About the Project

Winner of:

Hollywood Fringe Scholarship Recipient 2024

Hollywood Fringe Award for Best Two Person Show 2024

Eastwood Independent Theatre Award 2024 (Best of Venue)

Denver Fringe Festival Exchange Award 2024

A clock on stage counts down as Christopher introduces you to the elusive Ecuadorian Paul Bunyan of his childhood: his dad. Abel, an 80 year old immigrant man, makes his performance debut (yes, really) to help Christopher unpack their once estranged relationship via boxes & broken Spanglish in this comedic solo-ish show.

Through sharing true stories and the contents of boxes that once belonged to his dad, Christopher unravels the similarities and differences between him and Abel, a man he only knew from tall tales he heard as a kid. We travel with the odd couple throughout Queens, NY- from cramped bedrooms to panaderias, and under the roaring 7 train where they share heartfelt chats speaking different languages. As a visible clock ticks away, Abel tries to make up for lost time by teaching Christopher how to salsa, cheat at cards and the correct pronunciations of an Ecuadorian swear word or two. Witness this duo figure out how two different Ecuadorian-Americans can talk about forgiveness, empathy and salvation while having no shared language between them, be that English, Spanish or even of fathers and sons.

Content Warning: 

-Brief discussion of self harm/suicide ideation 

-Brief reenactment of physical violence