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Chapter 2 CrashRed Route - An intersection in Boyle Heights
Lucha and Jamson exchange information in the aftermath of their accident.
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Chapter 4 Lucha's Quinceañera SongRed Route - Mariachi Plaza, Boyle Heights
Lucha remembers the day she left her childhood behind.
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Chapter 6 Jameson PortraitYellow Route - The 2nd Street Tunnel, Downtown Los Angeles
Jameson contemplates the multifaceted nature of his personality.
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Chapter 7 The ReunionYellow Route - A Rehearsal Studio in the Arts District
Lucha and Jameson connect at Lucha's performance of Orpheus and Eurydice.
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Chapter 8 First KissRed Route - Hollenbeck Park, East Los Angeles
Romance blooms on Lucha and Jameson's first date.
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Chapter 9 Angel's PointGreen Route - Angel's Point, Elysian Park
Lucha and Jameson share a passionate physical experience.
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Chapter 11 The Floating NebulaGreen Route - The Corn Fields, Los Angeles State Historic Park, Chinatown
The metaphysical peak in Lucha and Jameson's love.
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Chapter 12 WeddingYellow Route - City Hall, Downtown Los Angeles
On their wedding day, Lucha gives Jameson a fateful gift.
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Chapter 14 The Phone Call, Part 1Red Route - Traversing between the Arts District and Boyle Heights
Lucha receives a mysterious phone call from a voice she seems to recognize.
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Chapter 17 Orlando's FairwellRed Route - Evergreen Cemetery
Before leaving Los Angeles, Orlando pays his last respects to his wife.
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Chapter 18 Interlude (Car Wash)Green Route - AirStream Trailer, Elysian Park
Reflect on the impact of a location's geography on a person's psyche.
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Chapter 24 The Red NotebookRed Route - Utter darkness
In a state of darkness, Lucha is haunted by Jameson's red notebook.
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Chapter 25 The Other WomanYellow Route - The Bradbury Building, Downtown Los Angeles
Still submerged in darkness, Lucha dreams of Jameson's infidelity.
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Chapter 26 HadesGreen Route - Bowtie Parcel, Los Angeles River
Lucha descends to the underworld in search of Jameson.
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Chapter 28 Lucha and Orlando in LoveYellow Route - Historic Core, Downtown Los Angeles
After years apart, Lucha and Orlando reunite in Los Angeles.
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Chapter 33 Farewell From the Roof TopsRed Route - Rooftops, Toy Factory Lofts, Biscuit Lofts, Ito Building Tower, Arts District
Lucha makes peace with Jameson's disappearance.
Wedding
Jameson: Jon Keenan/Landon Shaw II
Guitar: Nicholas Deyoe
Music by Andrew McIntosh
Text by Sarah LaBrie and Janine Salinas Schoenberg
Director’s Notes:
“The day of their wedding, and it’s not off to a great start: they break a series of superstitions, which Jameson scoffs but Lucha has pangs of anxiety about. Lucha removes her mother’s ring from her neck and stores it away. Finally, she gives Jameson the gift of a red notebook, a place she offers as a private home for his inexpressible thoughts. As if it were an evil omen, touching this red notebook transforms him instantly. Lucha’s dialogue trails off (Ashley Allen brilliantly decrescendo-ing her voice until only her lips are moving) and Jameson muses achingly on the potential meaningless of his life, accompanied by Nick Deyoe’s mournful electric guitar. It is a decisive shift for the character.
Bad Omens for a Bride
On her wedding day, a bride must not: see her reflection fully-dressed, see a grave, a blind man or a pregnant woman, eat until after the ceremony, fahsion her own dress, drop the ring, or receive a knife. In Mexico, a bride must never wear pearls - each pearl worn symbolizing a tear the bride will cry during her marriage.
“This chapter was different depending on which direction you went on the Yellow Route: half the audience members changed cars just outside City Hall, and half changed outside the warehouse space a mile away. That meant that if your audience group was sent on the Yellow Route in a counter-clockwise direction, you entered the car with the newlyweds on their way to City Hall. When the car arrived, Lucha and Jameson ran up the steps to get married. The next audience, then, started the scene with Lucha and Jameson running down the steps, as if they were just married. (The performers needed to have two different versions of the scene memorized.)
“We had official permission to use the City Hall steps – but it was still so great to see people constantly congratulate the actors, as if they were real newlyweds. The best moment was perhaps one afternoon, when Mayor Eric Garcetti was addressing his entire staff on the plaza. When he saw our Lucha and Jameson, he stopped his speech and encouraged everyone to cheer for them and congratulate them on getting married. That’s a moment I wish I could have experienced directly!
“We had several other historic locations in mind for their marriage: Vibiana’s or La Placita Cathedral, both of which would have been wonderful, but having Sunday afternoon performances obviously made it difficult to secure a church. Since we were spending so much time at City Hall getting permissions to perform Hopscotch everywhere else, why not consider City Hall itself the site—a beautiful and iconic building in its own right? I like imagining that un-romantic Jameson, with his disdain for all superstition, probably forced Lucha to have a straightforward signing of a marriage license.”
– Yuval Sharon
“I am not the center of myself.
Strange, the way a thought can send you reeling,
everything you thought was the world
suddenly dissolving,
remaking itself into something new.”