Theater Up Close How to Break in a Glove

Family isn’t always an easy fit.

In 1999 Miami, an 11-year-old boy clings to the fractured pieces of his Cuban-American family: an iron-willed grandfather, a devoted but weary grandmother, a father fighting for relevance and a mother torn between rebellion and responsibility. When a night of crisis unearths buried tensions, love and survival collide in a battle for connection, legacy and the desperate need to belong. As with a new baseball glove, they must break in their bonds, stretching, softening and learning to hold on before it’s too late.