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HANNAH LUMENS is a young investigator for the Texas Innocence Project, which works to mitigate the sentences of prisoners on Death Row. She’s haunted by her mother, victim of a violent crime years earlier. And she’s wary of love. ROJELIO MARTINEZ, the prisoner whose life Hannah is investigating, is both a victim and a perpetrator, far from his home. He’s given up on saving his own life. THE WARDEN has come to call Rojelio his friend, even as he readies to put him to death. The impending loss of friendship haunts the Warden. These stories intertwine, investigating the lasting impact each human being has on another, and how we might—or might not—free ourselves from the prisons of our own making. 

Cast: 
WARDEN -- Male, 60s, Caucasian. Texan. ROJELIO -- Male, 30-40, Mexican. HANNAH -- Female, 30, Caucasian, speaks Spanish fluently (for a white girl). DIANE -- Female, 40, African-American. MOTHER -- Female, 50s, Caucasian. ZACH -- Male, 30s, Non-white. EUGENIA -- Female, 50-60, Mexican Note on casting: A Latina actress who can pass as Caucasian can double as MOTHER and EUGENIA. However, neither Eugenia nor Rojelio should be played by Caucasian actors. Eugenia’s doubling is only possible in one direction.
Authors: 
Emilie Pascale Beck