instantly changing ages, accents and ethnicities, this actress illuminates a nearly empty stage, embellished only by video projections and a soundscape...You can’t help wondering why this moving adaptation eliminates the novel’s most anguished character, Maricela, a pregnant 16-year-old...This omission does not undermine the impact of the production or of Ms. Parks, whose tour de force embodies the small miracle of Gibb Street.”
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