Blood Type Ragu

A poignant & humorous story of a Sicilian immigrant family and their cultural struggle in America. Blood Type Ragu shows us a family cracking under the strain of a life in a new country while they hold on to old traditions like a lifeline. The story is told through the eyes of the first-generation youngest son as he quests to make sense of the two worlds he jockeys within. Act I spans from 1959 to 1966 taking place in Brooklyn and Sicily. It tells a boy’s story of how he witnesses his parent’s relationship, their old world culture and the profound effect it has on him. Act II spans from 1966 to the present taking place in America, Nevada and back again to Sicily. It focuses on a boy’s coming of age as he negotiates between two cultures eventually separating from that identity. The journey finally brings him to an understanding and appreciation of his heritage and upbringing.