El Mate
A living room in a home in the suburbs of the Eastern US. A table filled with crap, envelope, pills, beer cans, etc. An opened six pack. Mate and a thermos.
El Mate is snapshot of two co-dependent individuals, bound by familial love in spite of their relationship’s toxicity.
Columbia University — October 2018
Written by Julián Mesri and Andrey Uspenskiy
Directed by Velani Dibba
Dramaturgy by Annie Wang and Josh Brown
Performed by Rebeca Miller and José Antonio Melián
Photos by Annie Wang