Mariano Pensotti’s extraordinary production offers great rewards for multiple viewings. I was lucky enough to catch the show at the Public Theatre’s Under the Radar Festival in New York last month, and then again last night at On the Boards.

When I was in 6th grade, I was so hyped to go see Les Miz at the Playhouse Theater in Cleveland. Looking back, I'm embarrassed by my Broadway phase (as are so many of us) but there is one very clear image that remains with me from that production: Valjean and Javert in the sewer system.

The line between fiction and life becomes blurred as creation, re-creation, and the metamorphosis of oneself continues throughout the years. Argentine author and theater director Mariano Pensotti has created more than fifteen performances in the past ten years, among them El pasado es un animal grotesco.