Sleep with the Angels

The Los Angeles Theatre Center
514 S. Spring St. Los Angeles

The world premiere of Sleep with the Angels injects a dollop of magical realism into the everyday lives of two working women. Molly, a busy attorney, has just separated from her husband and is in desperate need of a childcare provider. Juana has recently arrived from Mexico and is looking for a job. It's a perfect match! Soon, Molly and her kids are swept up into Juana's magical and charming ways. But just who is Juana, really?

Presented by Latino Theater Company

Thru - Jun 26, 2022

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ArtsBeatLA - Highly Recommended

"...The whimsical flourishes of this delightful play don't quite gel with the heavy topics of immigration and refugees, transphobia, parent-child relationships and dealing with a rocky marriage. Sleep with the Angels nevertheless is an enchanting and though-provoking musical drama."

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- Pauline Adamek

Hollywood Progressive - Highly Recommended

"...A wonderful experience awaits you at the Latino Theater Company now through June 26. It's the poignantly touching new comedy Sleep with the Angels by multiple award-winning resident playwright Evelina Fernandez (A Mexican Trilogy, The Mother of Henry) in its world premiere production. LTC artistic director Jose Luis Valenzuela, who happens to be the playwright's husband, directs."

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- Eric A. Gordon

Stage Raw - Recommended

"...In Sleep With the Angels, directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela, playwright Evelina Fernandez portrays a fragmented family of Latinx extraction - but the truths she seeks to convey might resonate anywhere."

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- Deborah Klugman

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