Luis Alfaro's play “Electricidad” is an adaptation of Sophocles' “Electra” that is set in the East Los Angeles barrio and infused with a lyrical mix of English and Spanish that transforms Sophocles' 2,500 year-old text into a seriocomedic myth for the modern age.
Electricidad, Ifigenia and Orestes struggle to come to terms with the death of their father, Agamemnon, at the hands of their mother, Clemencia. Driven by all consuming passions of love and loyalty, hate and vengeance, Electricidad keeps a 24 hour vigil by her father's side and dominates this contemporary look at the power and consequences of revenge, and the damage it causes to a family and a community.
The show runs March 11 at 7:30pm, March 12 at 8pm, March 13 at 8pm, March 14 at 2:30pm, March 19 at 8pm, March 20 at 8pm & March 21 at 2:30pm.
