04/20/2026
Some years ago, a San Diego dramaturg mentioned being very excited to pitch this play to which, the company said “we don’t think it would work with our audience”.
Sucks for them. I’m glad I got to experience it like this where it all began.
Real Women Have Curves, by Josefina López, who wrote the piece at the tender age of 18 in the late eighties, was inspired by her own story, which has since morphed into a full-length movie starring America Ferrera in the early 2000s and a Broadway debut in 2025. This year, the work comes back home ...