Studio Theatre marks foray into foreign language with ‘Espejos: Clean’
‘Espejos: Clean’Through Oct. 22Studio Theatre1501 14th St., N.W.$35-$84Studiotheatre.org With its huge plastic pyramids and floating bars, Cancún is worlds away from the real Mexico.
In Christine Quintana’s “Espejos: Clean,” currently at Studio Theatre, the lives of two very disparate but somehow similar women are thrown up for comparison in a compassionate and compelling way.
There’s Adriana (Legna Cedillo), a no-nonsense hotel martinet doing her thing. Eight years earlier she drove six hours from her hometown to work in the splashy coastal resort and never looked back.
Over time, she’s risen through various positions, eventually climbing to supervisor of more than 30 cleaners and 400 rooms. Part of Adriana’s secret to success is adhering to a strict set of rules that include keeping her distance from needy hotel guests and never letting her hair down, literally and figuratively.
