Alfonso Cárcamo

Decomposition Alfonso Cárcamo

DECOMPOSITION by Alfonso Cárcamo. Translated by Mariana Carreño King. This play tracks the crumbling friendship of two Mexican men from different social classes. Ambivalent about their aspirations and struggling for meaning in their lives, they fistfight and find forgiveness with each other over the familiar territories of love and betrayal. Told in a structure that allows actors to go in and out of character, inviting the audience to share the universality of friendship and survival. DECOMPOSITION was translated by Mariana Carreño King with a commission from the Lark's Mexico/United States Playwright Exchange program. This print edition of the translation is a collaboration between the Lark and NoPassport theatre alliance and press.