{"id":23120,"date":"2025-05-05T07:33:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T13:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waterpeople.org\/?p=23120"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:46:13","slug":"a-los-angeles-theatre-review-the-delicate-tears-of-the-waning-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waterpeople.org\/spanish\/2025\/05\/05\/a-los-angeles-theatre-review-the-delicate-tears-of-the-waning-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"A Los Angeles Theatre Review: \u2018The Delicate Tears of the Waning Moon\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

It is only fitting that the opening night of\u00a0Las Delicadas L\u00e1grimas de La Luna Menguante,<\/a>\u00a0on May 3rd at the\u00a0Latino Theater Company<\/a>\u00a0landed on\u00a0World Press Freedom Day<\/a>\u00a0because this extraordinary and devastating work of art written by\u00a0Rebeca Alem\u00e1n<\/a>\u00a0(who also plays the main character) is an unforgettable tribute to journalism and to all the journalists who have lost their lives telling the truth.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

“A taut psychological drama, The Delicate Tears of the Waning Moon\u00a0is set in 2019 somewhere in Latin America. Somewhere in a country immersed in violence and corruption, a world where cruelty is habit, impunity is routine, liberty is utopian and revealing the truth poses the greatest danger of all. Alem\u00e1n stars as Paulina, a human rights journalist and advocate for victims of femicide and indigenous communities. After surviving a vicious attack that left her in a coma, Paulina struggles to regain her memory. With fellow journalist Rodrigo (Eric K. Roberts) at her side, she must painstakingly piece together the truth in order to demand justice. Based on true events, this powerful and poetically stirring drama addresses the relentless violation of human rights against journalists who strive to report the truth.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
Eric K. Roberts and Rebeca Alem\u00e1n<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

In association with the\u00a0Water People Theater<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Las Delicadas L\u00e1grimas de La Luna Menguante,<\/em>\u00a0is an astounding two-hander that captures your attention from the very first second and refuses to let you go until its bittersweet end. This is made entirely possible by\u00a0Rebeca Alem\u00e1n<\/strong>\u00a0y\u00a0Eric K. Roberts<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0who are so compelling and so endearing as Paulina and Rodrigo respectively. The first ten minutes is silent acting at its finest as the physical elements and emotions conveyed were utterly heartbreaking without a single word even needed to be said out loud. Once these two characters do speak, we are right there with Paulina as she tries to piece together her memories and remember what happened that resulted in her severe brain injury and we are there with Rodrigo who harbors a tragic secret that drives him to constantly be there for Paulina.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
Eric K. Roberts and Rebeca Alem\u00e1n<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

I\u2019ve never been so moved and broken by a play script in such a long time and while majority of that credit obviously goes to…\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tContinue reading at thenerdsofcolor.org<\/b><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“…is an unforgettable tribute to journalism and to all the journalists who have lost their lives telling the truth.”<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[458],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waterpeople.org\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waterpeople.org\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waterpeople.org\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waterpeople.org\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waterpeople.org\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23120"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/waterpeople.org\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23135,"href":"https:\/\/waterpeople.org\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23120\/revisions\/23135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waterpeople.org\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waterpeople.org\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waterpeople.org\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waterpeople.org\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}