Teatro Ecas: Las Cosas Extraordinarias

You’re six years old. Mom’s in the hospital. Dad says she’s “done something stupid.” She’s finding it hard to be happy. So you start making a list of everything brilliant in the world. Everything worth living for. 1. Ice cream. 2. Kung fu movies. 3. Burning things. 4. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out of your nose. 5. Construction cranes. 6. Me. You leave it on her pillow. You know she’s read it because she corrects your spelling. Soon, the list takes on a life of its own. A play about depression and how far we’ll go for those we love.