Rough Magic is a raw, time-bending theatrical experience that dives deep into love, lust, memory, and the lies we tell ourselves to survive them. Stitched through with the rhythm of missed calls, ukulele songs, and SLAA meetings, this intimate two-hander tracks the relationship between Chris and Elektra — two artists bound by desire, vulnerability, and a complicated kind of freedom. Their connection spans past and present, reality and memory, fantasy and fallout. As timelines blur and boundaries bend, Rough Magic asks: what do we risk to feel truly seen? And what kind of love — if any — can survive that kind of truth?
Christopher Rivas and Annie Gonzalez harness the gigantic chemistry of this “Is it Love?”-Story with a seamless mastery as they take audiences through the maze of a tangled relationship in the new play Rough Magic.