Overview
Gilda is a middle-aged American worker and life-long union member. After her factory moves to Mexico, she is tasked with training her replacement, a young Mexican man named Eduardo. The union stands firmly against this retraining but it is the only way Gilda can receive her small, but necessary payout. SCAB is a story of two mismatched workers struggling for survival in modern industrial America.
Casting & Production
Casting
EDUARDO – (24) Speaks with an accent but is able to pull it back or make it heavier when it suits his purpose. Intelligent but can play dumb if the situation calls for it. Hard working, picks up things quickly. Has the soul of a poet but the hands of a worker.
GILDA – (58) World weary but with a sense of humor. A worker’s mixture of anger and sadness. Never aspired to anything great, but at least thought she’d do better than her parents. She’s mistaken.
Setting
Time
The Present
Place
A paper cup factory in a city in the Northeast
Reviews
“Scab is a truly magnificent play. Slow at the start, it paces itself until, little by little, the audience is drawn into the conflicts of Gilda and Eduardo. Scab is strong and powerful…a searing indictment of modern business.”
—Out in Jersey Magazine
“Gino Di Iorio has infused Scab with so much humanity and poignancy that our own reactions to the news of a factory’s relocation to Mexico undergo a transformation. If you are a fan of real-life, salt of the earth, gritty drama you will not want to miss Scab. It’s something you’ll be talking and thinking about long after the stage lights have come down.”
—NJ Arts Maven
“Poignant and mesmerizing. Scab is the perfect example of why we go to the theatre.”
—Broadway World
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