Girl Gumshoe & Detective Dad: Meet Sarita de la Cruz
Actor, theater history buff, and all-around take-charge woman, Gina's girlfriend Sarita de la Cruz (Kathryn Fumie) offers a semi-outsider perspective on the Davenport family and their interactions. Enough people told me, in earlier drafts of this play, that Sarita came across as too abrasive and combative, that I toned her down, at least in the opening scenes. But if I'm honest, I think she could stand to be harder on the Davenports than she is.
Sarita is strong-willed and independent but finds herself in the unenviable position of having fallen in love with someone who's pretty much the opposite of both of those things. She's put up with a lot of crap from the elder Davenports because she believes wholeheartedly in her relationship with Gina. But as the play, and the game, progress, Gina's commitment to the relationship seems increasingly shaky, leaving Sarita to wonder if she's building her house on sand. Given all of that, who can blame Sarita for being ready to throw in the towel on the entire Davenport clan?
Sarita is strong-willed and independent but finds herself in the unenviable position of having fallen in love with someone who's pretty much the opposite of both of those things. She's put up with a lot of crap from the elder Davenports because she believes wholeheartedly in her relationship with Gina. But as the play, and the game, progress, Gina's commitment to the relationship seems increasingly shaky, leaving Sarita to wonder if she's building her house on sand. Given all of that, who can blame Sarita for being ready to throw in the towel on the entire Davenport clan?