Playwright Maria Teresa H. de Holcomb, PhD, is known for dramas centered on strong women. Revenge or Forgiveness continues this trend with two tense tales of psychological trauma and its effects. Two women, both survivors of traumatic events, face choices that will change-or end-their lives.
In the titular piece, Lucia wanders between Mexico and the United States in a fugue brought on by dissociative amnesia, unable to access critically important memories. When a psychiatrist helps her recover the missing portions of her life, Lucia must decide between forgiving a relative who wronged her or taking brutal revenge.
In Death Wish, Soledad is a young woman at odds with her puritanical family's outdated and severe moral proscriptions. Caught between what she wants to do and the obligation she feels to her restrictive upbringing, Soledad will commit an act of violence that leaves her tormented with guilt. Her only hope is to forgive herself if she can.
Written with de Holcomb's trademark fascination with the human mind, Revenge or Forgiveness explores the deep and abiding effects of trauma.
About the Author: Maria Teresa H. de Holcomb, PhD, is the author of In Time, Malinche, In Time, Personality Psychology 235, Denial, Confrontation, Obsession and Return, and other plays and prose works. Born in Mexico, she holds advanced degrees from universities from her home country and the United States.
A Yale University course on immigration sparked de Holcomb's abiding interest in the issues faced by immigrant women. A college level instructor of Spanish and Spanish literature, she devotes herself to helping women, particularly immigrant women, attain their goals in life.
