"La Ruta."

"La Ruta" is an undeniably harrowing story. The end is  searing. But, the winding road we take to get there is disappointing. The play feels overlong even at an intermission-less 100 minutes. There are huge sections of untranslated Spanish, and the way it treats time is utterly confounding, There are numerous projections that denote the time, but I believe that there are instances where time moves forward by years mid-scene.  I have absolutely no clue what purpose the singer is supposed to serve, and she too sings in untranslated Spanish, (the lyrics are translated in the playbill, but by lights-up I didn't feel compelled to go back and look. This play is part of ART's "Table/Room/Stage" series of commissions, as was "Wolf Play", that production's only flaw was a bit of a rough beginning. "La Ruta" seems unfinished, but there is enough potential to wish it the best.