"Mathematics of Love" takes place in the lobby of the Biltmore Hotel at the turn of this century in Los Angeles.  The main character is "PEACHES" an aging and early-staged Alzheimer Mexican woman who, along with her Anglo husband, POPPA, is awaiting the arrival of their out-of-town son, "God."  He is to throw an anniversary party for them the following day.  In the interim, while they wait (the play takes place over one afternoon until dawn the next day), the couple's middle-aged DAUGHTER mediates between the opposing characters of her parents, while mourning the recent death of her beloved partner, Virginia.  PEACHES reviews the major traumas of her life -- the betrayals from family members (as she perceives them) and an emotionally absent husband.  She is pretty much stuck in the current biography of her life, until the character of MALINXE arrives to shed some light on PEACHES' past through a grander historical lens.  (Malinche Tenepal was the Indigenous slave who was given to the Spanish Conquistador, Hernan Cortez upon his arrival in Mexico in 1519.  She became his mistress, translator and tactical advisor and, although a slave, is historically considered a traitor to Indigenous Mexico.)

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