In Chicago we know them as the members of landscaping crews or restaurant staffs, hotel workers, paleta vendors, the scavengers we see heading through alleys in rickety, high-sided pickup trucks, hunting for salvage. Legal or otherwise, Mexican immigrants seem self-contained, foreign, and anonymous. We debate their origins endlessly, yet haven’t the first notion who they might be.
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But when their travels led them to Corinth, King Creon offered Jason his daughter, Glauce. Ever the opportunist, Jason took the deal and dumped Medea.
And then along comes Glauce. Called Armida here and played extra tough by Sandra Marquez, she’s a successful businesswoman whose papers are fake but whose zest for down and dirty capitalism is 100 percent authentic. No wonder Jason can’t resist her.
Through 8/11: Tue-Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 4 PM, Sun 3 PM
2433 N. Lincoln
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$20-$60
