About This Show
Esmeralda Blue: La Mujer Moderna is a dark comedy that centers around Dolores, a middle-aged New Yorker who was adopted by a Cuban family, after her teenage mother Esmeralda Blue, gave her up for adoption. When a crate of sixteenth century gold coins are uncovered in nowhere South Texas, Dolores is invited to journey to the border as the “heiress” of this potential fortune. In the process, she discovers she is in fact a Mexican American woman, whose Marquis de Sade-like grandfather is being honored with a museum. By uncovering an ancient grief that mirrors the challenges of her present life, Dolores unexpectedly claims her authentic Tex-Mex self which in turn fortifies her to return to New York infused by the undaunted spirit of her ancestors.