Revenge or Forgiveness?

Playwright Maria Teresa H. de Holcomb, PhD, is known for dramas centered on strong women. Revenge or Forgiveness continues this trend with two tense tales of psychological trauma and its effects. Two women, both survivors of traumatic events, face choices that will change-or end-their lives.

In the titular piece, Lucia wanders between Mexico and the United States in a fugue brought on by dissociative amnesia, unable to access critically important memories. When a psychiatrist helps her recover the missing portions of her life, Lucia must decide between forgiving a relative who wronged her or taking brutal revenge.

In Death Wish, Soledad is a young woman at odds with her puritanical family's outdated and severe moral proscriptions. Caught between what she wants to do and the obligation she feels to her restrictive upbringing, Soledad will commit an act of violence that leaves her tormented with guilt. Her only hope is to forgive herself if she can.

Written with de Holcomb's trademark fascination with the human mind, Revenge or Forgiveness explores the deep and abiding effects of trauma.