La Cocina @ LOFT ENSEMBLE

Berenice Diaz and Leah Haile (Photo by Sean Durrie)
Deborah Klugman  – Stage Raw
As in Elizabeth Irwin’s compelling My Manana Comes, produced at the Fountain Theatre in 2016, La Cocina focuses on the lives of overworked and underpaid restaurant employees who struggle to make a living while clinging to their dreams….. But while Irwin’s play presents fully fleshed-out characters and a pronounced moral dilemma, La Cocina lacks sufficient depth and conflict. Read more…