Excerpt from Crawling with Monsters, Participants’ Essays, and an Introduction

Abstract

Crawling with Monsters CWM is a documentary stage play that focuses on the harrowing living conditions inside war-torn areas of northeastern Mexico, particularly as they affect children and their families. In this article an excerpt from CWM tells the story of the project’s development and includes several testimonials of life in Mexico that were recorded in interviews, transcribed and translated for the show. The CWM project illustrates the sophistication and freedom with which the Mexican diaspora now communicates across what traditionally had been daunting linguistic, economic and socio-cultural barriers.