About the Show

Repertorio Español presents the story of Aunt Julia, who falls into an affair with her nephew, shocking her family and community. Performed in Spanish with English subtitles.

When 18-year-old aspiring writer Mario falls in love with his aunt-in-law, he dives headfirst into a world of wild passion and forbidden love that scandalizes and entertains the novella-obsessed society of '50s Lima, Peru. Based on the autobiographical tale of Nobel Prize-winning writer Mario Vargas Llosa and adapted for the stage by Obie Award-winning playwright Caridad Svich.

Critic Reviews (2)

For a previous production

“Romance meets boisterous farce in Caridad Svich’s lively adaptation of Mario Vargas Llosa’s autobiographical novel. And in that intersection, it’s the romance that triumphs. The show has parallel narratives set in the 1950s, skillfully evoked in Susan Zeeman Rogers’s set design; period mambo from Pérez Prado and others; and especially Leni Mendez’s costumes...The most compelling story belongs to Mario and Julia...Ms. Davi—whose Julia is sensual yet sensible—generates the star power."
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For a previous production

"'Tía Julia y El Escribidor' comes across as a well built and well performed play that reminds us about our passions, our faults as humans and the possibilities life opens up to us when we give it a chance. Definitely a show for those looking for a breath of fresh theatrical and poetic air."
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