Review: Julieta tiene la culpa by Bárbara Colio, Central Drama, Austin

by Michael Meigs
Published on June 17, 2023

Bárbara Colio's remarkable script and Alejandro Pedemonte's direction of three striking, distinctly different actresses created a mesmerizing experience.

Within Austin's Ground Floor Theatre, an undefined space is set against a black background. The platformed stage is bare except for two long wooden benches. Verónica Pomata enters, lingers stage right, fidgets, checks her phone, looks back behind her; the seconds stretch out and expectation builds into suspense. Director Alejandro Pedemonte knows how to rivet the attention of a full house. When speech comes after that long, detailed silence, it's in Spanish.   The full …

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