2024/25 Season | World-Premiere Play DERECHO at La Jolla Playhouse | Written by Noelle Viñas

By Noelle Viñas
Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Some storms you can’t hide from.
A series of intense storms - a “derecho” - is bearing down on an affluent Virginia neighborhood near D.C., where Eugenia Silva is preparing for a crucial meeting. Eugenia is a politician hoping to join the wave of women of color elected to public office. Her sister Mercedes is a struggling musician fighting to find her way on her own terms. As winds rise and thunder cracks - and tensions between the sisters reach a boiling point - Eugenia’s political ambitions crash into Mercedes’s need to reconnect her sister with their roots.
Propulsive and whip-smart, Derecho confronts how traditional Latino values conflict with an ever-changing American definition of success. Will the storm wipe out their relationship and derail Eugenia’s campaign, or will the rains provide a fresh start?
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