Daughtertrucker follows three sisters—Esther, Cristina, and Mercedes—after two losses in their family. Over the course of a week, scenes of this sisterhood unfold and reveal a damaged but generous dynamic among young women experiencing grief.
Examining the weight of absence in various degrees, Daughtertrucker begs the questions: What does grief look like? How do we mourn the loss of a person we never had? What is a sister? How do we live with them, and how could we live without them?
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Director's Note
I don’t really do this. I’m usually a helper or a contributor and God, I hope, forever an actor. To write and direct something was an idea I never thought would see the light of day. I didn’t think there were ways to find the “right” words for my feelings and circumstances. My old habits beg me to write that I am sharing Daughtertrucker with you today, unsure if these are the “right” words, but I have grown to relinquish that expectation: These are the right words. This is what needed to happen. I struggled to do a piece so steeped in my personal life, but this is all I was compelled to write.
I did not understand the concept of death or grief before I lost my family, especially my father. In a way, I felt I had already mourned an aspect of our relationship that never grew into fruition. I have always had my sisters though. My sisters, Arianna and Aizza, are ferocious and kind people. I write Daughtertrucker for them. They are my muses and everyday inspirations, and we have grown closer than ever. They are the reason I am sharing my words with you with such confidence.
I am deeply grateful to have found such gifted actors to bring my experience of sisterhood to life. Ana, Rachel and Juliette have brought such love, nuance and grace to these people and their story and they do a damn good job. I am so lucky to have shared a room with the people that not only remind me of home, but know home. Daughtertrucker holds the checkpoints of our most vulnerable and monumental reckonings because we tend to forget the details of these moments when we are fighting to stay afloat. Grief has several bodies, and this is just one of them. I hope you are able to see all I've learned during my time here. My amazing mother would love to know it was worth it. Thank you for being here. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
—Alondra Perez, creator/director of Daughtertrucker
Special Thanks
- Arianna
- Aizza
- Alex
- Mami
- Abuelo
- Corbett
- Dave
- Theresa
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