EL OTRO LADO: The Other Side
Domestic Workers Tell Stories of Arrival and Survival in San Francisco

April 6-9  |  8pm @ Exit on Taylor
277 Taylor Street (btw Eddy & Ellis), SF

Directed by Kim Fowler & John Warren

Come hear what it takes to survive as an immigrant domestic worker, from people who uprooted their lives and crossed borders to seek the promise of San Francisco. A group of low-wage workers share their own stories, as well as those of family and friends, to present a mosaic of inspiration, heartbreak, and resistance.

"We're trying to support ourselves. We're rich because we're together,
but we're no less poor than many Latinos. Because living here,
I don’t think it's the American dream, it's the Latino nightmare."
-- Gloria Esteva, community worker, former domestic laborer

People around the Bay Area depend on domestic laborers to clean their houses and care for their children.  Often these laborers are immigrants from Latin America, whose culture and living situations are vastly different from their employers.  Every word in the play comes from the stories of  cast members and their peers -- people who know the challenges faced by domestic laborers first-hand. These testimonies offer equal parts heartbreak and inspiration, and are infused with a wisdom gained only by living on the edge.

The play is performed bilingually, and is fully accessible to both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking audience members.  Click here to see our snazzy postcard...

El Otro Lado: The Other Side is co-produced by POWER (People Organized to Win Employment Rights), and made possible by grants from The San Francisco Arts Commission, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the Puffin Foundation, Theatre Bay Area's CA$H Program, and the California Council for the Humanities' California Stories Initiative.