"The Happiest Song Plays Last" by Quiara Alegría Hudes

A play produced by Raíces Theatre Company. At the dawn of the Arab Spring in an ancient Jordinian town, an Iraq War veteran struggles to overcome the traumas of combat by taking on an entirely new and unexpected career: an action-film hero. At the same time, halfway around the world in a cozy North Philadelphia kitchen, his cousin takes on a heroic new role of her own: as the heart and soul of her crumbling community, providing hot meals and an open door for the needy. Directed by Victoria Pérez. Starring Anthony Alcocer, Marta Aracelis, Rolando Martín Gómez, Monish Bhattacharyya, Dewel Pérez and Ana Vafai.