About the Show

Based on a series of intimate interviews, this new one-woman play demonstrates the power of speaking truth, even as it considers the implications of doing so.

An actress enters a theater, picks up a script, and begins to read. The story that unfolds details disturbing and haunting accounts of the murder of thousands of women in Juarez, Mexico and one playwright’s journey of discovery and responsibility. As lines blur between theatricality and reality, intense and provocative questions are raised and demand deeper examination.

Please Note: the way she spoke is intended for a mature audience and contains graphic descriptions of violence. Recommended for ages 14+.

Critic Reviews (11)

"‘the way she spoke’ Is a Trip to Ciudad Juárez. Isaac Gomez’s one-woman play follows the trail of violence in a city on the Mexican border."
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★★★★ "Kate Del Castillo stars in Isaac Gomez's terrific solo show about horrors in Ciudad Juárez."
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"The 'docu-mythologia' about the disappeared women of Juarez, Mexico, is both sobering and distancing."
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"'The Way She Spoke' Spotlights the Epidemic of Female Homicides in Ciudad Juárez. Kate del Castillo stars in the latest solo show from Audible."
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"Isaac Gomez's 'THE WAY SHE SPOKE' Explores a City's History of Violence Against Women"
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"Isaac Gomez's new work is an honest and honorable attempt at tackling an appalling, long-running injustice; that it is a losing battle says much about the difficulty of the material, which may be immune to dramatic treatment, at least in the format employed here."
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★★★ "Kate del Castillo delivers an actor's tour de force as more than a dozen characters in this contemporary border drama."
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"Though it's based on interviews with the relatives of a number of young Mexican women--and girls, really--who had gruesome deaths in Ciudad Juarez, "the way she spoke" is surprisingly unconvincing. It's not so much the writing as the performance that prevents us from following or believing what we're told."
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