Peca's Pecado
Took in a lot arts over the weekend including a production of “Peca’s Pecado” at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio.
The play itself was ok, I learned a lot about the pedigree of the play on the evening of the performance. I wasn’t aware of its accolades and the many places it’s been performed. I admittedly got tickets because I misread “Petra” for “Berta” which happens to be the name of my mom, so I snagged a pair of tickets and surprised her with an evening of theater and eats. She didn’t particularly care too much for the performance, but we both agreed it had a good communal message.
The play centers around a sin that occurs at the very start of the play. Petra and her husband own a tortilla business and are having a hard time making ends meet. Petra was faced with a difficult decision of paying the staff or paying taxes…. she opted to help her workers and that has put the business in peril. To distract herself and her husband of all that she ordered Cable TV for the family because there was a 30 day free promotion. An absurd thing to do but I’m pretty sure I’ve made similar missteps in my lifetime. Pop Culture has always got me thru some tough times. I recall a number of times where I would forego eating to catch a concert or buy a CD I probably didn’t need. I digress…. included with the cable package was some premium channels that included a XXX Channel. Petra found her self channel surfing and found herself briefly watching Porn. This was her sin (pecado) and this thrusts her into a confession that results in a new local priest asking her to put on a production of the Virgin Mary. Later on in the play, we’re led to believe that statue of Mary in the Church (that goes missing) comes to life and helps resolve a number of issues in the community, Petra’s sin isn’t really revealed until the very end where she feels comfortable to tell her husband about what happened.
After leaving the performance I thought a lot about a handful of productions put on at the Guadalupe Arts Center and its made me think a lot about how I want and need to write some family stories in some capacity. the plan this week is to attempt to write and post three short stories about Christmas.
Writing isn’t the hard part, it’s more about having the courage to get into the creative process and allowing it to be digested warts and all. I remind myself that this is to an audience of none tho and that will make it all better.
Stage Right of the Guadalupe Theater
