Tonight I went to see Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman. The naked lady, who is never actually quite naked, is played by Tamika Lecheé Morales, who is just fabulous in the female lead role of Gina.
Gina has a macho lover, who comes to see her once in a while, a leftist writer who is working on a book about that virile revolutionary: Pancho Villa.
It's a Mexican play, written in Spanish, translated into English, and in some ways it's a bit of a culture shock on the Chicago stage. But the core story, one person longing for commitment, the other person afraid of it, is easy to relate to. The character of Gina, as portrayed here, leaves a lasting emotional impression.
She unleashes a ration
of true Latin passion.
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