{"product_id":"9798989946181","title":"Killing of a Gentleman Defender","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn some rooms he’s Martin. In others\n\u003cbr\u003ehe’s Martín. Hired by a well-funded arts institution on Chicago’s Northside to\n\u003cbr\u003ecreate a show with Chicago youth about violence on the Southside, Marteen finds\n\u003cbr\u003ehimself torn not only by the pronunciation of his name, but by the conflicting\n\u003cbr\u003eneeds of the institution and the young people it believes its “serving,” and by\n\u003cbr\u003ea city in a death struggle with its own divided self. Reaching into his own\n\u003cbr\u003ehistory, he unearths, with his young ensemble, the story of the 1994 murder of\n\u003cbr\u003esoccer star Andres Escobar in Medellín, Colombia, hoping a past-tense allegory\n\u003cbr\u003eof violence in a deeply divided, faraway city will illuminate violence in the\n\u003cbr\u003edeeply divided Chicago of today. Carlos Murillo’s brilliant, rigorous play is\n\u003cbr\u003ehaunted and haunting, its meticulously rendered ghosts layered one atop another\n\u003cbr\u003elike history, like lace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carlos Murillo","offers":[{"title":"Theatre Communications Group |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2026-03-27","offer_id":47353580749055,"sku":"9798989946181","price":23.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_a93d54a1-8f11-42e4-88b9-3ed2b272e043.jpg?v=1760541202","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9798989946181","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}