Summary: <br> <a href="https://booth-one.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Karen-Isaac-2.jpg"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> Rising stars <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.steppenwolf.org/artists/lucy-kirkwood1/" target="_blank">Isaac Gomez</a> & <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.steppenwolf.org/ensemble/member-pages/karen-rodriguez/" target="_blank">Karen Rodriguez</a> join us in the Booth to talk about the rehearsal process for their world premiere production of Isaac's play, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.steppenwolf.org/tickets--events/seasons/2018-19/la-ruta/" target="_blank">La Ruta</a>, at Steppenwolf Theatre. Previews begin December 13 and the show runs through January 27. We are going to press opening on December 20 and cannot wait! This amazing project features a number of Steppenwolf debuts: It is Isaac's as a playwright, ensemble member <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.steppenwolf.org/ensemble/member-pages/sandra--marquez/" target="_blank">Sandra Marquez's</a> as a director, and Karen's as a new ensemble member! <br> <br> <br> <br> Director Sandra Marquez with Karen Rodriguez<br> <br> <br> <br> Isaac tells us that the play is "about a community of women who are living in the wake of unspeakable loss...About how resiliance takes form in various capacities and directions for each of them." La Ruta is a bus that takes women to the U.S. owned factories in Ciudad Juarez. Along this route, many women have disappeared, been attacked, and murdered. <br> <br> <br> <br> Steppenwolf Poster<br><br><br> <br> <br> <br> The eight Latina actresses in this play all represent real women Isaac has interviewed. As he describes it, "I made a promise to these women that their stories would be heard by as many people as humanly possible,
