CHARACTERS

DAPHNE, a bar owner, Latina

INEZ, Daphne’s sister, Latina

ACOSTA, Inez’s husband, Latino

REY, a glass cutter and manual laborer, any ethnicity

JENN, an activist, performance artist and merrymaker, Asian-American

PABLO, a painter, Latino

RUBY, a young woman who is also in some way a child, any ethnicity

SETTING

Philadelphia, 1994–2011