Bristol Valley Theater’s one-woman show ‘Mala’ explores death with humor | Choice Events

How do you help a dying cherished one particular, especially when you are struggling to endure?

Bristol Valley Theater explores this issue — certain to resonate all through a pandemic — with “Mala,” a one particular-lady drama starring Mary Mendez Rizzo (whose new credits involve reveals at Blackfriars Theatre and Geva Theatre Center).

Composed by Melinda Lopez, a playwright committed to placing advanced Latina gals heart phase, “Mala” (from the Spanish phrase for “bad”) usually takes an irreverent, straightforward appear at a first-era daughter’s battle for closure though her mother approaches the finish of her daily life all through a harsh Boston wintertime. The manufacturing will be offered with bodily distancing on Bristol Valley Theatre’s recently produced out of doors phase.

Performances of “Mala.” directed by Kate Rose Reynolds, carry on on Wednesday, July 28, at eight p.m. Thursday, July 29, at 2 p.m. and Friday, July 30, at eight:00 p.m. at Bristol Valley Theater, 151 South Most important St., Naples. $36 typical admission $34 seniors, sixty and over $twenty higher education students with university student ID $fifteen for youth, 18 and below. 374-6318. bvtnaples.org. A virtual solution is out there — $30 for solitary tickets and $50 for house tickets — for audiences who desire to stream the clearly show from residence.

Katherine Varga is a freelance author for Town. Responses on this posting can be directed to Daniel J. Kushner, CITY’s arts editor, at [email protected].