World Premiere
Written by Vincent Leñero
Translated by Harley Erdman

Directed by James Vesce
Scenic Design: Brian Ruggaber
Lighting Design: Bennie Gomes
Costume Design: Bob Croghan
Sound Design: James Vesce

Studio Theatre, UNC Charlotte

THE STORY
Sara and Jorge are moving into a new home in Mexico City in a neighborhood undergoing gentrification. They have the chance to start anew, but turn the move into a private hell. Their arguments are interrupted by often caustic interactions with the movers. A bizarre and surreal sequence of events interrupts the action on stage and results in a shocking and disturbing conclusion.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
The Move (La Mudanza) was first performed at the Teatro de la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in 1979. Written by Vincent Leñero, considered by many among the top two or three playwrights of the last generation in his country, the play associated with a genre of theater dubbed 'hyper-realism.' Hyper-realism emphasizes realistic detail in the action and behavior of characters and the ordinary passage of time on stage, i.e., the portrayal of life as it happens without editorializing or commentary, punctuated by surreal or bizarre events. Until the UNC Charlotte production it had never been translated or performed outside of Mexico. This was the world premiere in English.

Piper McKenzie Productions of Brooklyn and the Kraine Theater presented a workshop reading of James Vesce's The Move, an adaptation of Vincente Leñero's original play La Mudanza first translated into English by Harley Erdman. Vesce's adaptation moves the play from its original setting in Mexico City to New York with distinctively American characters.