What: ¡VOS!
Where: Two River Theater
21 Bridge Ave.
Red Bank, NJ
Who: Recommended for Ages 17 and Up Due to Language and Situations
When: Through April 27, 2025
¡VOS! is a multilayered story that takes place in the Argentina of the mid-1970s and of the mid-2010s. In the earlier period, Argentina went through a period of unrest known as the Dirty War. President Isabel Peron, widow of Juan Peron, was removed when a military junta seized power by force. Anybody who was even suspected of dissidence was kidnapped and killed or placed somewhere in the immense network of secret concentration camps.
As a result, literally tens of thousands of people disappeared. Additionally, the babies of numerous pregnant women in the camps were forcibly removed from their mothers at birth and illegally adopted out.
In the story, Sofia and Ana meet during this period and form a relationship. However, everything is not what it seems, and the fallout may destroy them both.
In the later timeline, Annie has made numerous attempts to get pregnant through every method available in the United States. While traveling to the homeland she had never visited, Argentina, she meets Dr. Cossi for one last attempt at having a child. The two form a bond which may be stronger than they realize.
Both sets of women in the show are skillfully played by Christina Pumariega and Alexandra Silber. Pumariega is also the playwright. She has lived with these characters for a long time, and they fit her like a second skin. Silber easily and believably slips into both of her roles as well.
The show deals with universal themes of motherhood, female bonding, justice, betrayal, and more. Even the Dirty War and its legacy are scarily relevant to our own country in the present time. Our democracy is not nearly as safe as it once was, and it often feels like we are merely steps away from a similar fate. The fact that Annie's story is interposed with touristy travel segments further emphasises this sense that anything can happen at any moment. If Argentina can change from an unsafe military dictatorship to a tourist haven within only about 40 years, the reverse can also occur, not only there but here and anywhere.
And that's our view. For more about ¡VOS! or to purchase tickets, visit tworivertheater.org/whats-on/vos
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Photo credits:
All ¡VOS! production photos by T. Charles Erickson
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